Senior QA Engineer – Automation & Manual (Selenium / Appium) - Hyderabad

Location : Banjara Hills, Hyderabad (Onsite)

Experience : 7+ Years

Notice Period : Up to 30 Days

Work Mode : Onsite, Monday–Friday

Role Type : Team Manager

Company Type : EdTech (Seed funded, 201–500 employees)

Hiring For : A leading EdTech organization providing NEET & medical entrance exam preparation solutions.

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Senior QA Engineer with strong experience in Automation (Selenium / Appium) and Manual testing .

The role involves 40% Manual + 60% Automation testing, with ownership of testing strategy, automation framework development, CI / CD integration, and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

• Define test plans, test cases, and maintain traceability to requirements.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts for :
• Web : Selenium / WebDriver (Java or Python)
• Mobile : Appium (Android / iOS, real devices & emulators)
• Execute API testing (Postman / RestAssured).
• Manage test data creation, environment setup, mocks & virtualized services.
• Perform manual functional, regression, smoke & exploratory testing.
• Integrate tests with CI / CD pipelines (GitHub Actions / GitLab / Jenkins).
• Analyze flaky tests, run parallel pipelines, and ensure release readiness.
• Report defects using Jira; track pass rate, coverage, defect leakage.
• Conduct basic performance tests (Lighthouse / JMeter) & security checks (OWASP).
• Partner with Developers, PMs, UX Designers in design & sprint reviews.

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