Manual Tester

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A Associate Intern - Job Description

As a QA Associate Intern at Binocs, you'll assist in ensuring software quality by designing and executing test plans. Reporting to the QA Lead, you'll help identify issues, document bugs, and suggest process improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute test plans.
• Document bugs and collaborate on resolutions.
• Improve testing processes and ensure software meets requirements.
• Work with product and development teams to align with market needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s in Engineering (preferably non CS/ IT Branches)
• Familiar with QA tools, testing methodologies, and bug tracking.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced QA Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in manual and API testing for full-stack web applications, with a minimum of 3 years of professional experience. You should be detail-oriented, have a passion for quality, and possess excellent problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manual Testing: Perform comprehensive manual testing of full-stack web applications, including functional, usability, and regression testing.
• API Testing: Conduct thorough REST API testing using tools such as Postman, cURL, or other relevant tools.
• Authentication & Authorization: Test various authentication types (e.g., OAuth, JWT, API keys) and authorization flows to ensure secure and correct access.
• Data Validation: Validate data in both JSON and XML formats to ensure accuracy and integrity.
• Database Testing: Perform database-level testing to verify data storage, retrieval, and manipulation.
• SaaS and Integrations: Explore and test integrations with various SaaS products, including Webhooks.
• Advanced Web Concepts: Possess knowledge of and be able to test features involving GraphQL, WebSockets, Cookies, Local Storage, and user login sessions.
• Communication: Communicate effectively and professionally with clients in the US, Australia, and the UK on a daily basis.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in a Quality Assurance role.
• Mandatory experience in REST API testing.
• Proficiency with API testing tools like Postman or cURL.
• Solid understanding of different authentication types.
• Strong knowledge of JSON and XML data structures.
• Experience with database testing and SQL.
• Familiarity with common web concepts such as Webhooks, GraphQL, WebSockets, Cookies, and Local Storage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Desired Skills (Optional but a plus)

• Experience with automated testing frameworks.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of performance and security testing.

Job Description

We are building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content creators together to scale up content creation processes across 10 content verticals and 150+ content categories. Over the past 3.5 years we’ve worked with brands like India Today, Amazon India, Adobe, Swiggy, Dunzo, Businessworld, Times Group, Digit, Wittyfeed, YourStory etc. along with 350+ brand companies like BookMyShow, UpGrad, Yulu, Paisabazaar, Zivame, Yatra, Bewakoof, Imarticus Learning etc. to create content that is meticulous and customized according to our clients' needs.

We are on the path to building a global on-demand content marketplace platform that allows for collaboration, discovery and upskilling for all our creators. Now we are in a rapid expansion phase to enter into more content service offerings and engage a wide spectrum of content creators, and to facilitate all our ambitions, we are planning to launch multiple product verticals and we are looking for a QA Engineer who has a keen eye for user interaction and production functioning, and a curious mind to tangle-and-untangle them.

• We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, comfortable with uncertainty, flexible, great with people and isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves and get their hands dirty.
• If you think you have the spark and a constantly simmering pot of ideas, this is the chance for you!

Job Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the testing, identifying issues and subsequent fixing in entire PDLC
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Quality review and signoff of new features
• Understand product architecture and functionality
• Create Test Case/Test script writing
• Should be ready to convert unvaried test cases into automated test scripts
• Create, maintain, and execute functional, regression, and exploratory tests
• Provide test case coverage and defect metrics to substantiate release decisions
• Provide support and assistance to business and users on reported production issues
• Creates temporary "work-arounds" for immediate customer/ end users issues
• Communicate with PMs and engineers on reported issues
• Participate in product discussions & refine the acceptance criteria
• Communicate high-value use cases and customer feedback to the product team

The ideal candidate must have -

• At least 2 years of practical experience in defining, developing, maintaining and executing test cases
• Prior experience dealing with full product development lifecycles and multiple releases
• Experience of working with Web, Mobile, and API Testing
• Basic understanding of good programming practices, architecture and design patterns
• Knowledge of Performance & Security Testing
• Solid analytical & problem-solving skills and experience of working in Agile process management methodology
• Should be excellent at communication, be able to explain ideas clearly.
• Must be extremely proactive and self-starter.
• Good knowledge of test automation tools like PyTest, Mocha, Cypress or comparable is a big plus.

We're looking for a QA Engineer to help with manual testing as well as introduce automation to our processes where possible. Candidates will need to be familiar with and able to write scripts, set up automation processes, and familiarise themselves with the products we build (web and mobile apps).

• The role will also require you to document test cases with an understanding of what the product does and how the end-user might approach it.
• Understand functional and non-functional testing requirements of web and mobile applications.
• Document functional testing scenarios and cases, for manual testing of API functionality using Postman and manual testing of User Interface elements (web, mobile, and mobile web)
• Identify or create data for testing
• Execute test cases and record status
• Log defects identified and track them through retesting and closure
• Debug using ADB commands and tools like Charles Proxy to primarily identify the root cause of failures.

Skill:

• Good understanding of mobile and web applications functionality
• Good understanding of how APIs work functionally
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Non-functional testing of mobile applications including but not limited to battery analysis, GPU overdraw, responsiveness, etc.

GreedyGame is looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join its clan! We are looking to get a kick ass engineer on board who has the knack for finding the quirkiest bugs. You’ll be working alongside other engineers and developers, collaborating on the various layers of the infrastructure for our platform.

WHAT WILL BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES?

• Work with our proprietary Java and Kotlin based SDK to find performance and functionality related issues.
• Working with in-house Dashboards to perform testing of UI and APIs. 
• Collaborating with teams to create test documents.
• Manual and automation testing for Mobile apps and games (Both android and iOS)
• Planning and task management in congruence with the Leadership Team.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

1. Knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes

2. Experience in project management is a plus

3. Ability to automate android application and web-application is a plus

4. Experience in working with proxy tools like Charles Proxy, Fiddler, etc., and the android studio is a plus

5. Expertise in API testing tools like Postman, REST Assured, etc. is a plus

6. Knowledge of Agile scrum methodologies

7. Strong analytical, logical, and problem-solving skills

8. Experienced in creating Test Plan, Test Case, and Test Report

WHAT ARE WE BUILDING?

GreedyGame is building mobile first advertising solutions. We are a platform which enables blending of ads within mobile apps and games so that they become a part of the content. This allows developers to monetise their apps and games without degrading the user experience. Check out greedygame.com to know more!

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Opportunity to be a part of the big disruption we are creating in the ad-tech space.
• Learn and grow at a free, open and fast paced environment
• Office in one of the most happening places in Bangalore.
• An amazing clan and the opportunity to be a part of it, free lunch on all days of the week, fully stocked pantry within 20 feet reach, a foosball table to burst stress and a great working environment.
• Continuous feedback system to ensure that improvement is a constant focus.