QA Lead

Location: Hyderabad (Hybrid)

At KnackLabs, the AI innovation arm of CAW Studios, we help enterprises transform their businesses through AI Agents, Voice AI, Enterprise Automation, and AI-native products.

Our team builds production-grade AI systems that solve real-world business problems using Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI, and modern engineering practices.

If you're passionate about quality and excited to work on the next generation of AI-powered applications, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

● Understand business requirements and create effective test scenarios and test cases.

● Perform Functional, Regression, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, Exploratory, and UI testing.

● Execute end-to-end testing for web applications, APIs, and AI-powered features.

● Validate AI-based applications such as chatbots and LLM-powered workflows for expected behavior, accuracy, and usability.

● Perform API testing using Postman or Swagger.

● Identify, report, track, and verify defects using Jira or similar tools.

● Validate application data using basic SQL queries.

● Collaborate with developers, product managers, and AI engineers in Agile teams.

● Maintain test cases, test execution reports, and QA documentation.

● Participate in sprint planning, release validation, and QA reviews. Required Technical Skills

● Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, and software testing fundamentals.

● Knowledge of Functional, Regression, Integration, Smoke, Sanity, and Exploratory Testing.

● Hands-on experience with Postman for API testing.

● Familiarity with Jira or similar bug tracking tools.

● Basic knowledge of SQL, REST APIs, JSON, and HTTP methods.

● Understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

● Exposure to Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright is an added advantage.

Basic AI Knowledge (Preferred)

● Basic understanding of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models (LLMs).

● Familiarity with AI tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or similar. ● Basic understanding of prompt-based applications and AI chatbots.

● Awareness of testing AI-generated responses for accuracy, consistency, and edge cases.

● Curiosity to learn and work on AI and Agentic AI applications. Qualifications & Skills

● Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

● 0–2 years of experience in Manual Testing (internships, academic projects, or full-time experience).

● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

● Excellent attention to detail and documentation.

● Good verbal and written communication skills.

● Self-driven, collaborative, and eager to learn emerging technologies.

Good to Have Manual Testing

• API Testing • Postman • Jira • SQL • REST APIs • JSON • Agile • Selenium/Cypress (Basic) • AI & LLM Basics • ChatGPT/Gemini • Prompt Validation

A Day in the Life:

• A Day in the Life Collaborate with developers and product managers to understand feature requirements.
• Review feature specifications and design detailed test cases.
• Perform manual tests on payment gateway systems, including transaction flows and API validations.
• Identify, log, and track defects using tools like JIRA and prioritize them for resolution.
• Conduct regression testing to ensure system stability after updates.
• Participate in team discussions to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Document test results and prepare for upcoming sprint activities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web-based payment systems.
2. Perform functional, regression, integration, UI, API, and end-to-end testing of payment gateway features.
3. Test core modules including transaction processing, authentication, encryption, payment methods (Credit/Debit, UPI, Wallets, etc.), and refunds.
4. Ensure compliance with standards such as PCI-DSS, ISO 8583, and EMV where applicable.
5. Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and raise quality issues.
6. Identify, log, track, and manage defects in defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).
7. Build and maintain automated test suites using tools like Postman, TestNG, RestAssured, etc.
8. Validate integration with third-party payment processors and banks.
9. Perform load testing and performance testing using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
10. Ensure browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness testing

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in manual and automation testing of web applications, with at least 1-2 years of experience in the payment gateway, fintech, banking, or e-commerce domains.
• Strong understanding of payment flow, transaction lifecycle, and settlement processes.
• Hands-on experience with API Collection API testing (REST/SOAP) and tools like Postman, SoapUI, etc.
• Proficiency in Java, and frameworks like TestNG or Cucumber.
• Experience with SQL for database validation.
• Familiarity with security testing practices and standards relevant to payment systems.
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in agile/scrum environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume transaction systems with low-latency requirements.
• Knowledge of emerging payment technologies like blockchain, UPI, and real-time payments
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

What We Offer

Opportunity to work on innovative fintech products in a fast-growing technology environment.

Collaborative culture with strong cross-functional teamwork. Opportunities for professional growth and career development

Job Title: Manual QA Engineer (Mobile & Web)

Location: Mumbai and Banglore

Experience: 2+ Years

Work Mode - 5 Days Work from Office

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a strong Manual Tester with deep technical understanding of the product domain and system architecture. This role is hands-on and focuses on end-to-end quality ownership across Mobile and Web applications. Interviews will emphasize practical testing expertise, system thinking, and problem-solving—not automation frameworks or coding exercises.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform thorough manual testing of Mobile (Android/iOS) and/or Web applications
• Analyze application behavior using tools like Android Studio, Xcode, and device/app logs
• Debug and investigate API failures, including response codes and error handling
• Validate backend workflows through database checks, cURL extraction, and Postman
• Understand and test end-to-end application flows, ensuring seamless interaction between frontend, backend, APIs, and databases
• Perform failure analysis and root-cause investigation, collaborating closely with developers
• Clearly document and communicate defects, impact, and test findings to engineering and product stakeholders
• Leverage AI tools to improve test coverage, efficiency, exploratory testing, and problem-solving within a manual testing setup

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in Mobile App and/or Web Application manual testing
• Solid understanding of backend architecture and how it connects to application workflows
• Excellent technical communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
• Curious mindset with a willingness to adopt AI-driven tools to enhance testing outcomes

Nice to Have

• Experience testing complex, distributed systems
• Exposure to performance, security, or reliability testing (manual focus)
• Prior experience in fast-paced or product-driven environments

3 Mandatory Skills

1. Manual Testing Expertise (Mobile/Web) – Hands-on experience with Android/iOS or Web apps, including log analysis and debugging
2. Backend & API Understanding – API testing (Postman, cURL), DB validation, response code analysis, and root-cause investigation
3. Strong Technical Communication – Ability to clearly articulate issues, impact, and test results to developers and stakeholders

Job Description:

We are looking for a skilled Manual Tester / Test Engineer with 2-4 years of experience to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of testing methodologies and be able to ensure the quality and performance of our software applications. Exposure to Python full-stack applications will be considered a strong advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

· Design, develop, and execute manual test cases to validate product functionality.

· Collaborate with the development team to identify and resolve bugs and performance issues.

· Analyze test results and communicate them effectively to stakeholders.

· Perform regression, integration, system, and UAT testing.

· Ensure the overall quality of the product by identifying gaps and improvement areas.

· Document test processes, test plans, and test case results.

· Knowledge of Python FullStack Application.

· Work closely with developers, business analysts, and project managers to ensure seamless project delivery.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

· 2-4 years of experience in manual software testing.

· Strong knowledge of software testing life cycle (STLC) and defect life cycle.

· Proficient in writing clear and concise test cases, test plans, and bug reports.

· Experience with bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Bugzilla, etc.).

· Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

· Basic knowledge of Python and full-stack applications is an advantage.

· Excellent communication and analytical skills.

· Ability to work both independently and in a team environment.

· Preferred Skills:

· Some exposure to Python full-stack applications (Django, Flask, etc.).

· Understanding of RESTful APIs and backend/frontend testing.

· Familiarity with automation tools like Selenium (bonus but not mandatory).

Required Skills & Qualifications:

● 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance & Software Testing.

● Strong expertise in JIRA for bug tracking and test management.

● Proficiency in manual testing, including UI, functional, regression, and integration testing.

● Experience in automation testing using Selenium, JMeter, or similar tools (preferred).

● Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

● Hands-on experience with API testing tools like Postman or SoapUI.

● Familiarity with SQL queries for database validation.

● Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

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Dukaan is an app that allows offline businesses to sell their products and services online. On our app, the users can make beautiful product catalogues (catalogs) right from a smartphone and share with their customers easily on different social media apps such as Whatsapp Business, Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram etc. Praised by users all over India, this app has saved declining businesses by helping them transfer their shop online. The journey has just begun and we are on a mission to make India truly Digital.

Dukaan is currently powering over 4.9 M ecommerce stores built by indian small businesses and growing at a crazy rate.  

Dukaan is looking at a QA engineer to join our team and help us ship polished & defect free products to our users. 

QA Engineer Roles & Responsibilities 

Your primary responsibility will be to run various tests from the test-suite on new software releases to ensure that it satisfies all specifications and requirements as well as free from any bugs. 

Once issues have been resolved, You will run additional tests to make sure the issues are resolved before the new release is pushed to production. 

1. Thoroughly testing new releases to find bugs or design issues. 
2. Identifying bugs in new releases and understanding how to resolve them
3. Creating issues for these bugs and with steps on how to re-produce them.
4. Ensuring that new software products are ready for consumer use
5. Working with development teams to prevent issues with new products

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What you must have :

• Prior experience in quality assurance role
• Working knowledge of SQL
• Experience in test cases design / development, execution and defect reporting
• Excellent analysis and troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with Agile frameworks, regression testing, load time testing, security testing is a plus    

Candidate should have experince in L2 L3 Testing
Experience in Automation, Manual and Rgression Testing
Scripting language Python
Experience in Networking