Quality Assurance Engineer - Manual / Automation Testing

Position : QA Engineer (Manual & Automation)

Experience : 3+ Years

About the Role :

We are seeking a technically proficient QA Engineer with expertise in both manual and automation testing for web and mobile applications. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of testing principles, methodologies, and industry best practices, along with the ability to design, execute, and maintain robust automation frameworks. This role requires hands-on experience in identifying test requirements, creating test strategies, ensuring product quality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment.

Key Responsibilities :

• Analyze and understand functional and non-functional requirements for each project.
• Design, develop, execute, and maintain manual test cases and automated test scripts for web, mobile, and API testing.
• Build and maintain automation frameworks (preferably using Robot Framework or similar) for regression and functional testing.
• Execute smoke, regression, integration, system, UAT, and exploratory testing across different environments.
• Develop and maintain test data, stubs, mocks, and environment configurations for consistent test execution.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and business analysts to define acceptance criteria and ensure coverage for all scenarios.
• Identify, document, and track defects using JIRA or similar tools, ensuring detailed reproduction steps and supporting evidence.
• Perform root cause analysis with development teams to ensure defects are addressed efficiently.
• Work with CI / CD pipelines to integrate automated tests into the development workflow (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Apply Test Pyramid principles to ensure a balanced mix of unit, integration, and UI-level automated tests.
• Conduct cross-browser and cross-platform testing using tools like Selenium, Appium, or BrowserStack.
• Ensure test risk management by identifying high-risk areas and implementing targeted testing strategies.

Qualifications & Skills :

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