Manual tester

Position: QA Manual Tester

Experience: 6 Months – 1 Year

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a detail-oriented QA Manual Tester with around 6 months of hands-on experience to join our Quality Assurance team. The ideal candidate should have strong testing fundamentals, good analytical skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with developers and product managers to ensure high-quality product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute test cases for web/mobile apps.
• Perform functional, regression, and UI testing.
• Report and track bugs using tools like JIRA.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams in an Agile/Scrum setup.
• Ensure proper test documentation.

Requirements

• 6+ months of manual testing experience.
• Understanding of SDLC, STLC, and testing types.
• Familiarity with bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).
• Basic SQL knowledge is a plus.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on challenging real-world projects.
• Collaborative and growth-focused work culture.
• Learning opportunities with exposure to automation tools.

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.

Manual Tester with Airlines Cargo domain experience

•       Experience: 5–12 Years

•       Locations: Chennai, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Cochin

•       Notice Period: Immediate to <30 days

Skillset and Responsibilities of Agile QA

Skillset:

• Experienced test analyst or consultant with 6-10 years of experience in software testing

• Robust knowledge and prior experience in Airline Cargo domain

• Prior work experience in Agile scrum or SAFe 

• Experience in requirement understanding and user story grooming 

• Ability to understand the functionality of the application under test

• Testing Tools: Microfocus ALM, JIRA, ReadyAPI, Enterprise Architect

• Prior experience in backend service testing with ReadyAPI or Postman, API debugging/root cause analysis

• Working knowledge of microservice architecture and cloud database

• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipeline (GIT etc)

• Working experience in defect management process and tools 

• Working knowledge or experience in automation tools (Cypress, Selenium) will be nice to have

 Responsibilities:

 • Define the functional and technical approach to the implementation of the tests

• Help estimate the scope and size of the testing effort for each user story/product backlog within the PI Planning

• Analyze user stories and design/develop Test Models and Test cases

• Review test model and test cases with BA / Product Owner

• Develop backend test suites in readyAPI for user story testing 

• Identify frontend regression test cases and handover to TA team for automation

• Develop and maintain automated test suites for microservices 

• Execute automated backend regression test suites in pipeline for iterations and PROD releases

• Analyze of test results, defect logging and retest

• Work closely with developers to assess and advise on testability

• Test throughout the sprint

• Work collaboratively and productively with the product owner /Business owner and the customer to form acceptance criteria, Help to define definition of done (DoD)

• Present tested feature within iteration reviews and system demos 

• Attend and actively participate in PI Plannings  

• Participate all sprint planning , pre- and post sprint release ceremonies

• Meet with developers and BAs for short hand-off demonstrations and share the iteration demos with the devs 

• Attend sprint retrospectives and ART retrospectives 

• Help in Determining and advising which tests should be automated at which layer

• Help the developers or the TA team in writing automated tests and analyze the results of the automated tests

1. Building up and leading the Testing Team to the success of project
2. Defining the scope of testing within the context of each release / delivery
3. Deploying and managing resources for testing
4. Applying the appropriate test measurements and metrics in the product and the Testing Team
5. Planning, deploying and managing the testing effort for any given engagement.

What you need to have:

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.