
Job Summary:
We are looking for a highly driven QA Lead (Manual Testing) with 4 to 5 years of experience who can own end to end QA for projects.
The ideal candidate should be a strong manual tester with excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating with cross-functional teams and ensuring high-quality product delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
● Take end-to-end ownership of QA activities for assigned projects
● Understand business requirements and translate them into test scenarios and test cases
● Prepare test plans, test strategies, and effort estimations
● Design and execute manual test cases covering functional and non-functional requirements
● Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing
● Identify, log, track, and verify defects; ensure timely closure with development teams
● Manage and execute testing using test case management tools
● Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders
● Communicate test progress, risks, and quality metrics clearly to leadership
● Drive release readiness and support production deployments
● Maintain and update test documentation, test cases, and reports
● Mentor junior QA members and provide guidance when required
● Suggest and implement process improvements in testing practices
Required Skills:
● Strong hands on experience in Manual Testing (Web/Application)
● Solid understanding of STLC & SDLC
● Experience in test planning and estimation techniques
● Expertise in writing detailed test cases, scenarios, and bug reports
● Hands on experience with defect tracking & project management tools (JIRA mandatory)
● Experience with test case management tools (TestRail, Zephyr, etc.)
● Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
● Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
● Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments
● Ability to drive QA activities for a project independently
What We’re Looking For:
● Strong ownership mindset with attention to detail
● Excellent verbal and written communication (must-have)
● Ability to handle multiple stakeholders and deadlines
● Self-driven and proactive in identifying risks and issues

About TekClan
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TekClan is a professional technology company with a team of experts who are skilled in assisting the clients to maximize the power of innovation towards digital transformation. We provide technology solutions across every vertical including healthcare, education, banking, and finance. We specialize in various independent and end-to-end IT services to cater and support the different needs of our clients; thereby helping them achieve the optimum goal and growth of their business.
Our team aims to provide clients with solutions in major activities such as analytics and mobile systems to provide them a huge head start in transforming their businesses into a Digital Enterprise.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Review user stories and requirements for clarity, completeness, and testability.
- Execute test cases for new features, bug fixes, and regression cycles.
- Perform exploratory, usability, smoke, and sanity testing across different environments.
- Perform add hoc data quality checks and regular monitoring
- Log defects with detailed reproduction steps, screenshots, and impact assessment.
- Collaborate with developers and product managers during defect triage to ensure timely fixes.
- Support release testing and assist with UAT (User Acceptance Testing).
- Maintain organized test documentation and ensure traceability.
- Perform add hoc data quality checks and regular monitoring tasks.
Skills & Qualifications:
- 1–3 years of manual QA or software testing experience in SaaS/Product companies.
- Familiarity with QA processes, SDLC, and defect life cycle.
- Exposure to test management or bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail, Zephyr).
- Ability to identify gaps in test coverage and propose improvements.
- Strong attention to detail.
What We Offer?
- Be part of a fast-growing startup shaping the future of AI-powered insights.
- Work with a passionate, collaborative, and high-performance team.
- Opportunity to work at the frontier of GenAI, data, and product strategy.
- Full health coverage, flexible time-off, and remote work culture.
Job Title: Manual QA Tester
Location: Bangalore
Experience Required: 4+ Years
Work Mode: Onsite / Hybrid (as per company policy)
Notice Period: Immediate joiners or candidates who have completed their notice period only
About the Role
We are looking for a detail-oriented and methodical Manual QA Tester with strong analytical skills and a passion for ensuring high-quality software. You will be responsible for understanding requirements, planning test coverage, identifying defects, and ensuring a seamless user experience across web and API interfaces.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test cases based on functional requirements and specifications
- Perform manual testing of web-based applications, APIs, and mobile apps (if applicable)
- Identify, record, and track bugs using JIRA or similar tools
- Work closely with developers and product teams to understand features and resolve issues
- Maintain clear and concise documentation of test results, reports, and testing processes
- Validate bug fixes, regression cases, and perform smoke testing
- Perform cross-browser and device compatibility testing
- Analyze and debug issues using logs, browser developer tools, and relevant tools
Interview Focus Areas
- Strong BlackBox & WhiteBox testing mindset
- Ability to prioritize logically and structure test coverage effectively
- Attention to detail and discipline in documentation
- Quality of clarifying questions during ambiguity
- Ability to segregate API vs UI test cases and cover edge cases & security
- Understanding of web-based systems, APIs, and integration points
Mandatory Tools & Skills
- Postman – for API testing
- Chrome Developer Tools – for UI inspection, console & network analysis
- JIRA – for defect tracking and test management
- Log Analysis – basic familiarity with reading and debugging logs
- Strong command of test case writing, reporting, and scenario-based testing
Good-to-Have Skills
- Experience with tools like TestRail, Zephyr, or Confluence
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum methodology
- Understanding of database queries (basic SQL)
- Experience testing responsive designs and mobile UIs
Develop testing strategy, test plan and test scenarios for new feature set in existing
applications and for new applications as well.
Perform Root Cause analysis for captured bugs
Prioritize and Categorize captured bugs
Develop, prioritize, and execute manual and automated regression test cases/scripts on
releases.
Track defects to closure and keep defect repository up to date
Contribute to Acceptance Criteria
Identify and create test data for sprint test demo
Create positive and negative tests for User Stories
Expected skill set (MUST HAVES):
Excellent command of Manual Testing and Automation Testing (Any tool).
Good knowledge of UI automation using Selenium or equivalent
Good knowledge in writing advanced SQL queries and data validation techniques
Solid knowledge of SDLC and STLC concepts, Functional Testing Fundamentals
Good Experience of working in an Agile environment and
Expected skill set (Good to have)
Experience working with defect management tools like JIRA
Well versed with all types of testing artifacts.
Education Background
A Bachelor degree, or equivalent, preferably in Software Engineering and Computer Science
ISTQB Certification preferred.
Job Description
- 0-3 years of software testing and application regression testing.
- Strong expertise in manual testing
- Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools.
- Responsible for writing test cases, executing them and maintaining the relevant logs.
- Analyze test results to ensure functionality is implemented correctly in all platforms (Android, iOS, and web) and highlight them in case it is not so.
- Participating in status meetings
- Communicate progress of testing activities to the Team Lead/Manager
- Identify and prepare technical test data
- Execute testing cycle activities as defined in test plan Identify, log, and follow-up on all defects encountered
- Maintain and communicate a solid understanding of software testing best practices, methodologies and terminology.
- Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
- Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
- Responsible for test related documentation and archiving
Desired Candidate Profile
- Proficient experience in creating test cases
- Experience with testing REST-based APIs and Services (Postman)
- Experience in manual, exploratory, regression, and functional website and mobile testing
- Strong analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail
- Experience writing automated test scripts for marketing and ecommerce websites
- Experience writing automation scripts for desktop and mobile resolutions
- Experience with Issue and Project tracking software
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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.
- 3+ years demonstrated experience in the Testing Web & mobile applications.
- 1+ Years of experience in Js based Web application testing. (Like: Angular Js, Vue Js, react js)
- Create and maintain API-based automation test scripts using tools like J meter, SoapUI or Postman
- API Automation using Soap UI/Rest assured / Postman (Mandatory)
- Create and maintain API specific test plans
- Conducting Performance and Load tests on the API's and provide detailed report and analysis on metrics like Breakage point etc.
- Participate in creating and clarifying User Stories, and in planning Sprints.
- Maintaining all the testing artefacts in SharePoint.
- Updating test management tools (JIRA / Bugzilla etc) so that the current status of the project can be known at any time by stakeholders.
- Issue tracking, analysis and reporting.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
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!









