QA Manual

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

Key Responsibilities:

Execute manual test cases based on project requirements.

Identify, log, and track software defects using tools like JIRA or Bugzilla.

Assist in preparing test plans, test scenarios, and test data.

Work closely with developers and Project Manager to reproduce and resolve issues.

Perform functional, regression, and smoke testing.

Support the QA team in maintaining testing documentation and reports.

Learn and gradually contribute to automation testing (if applicable).

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field.

1–2 years of experience in software testing .

Basic understanding of SDLC, STLC, and software testing concepts.

Familiarity with bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA) and test management tools.

Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.

Good written and verbal communication.

Nice-to-Have (Preferred):

Exposure to automation tools like Selenium or Postman.

Knowledge of SQL and database queries.

Understanding of Agile / Scrum methodologies.

ISTQB Foundation certification or equivalent is a plus.

Personal Attributes:

Quick learner with a proactive attitude.

Team player with a focus on quality and continuous improvement.

Strong problem-solving and time-management skills.

Compensation:

Competitive salary and performance-based growth opportunities.

Strong UAT / Functional Test Lead Profiles

Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have minimum 7 years of overall testing experience, with at least 3 years of recent UAT experience, primarily in manual testing for large enterprise or government project

Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have worked on minimum 2 national-level e-Governance, public sector, enterprise, or marketplace projects in a UAT lead or ownership role

Mandatory (Experience 3): Must have 3+ years of team handling experience, leading 7–8 QA/UAT members, including task assignment, review, mentoring, and delivery ownership

Mandatory (Experience 4): Must have complete ownership of UAT activities, including UAT planning, execution, acceptance sign-off, defect management, retesting, and regression cycles.

Mandatory (Skills 1): Must have strong hands-on manual testing experience, with the ability to create test scenarios and test cases from BRDs, user stories, functional documents, and Figma/UI screens.

Mandatory (Skills 2): Must be able to understand HLD/LLD documents and API specifications and perform manual API testing based on business logic.

Mandatory (Education): Must have BE/BTech/MTech/MBA (BSc/BCA alone is not acceptable; with Bsc/BCA candidates must have a relevant postgraduate degree MCA/MTech)

Mandatory (Exclusion): Do not consider candidates with automation-heavy profiles or those lacking strong manual UAT and leadership experience

Requirements:

Position Summary:

As a QA Engineer at LimeChat, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and performance of our messaging and communication applications. You will primarily focus on manual testing to identify issues, validate product functionality, and provide feedback to our development teams. Additionally, you will be involved in automation testing to enhance efficiency and test coverage.

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute test cases, identify defects, and report issues accurately.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product requirements and user expectations are met.
• Conduct manual testing of LimeChat's messaging applications to verify product functionality and user experience.
• Develop and maintain test plans and test cases for both new features and regression testing.
• Participate in design and implementation reviews to provide input on potential issues.
• Perform exploratory testing to uncover hidden defects and ensure a robust product.
• Automate test cases using testing frameworks and tools.
• Maintain and update automated test scripts as necessary.
• Execute automated test suites to improve test efficiency and coverage.
• Continuously monitor the quality of our applications and participate in the release process.
• Collaborate with developers to isolate and reproduce defects for faster resolution.
• Maintain and document testing processes and procedures for reference.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement in quality assurance.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Proven experience as a QA Engineer, with a strong emphasis on manual testing.
• Familiarity with automation testing tools such as Selenium, Appium, or similar.
• Proficiency in writing and executing test cases.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of software testing methodologies and best practices.
• Experience with mobile and web application testing.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Detail-oriented with a commitment to quality.
• Experience with testing APIs is a plus.

• Helps Test Lead to prepare the Test Plan and coordinate with Test Engineers during Testing Phase
• Performs Bug Analysis, understands the client requirement and help Test engineer to prepare the test cases
• Ability to multi-task/handle several projects effectively and deliver within timeline
• Peer Reviews the test cases, understands the Test Plan and write Automation test cases
• Able to write Scripts in languages like Java, Ruby, Python, etc.,
• Able to review the Scripts written, able to run the Maintenance / New Scripts and identify the issues
• Knowledge on automation test reports (TestNG, Allure, JUnit reports etc)
• Define onboarding documents for technology and domain for the teams
• Train/Mentor and evaluate juniors on testing specializations
• Exihitbit strong expertise in one of Load Testing - Jmeter (or similar tools) or Api Testing - Rest client/postman or DB testing
• Perform cross Browser / device compatibility testing using automation
• Understand and contribute to sprint release cycle process, ensure 100% test coverage and follow JIRA hygiene
• Besides the job specific responsibilities strictly adheres to the policies and procedures of the organization

• Excellent communication (verbal and written) - Articulates clearly, concisely  and with context at all times, High confidence and assertiveness skills
• Has a cordial work relationship with peers and manager
• Speaks his/her mind even during challenging situations, Proactively seeks help /assistance when in need
• Ability to Develop self and others - Takes feedback positively and works on it seriously, Is not afraid of making mistakes as part of learning
• Open to working across projects and technologies, Good analytical and logical skills
• Understands requirements quickly and accurately
• Proactively thinks through the solution and seeks clarification before coding
• Explores the root causes of problems before taking action
• Quickly learns the latest developments in technology and is able to apply it to the projects
• Good Interpersonal Skills - Builds good working relationship with team members and customer stakeholders (Product owners and Scrum master etc)
• As a QA person - Show extreme attention to details and nuances

Masters India is looking for fresh graduates, who can deliver measurable success. Our ideal candidate is highly motivated, an excellent communicator, can work well within a co-operative and friendly team as well as should be able to work on their own initiative. The primary focus of the role is to work with the  testing team to develop a comprehensive solution. The candidate should be proactive and should be to impact positive change to add value to our business. This position will be based at Masters India office in Noida, Sector 63. There is significant opportunity for career progression at Masters India.

Key Responsibilities:

• Can write test cases for - Unit level, Functional and Integration testing, Load testing.  
• Researches issues in order to identify root cause, documents and reproduces problems. Develop test plans and detailed test cases for new product functionality.  
• Ability to handle multiple activities with changing priorities simultaneously and escalate risks.
• Competency to utilize Company software and willingness to learn new systems as necessary.
• Ability to work in a dynamic and Fast Paced Environment.
• Leadership quality and to be a self-starter and if required can work as an Individual contributor.
• Test Execution in all levels of testing including Functional Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, Load Testing, System Testing etc.
• Bug Reporting on Bug Reporting tool like Bugzilla, JIRA, MANTIS or QC.
• Able to do exploratory and non functional testing as an when required.
• Effective defect tracking and reporting to improve communications and reduce delay.
• Knowledge of testing process deliverables.
• Should be proficient in using Google Docs (documents, spreadsheet, presentation) and Microsoft office suite.
• Can provide assurance for build releases to staging and production environments.
• Collaborates with quality assurance team and software development to resolve issues and enhance the application.

Required Skills:

• 0-2 years in field of Software Quality Assurance (finance domain), manual and mobile applications
• Knowledge on Automation and Security Testing.
• Excellent communication skills (written + verbal)
• Experience in preparing Test Cases and  testing strategies  .  
• Experience in Bug Reporting and familiar with any Bug Reporting tool like Bugzilla, JIRA, MANTIS or QC.
• Knowledge of SDLC and STLC and Defect Tracking.
• Experience in API testing, XML, Web Services, SOAP and JSON.
• Experience in automated test tools- QTP or  Selenium Web Driver.
• Experience on performance testing with good knowledge in Jmeter and LoadUI etc.

• Work with product and business stakeholders to prepare test cases and plan
• Build, enhance and maintain automation frameworks for scalability, stability, and performance
• Write new automated tests for existing and new features
• Collaborate with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and test case documentation
• Create logs to document testing phases and defects
• Report bugs and drive them to closure by collaborating with development teams
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle

What Makes You A Great Fit

• Experience with test frameworks, regression testing, and QA methodology
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
• Desire to be a perfectionist

• Manual Testing and Automation Testing (Any tool).
• Good knowledge of UI automation using Selenium
• Writing advanced SQL queries and data validation technique
• Functional Testing
• Experience in Regression testing & Defect life cycle management
• Good Experience of working in an AgiLe
• Experience working with defect management tools like JIRA Well versed with all types of testing artifacts.
• Experience in Api testing
• Experience in Mobile App testing
• Good understanding of SDLC
• Good Communication