Job Description
Title : Principal / Senior QA Engineer
Experience : 4 to 7 years
Location : Hyderabad
Work from office
Must Have :
- Performance Testing
- Apache Jmeter, OpenSTA
- Agile development
- K6 / Locust, Gatling, The Grinder
- Test Automation using Cyprus, Cucumber, Playwright, Selenium
Role And Responsibilities :
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal / Senior QA Engineer to lead quality engineering efforts, mentor team members, and ensure our software products meet the highest standards of quality, performance, and security. You will work closely with product managers, developers, and Performance testing, Agile development to define test strategies, implement automation, and drive continuous improvement across the QA process
Define and own the overall QA strategy, including automation, performance testing, and quality metrics.Provide technical leadership to QA teams, guiding on tools, frameworks, and best practices.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure quality is integrated into every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).Mentor junior and mid-level QA engineers.Test Planning & Execution :
Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and acceptance criteria.Ensure adequate test coverage for new features, bug fixes, and regression cycles.Oversee execution of manual, automated, functional, and non-functional testing.Manage defect tracking, reporting, and triaging processes.Automation & Tools :
Design, implement, and maintain automation frameworks for UI, API, and performance testing.Evaluate and recommend new testing tools and technologies to improve efficiency.Integrate automated testing into CI / CD pipelines.Performance & Security :
Conduct performance, scalability, and load testing to validate system robustness.Work closely with security teams to ensure vulnerability testing and compliance checks are in place.Product non-functional testing :
Test all core new featuresRelease testingTesting for high availability, chaos (fault injection)Engine performance testingLoading performance testingLong-running instance testingCloud / Application :
GUI testingCloud backend testingCloud release testCloud frontend testingQuery Language :
GSQL syntax testingCypher syntax testingGSQL / Cypher performance testingTest all GSQL featuresGSQL release tests(ref : hirist.tech)