QA Engineer

Job Title: QA Tester (Manual Testing)

Department: Technology

Location: Remote

Company: Mercer Talent Enterprise

Company Overview:

Mercer Talent Enterprise is a leading provider of talent management solutions, dedicated to helping organizations optimize their workforce. We foster a collaborative and innovative work environment where our team members can thrive and contribute to our mission of enhancing talent strategies for our clients.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a detail-oriented QA Tester to join our Lighthouse Tech Team. In this role, you will be responsible for performing manual testing of our software applications to ensure they meet the highest quality standards. You will work closely with developers and product managers to identify testing requirements and ensure that all features function as intended.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute manual test cases and document results.
• Identify, report, and track defects in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with the development team to understand application functionality and testing requirements.
• Participate in test planning and design activities.
• Conduct regression testing and ensure that existing functionality is not affected by new changes.
• Provide feedback on usability and user experience.
• Assist in the development of testing documentation and processes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 1+ years of experience in manual software testing.
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies and best practices.
• Experience with defect tracking tools (e.g., Azure,JIRA, Bugzilla).
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Professional development opportunities.

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.

• Testing and assuring high quality performance of applications
• Writing clear and maintainable high-quality automation code
• Reporting and validating bugs for all components
• Creating test plans and test cases
• Identifying opportunities for improvement and making constructive suggestions for change
• Staying up-to-date with developing technologies and showcasing them in your work

• Minimum 2 years experience in software testing
• Minimum 1 years of automation testing experience using Selenium and/or JavaScript based frameworks or equivalent
• Testing and assuring high quality performance of customer applications
• Writing clear and maintainable high-quality automation code
• Reporting and validating bugs for all components
• Creating test plans and test cases
• Identifying opportunities for improvement and making construc\tive suggestions for change
• Staying up-to-date with developing technologies and showcasing them in your work
• Leading a team of Quality Engineers is a plus
  
  
  

Job Description :

Design test plans, write test cases, review functional requirement documentation, and present test strategies for team review

• Conduct integration, regression, ad-hoc, and edge-case testing as part of release cycles
• Analyze complicated software system and design a strategy to test this system
• Understand and represent customer needs in product feedback discussions
• Participate in release management and post deployment testing
• Work closely with developer team to ensure proper test coverage is done
• Documentation and Release cycle

Job Profile Requirement : 

Experience of testing web applications, mobile applications.

• Knowledge of Responsive Testing
• Working knowledge of functional, GUI, Performance and Regression testing
• Strong knowledge of QA procedures, principles, and tools.
• Strong verbal and written (technical) communication skills to explain bugs and other issues identified and produce bug reports, documentation and feedback to both product owners and software developers.
• Ability to work in an environment of perfection and compliance to web standards and high design quality benchmarks.
• Strong organisational and time management skills - know what you need to do, and DO IT!

Mandatory Skill Requirements:

1. Strong Fundamentals on Manual Testing.
2. Some experience on API Automation Testing .
3. Basic understanding of any of the coding languages.(During the interview one coding question will be asked)
4. Basic understanding of SQL.(During the interview one SQL question will be asked)
5. Preferred Experience ( 2-6 yrs)

• 2+ yrs experience with manual testing on mobile (automation testing is an advantage) 
• Manual testing experience in testing for Android & iOS is MUST
• JIRA or other bug tracking tool experience 
• The QA Analyst will be expected to complete manual testing on both iOS and Android devices, be able to enter findings into Jira, and follow up on defects discovered
• PRD Reviews, Test Case coverage and Execution, able to handle End to End Application testing and release process.
• API testing experience and Basic SQL knowledge
• ADB commands, Android Studio, Xcode, Understanding Logs, SDK’s.
• Work as part of cross functional, passionate agile project teams to ensure quality is maintained.                                                                                                                Good To Have Skills :
  • Experience in setting up automation testing infrastructure & writing automation testing scripts for Android, iOS & APIs
  • Work on Automation framework
  • Work on continuous integration tools
  • Hands on experience with Appium