QA Engineer

1. Requirements Analysis & Planning

• - Review and analyze functional/non-functional requirements  

• - Ensure acceptance criteria are clear, complete, and testable and define definitions of done aligned with the customer.  

• - Identify risks, gaps, and ambiguities early in the lifecycle  

• - Contribute to test planning, estimation, and scope definition  

2. Test Strategy & Test Case Design

• - Develop comprehensive test scenarios and test cases  

• - Maintain Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)  

• - Prepare and manage test data  

• - Conduct peer reviews for test cases  

3. Test Environment Ownership

• - Validate test environments, deployments, and configurations  

• - Ensure environment stability with DevOps/Engineering teams  

• - Set up logs, monitoring, and tools required for effective testing  

4. Test Execution

• - Execute functional, regression, integration, and E2E tests  

• - Conduct exploratory and risk-based testing  

• - Log defects with clear steps and evidence  

• - Participate in defect triage meetings  

• - Re-test fixes and ensure robust regression  

5. Automation

• - Identify automation opportunities

• - Maintain and enhance automation framework

• - Ensure automated tests run smoothly in CI/CD pipelines

• - Troubleshoot flaky scripts/tests

6. Non-Functional Testing

• - Conduct basic performance, load, and security validations

• - Validate usability and accessibility standards

7. Documentation & Reporting

• - Prepare test plans, test reports, and dashboards

• - Communicate test status, risks, and blockers

• - Document known issues, release notes, and quality sign-offs

8. Continuous Improvement & Leadership

• - Mentor junior QAs

• - Drive process improvements

• - Advocate for quality across engineering teams

• - Enhance test strategies, coverage, and automation maturity

• - 5–8+ years of experience in software testing  

• - Strong expertise in functional, regression, integration & E2E testing  

• - Hands-on experience with test case design techniques

• - Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum

• - Experience with bug tracking tools

• - Automation experience (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.)

• - Experience with API testing tools

• - Basic knowledge of performance or security testing