QA Engineer at GaragePlug · Remote only · 3 - 5 years · ₹4L - ₹7L / yr · Bootstrapped · Remote only · Posted 15 Jan 2021

Describe the ideal candidate here.
All of the GaragePlug product modules have critical workflows, and the new developers need to be more confident and fearless about making changes in the system. This will help to deliver products faster to the customers while building more robust products.
We have developed an in-house framework for manually testing the features/product before the launch. This has helped us to catch more than 1000 bugs before releasing the feature in production.
Think of this as the backbone that will help engineers from the product team to automate critical workflows and coordinate bug bashes for all the product teams. Your understanding of functional testing, writing maintainable tests, written and verbal communication skills will be put to the test.
# WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
### **Within 1st month**
- Learn all aspects of products and critical workflows for each of the products as part of your training.
- Setup the dev environment and organise your first bug bash.
- Have a one-one chat with every member of the GaragePlug team so you get to know everyone well.
- 1-hour session every week with one of the product & quality experts from other Upekkha startups
- Weekly 2 times join sales and customer success team for pre-sales customer demos to understand the product usage
- Weekly 1 session with customer success team to know more about the domain and product usage
- Start writing the functional test case masters for core modules
### **Within 3 months**
- You’ll start developing your first project all by yourself.(With some guidance)
- Write your first set of automation code and work with other engineers to setup functional testing workflows.
- Have an exhaustive test-case/scenarios for all product components
- Be responsible for the product release and release process automation
### **Within 6 months**
- You’ll automate five to six critical workflows for the existing product.
- Establish process for writing functional test that will impact the entire product.
- Be comfortable navigating most of our stack and infrastructure.
- Be responsible for the planning, scoping, design, and implementation of new bug-bashes.
### **Within 12 months**
- You’ll automate at least 60-70%of the workflows in product and completely own QA as a function.
- Participate in interviewing and hiring, as a way to influence team growth and how our values inform our culture.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, sales and customer success leadership to define priorities and set delivery goals.
# **WHAT AN IDEAL CANDIDATE WOULD LOOK LIKE**
- We use Spring-boot microservices for backend and Angular 2+/Ionic 3+ for frontend. We prefer someone with experience in selenium, but it is not necessary. You must have experience of working with testing frameworks like selenium, tools, or SaaS products for functional testing like [cypress.io](https://cypress.io/).
- Dedicated to testing. While testing can sometimes get repetitive and monotonous, it is critical to our engineering efforts.
- 2-4 years of experience with automated functional testing.
- Pays great attention to detail and helps identify edge cases.
- A knack for breaking things. You should be driven to test with the motive of breaking the application.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
**Personality traits we really admire**
- Great attitude to ask questions, learn and suggest process improvements.
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Previous work experience at a product-based company or startup would be a bonus.
- You are a team player
**Our tech stack is Java Spring-boot, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Angular 2+, Ionic 3+, Typescript. Our platform is hosted on AWS Cloud.**
# **INTERVIEW PROCESS AND PREP NOTES**
- **Problem Solving & Analytical Skills:** We are a Java & Angular shop, and if you say that you will improve the quality of the product, we expect you to know basics of typescript and/or Java (but not mandatory)
- **Blackbox Testing:** Be prepared to answer some simulation-based questions during our interviews. From writing the requirements for a test case to planning & executing test plans on the GaragePlug platform, watch out for some hard-hitting questions.
- **Culture Round:** Understand if your values and beliefs fit in with your company’s culture. Be yourself. This is for both sides to evaluate if we're a cultural fit for each other.
- **Founder Round:** Discussion with both the founders of the company. This round helps us evaluate how we both can mutually benefit each other.
# **WHY JOIN US**
- **Freedom & Responsibility:** If you are a person who wants to take up challenging work & push your boundaries with no one monitoring you, then this is the right place for you. There are no hierarchies. No managers to please.
- **Great Salary & Equity:** For our top performers and leaders, we grant stock options. As GaragePlug continues to grow, you’ll have a real opportunity to create wealth for yourself and your family. We pay great salaries too!
- **Transparency:** If you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be on an entrepreneurial journey, then working with GaragePlug gives you that opportunity to experience it all first hand.
If all of this sounds exciting to you, join us for an exciting and equally fulfilling ride at GaragePlug!

About GaragePlug
About
GaragePlug is a transportation cloud-based platform that assists service organizations in increasing their operational efficiency and creating a memorable customer experience that will win a client for life. Specifically, GaragePlug helps these organizations win customers for life by providing them with an unforgettable experience.
It was established in 2017 by seasoned professionals in the automotive business, and it is now being supported and extended by hundreds of industry experts. Its one-of-a-kind digital customer engagement and operations management system was developed with careful consideration given to all of the potential obstacles that a company that provides automotive service may face. Currently relied on by hundreds of enterprises across more than 12 countries, GaragePlug is rapidly growing internationally!
Candid answers by the company
GaragePlug is an automotive cloud platform that helps service businesses achieve operational efficiency and enhance customer experience. The platform provides end-to-end digital solutions for auto repair workshops and detailing centers.
Connect with the team
Similar jobs (10)
# About Us
It is **Slack for Construction Industry** that helps construction project owners and contractors track on-site progress in real-time to finish projects on time and in the budget. We aim to bring the speed of software development to infrastructure development.
Founded by IIT Roorkee alumni and backed by industry experts, we are on a mission to help the second largest industry in India-Construction make a transition from pen and paper to digital.
# About the team
As a productivity app startup, we value productivity and ownership most. That helps raise our own bar and the bar of people we hire.
We follow agile and scrum approaches for product development and use best of class tools and practices. Measuring our progress on a weekly basis and iterating fast enables us to build breakthrough modules and features rapidly.
If you join us, You will be constantly throw in difficult situations. Decisions that you take, will directly impact our clients and sales. That's how we learn.
# Requirements -
- 1-3 years of experience testing
- Good with testing concepts, understands test life cycle
- Good bug reporting and communication skills
- Understands release process and past experience of release process
- Understanding the business criticality & being Flexible
- Sound knowledge on Compatibility testing
- Hands on experience on both Web and Mobile platforms
# Responsibilities -
- Domain/Product knowledge would be an added value
- Automation skills for mobile application is an added advantage
- Knowledge and experience on debugging tools (Adb, Xcode, Jmeter, etc.)
Purpose
All kids have extraordinary talent & creativity, and our mission in the world is to
help nurture it. We truly believe that education needs to develop the whole being, and exploration of broad interests is key for originality. We are working hard to be the world's most loved extra-curricular platform & build the future of passion. We are here to do the best work of our lives, and together, we hope you are too. Come & help shape the future of inspiration & passion. As an early team member, you get to shape the direction of
our products, company culture, hiring & design language and practices for the future to come.
Team
We are a team that is maniacally customer obsessed & building products that
consumers love.The plumber in chief, Subramanya Sharma (subba), was recently CPO & CMO @ Cleartrip helping build one of the most loved consumer companies in the region.
He was also instrumental in taking Cleartrip global 8 countries) & create global
high quality products in an increasingly flat world.We want to recreate the magic and build the same customer obsession & product culture here.
Requirements:
*2-4 years of experience
*Ability to do stress testing + has knowledge of IT security (rate limiting, DDOS attacks etc)
*Proven Manual testing experience is a must.
*Good knowledge of Node.js and it's test platforms
*Automation exp will be a plus
* Should have experience in scripting (shell or python).
*Selenium experience and experience in managing CI/CD for code deployments is a plus
*Experience working with tools for version control (Git)
*Analytical and logical thinking with natural curiosity
*Excellent written and verbal communication skills
*Shows creativity and initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness
* Test current products and identifying deficiencies
* Suggest solutions to identified product problems
* Investigate product quality in order to make improvements to achieve better customer satisfaction.
ROLE REQUIREMENTS:
- Experience of 5+ years working as a Quality Assurance Analyst
- Experience with test management tools such as Quality Centre, JIRA, ADO.
- Knowledge of automation tools like Selenium
- Knowledge of Non-Functional testing - Accessibility, Performance
- Educated to degree level, ideally in Computer Science
- ISEB certification in Testing (intermediate level) is advantageous
- Experience in participating in process change is advantageous
- Experience testing commercial websites in a creative and/or agency environment is advantageous
- Experience testing native iOS and Android applications is advantageous
QUALIFICATIONS & CHARACTERISTICS
- 5+ years’ industry experience.
- Analytic and positive mindset with a personable and professional approach.
- Sharp attention to detail and a passion for new technology.
- Professional written and verbal communication.
Job description -
- Review and analyze system specifications
- Collaborate with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and test plans
- Execute test cases (manual) and analyze results
- Evaluate product code according to specifications
- Create logs to document testing phases and defects
- Report bugs and errors to development teams
- Help troubleshoot issues
- Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle
- Proven 3+ years of experience as a Quality Assurance Tester or similar role
- Experience in project management and QA methodology
- Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
- Excellent communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude
- Strong organizational skills.
- BE Computer Science, MCA or equivalent
- Familiarity with Cloud security
- Hands on experience with AWS setup troubleshooting.
- Working knowledge of any messaging system [ Kafka prefer] , application server
client-server architecture , any DB (preferably, MongoDB )
- Good understanding of Protocols: http, https, FTP
- Experience over: Windows & Linux Operating systems [ more than user level] or Mac
- Basic knowledge of automation know-how [ API automation, Selenium Java]
- Test to fail mindset, Solid test strategy experience, well versed with QA processes.
- Hands on experience on Performance test angle.
- Should have worked on defining test cases for enterprise products [ prefer on cloud]
Experience:
- Min 4 year experience
- Not more than 10 year experience.
Location
- Remotely, anywhere in India
Timings:
- 40 hours a week (11 AM to 7 PM).
Position:
- Full time/Direct
Other Benefits
- We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12
PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other
incentives etc.
- We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods. You will stay here
because you love the company. We have only a 15 days notice period
We are seeking a talented QA automation engineer to design testing procedures for our software applications. In this role, will be responsible for analyzing the functionality of applications and designing automated tests to validate their performance. You will also be required to identify bugs, install databases, and collaborate with the software design team.
To ensure success as a QA automation engineer, you should have advanced programming skills, a keen eye for detail, and excellent project management skills. A skilled QA automation engineer can design and write efficient test procedures for every software application.
QA Automation Engineer Responsibilities:
- Meeting with the software design team to discuss verification protocols.
- Identifying software application weaknesses and target areas.
- Sketching out ideas for automated software test procedures.
- Reviewing software bug reports and highlighting problem areas.
- Writing automation scripts and implementing software applications.
- Designing and installing software databases.
- Troubleshooting automation software and finalizing system procedures.
- Identifying quality issues and creating test reports.
- Collaborating with the design team to solve application faults.
QA Automation Engineer Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a similar field.
- Previous experience working as a QA automation engineer.
- Advanced programming skills including automation systems and databases.
- Must have worked on Selenium,Cucumber,Maven
- Familiarity with programming script languages including Java and VBScript.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Detailed knowledge of application functions, bug fixing, and testing protocols.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Good project management skills.
Job Description:
We are looking for Quality Analysts responsible for ensuring the quality of our products. Your primary responsibility will be to understand the product scope, prepare test cases, and execute test cases and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated user experience and product quality is essential.
Skills Required:
- Should possess excellent knowledge about software testing
- If candidate has done any testing certification or any relevant experience, will be preferred
- Analyzing the requirements from clients
- Should have very good written and verbal communication skills
- Arranging Test Environment to execute the test cases
- Hands on experience to write test plans and test cases.
- Defect Tracking
- Should have keen eye for detail and can create clear, concise detail-oriented test plans/cases
If you are looking forward for this opportunity, kindly apply with us with below asked details:
Total Experience:
CTC:
ECTC:
NP:
Current Location:
Hometown:







