QA Team Lead

Job Title:

Quality Control (QC) Engineer – Fresher

Experience:

Freshers (0–1 Year)

Job Summary

We are looking for a detail-oriented and enthusiastic Quality Control (QC) Engineer to join our QA team. The ideal candidate should possess strong knowledge of Manual Testing concepts and a working understanding of Automation Testing using Selenium and Java. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring software quality through test planning, execution, defect tracking, and validation activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business and functional requirements to create effective test scenarios and test cases.
• Perform comprehensive manual testing of web and enterprise applications.
• Execute Functional, Regression, Integration, System, Smoke, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects throughout the testing lifecycle.
• Validate bug fixes and perform retesting activities.
• Participate in test planning, test execution, and test reporting activities.
• Support automation testing efforts by executing and maintaining automation scripts.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders to ensure product quality.
• Prepare and maintain testing documentation and test evidence.

Required Technical Skills

Manual Testing

• Strong understanding of:
• Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Test Case Design Techniques
• Defect Life Cycle
• Functional Testing
• Regression Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
• Smoke Testing
• Sanity Testing
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Test Planning and Test Execution
• Experience in defect reporting and tracking tools.
• Basic SQL knowledge for database validation and testing.

Automation Testing

• Working knowledge of Selenium WebDriver.
• Good understanding of Java programming fundamentals.
• Knowledge of TestNG or JUnit.
• Understanding of automation frameworks and test automation concepts.
• Experience with XPath, CSS Selectors, and Web Element Locators.
• Basic knowledge of Data-Driven and Keyword-Driven Frameworks.

Educational Qualification

• B.Tech
• B.Sc (Computers)

Preferred Skills

• Internship, certification, or project experience in Software Testing.
• Knowledge of API Testing tools such as Postman is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with version control tools such as Git.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and documentation skills. 

• 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

• Having 6+ experience as a QA/SDET
• Having good knowledge on iOS/Android App based apps testing.
• Having good exposure on mobile based application testing and testing process.
• Good knowledge on backend API testing
• Good in writing manual test cases with all possible scenarios.
• Good exposure on JIRA, Zypher and QC.
• Good in debugging skills and ELK stack.
• Good to have experience in Java and automation technologies 

• 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
  
  
  

• 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

• Experience in testing web-based applications.
• Experience in developing test cases and scenarios based on PRD/BRD/Use cases.
• Experience in testing Web Services
• Logging defects/bugs in the defect management tool
• Tracking the defects and retire them with appropriate test execution
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Tools and Technologies:

• Should have strong knowledge and hands-on with SQL, Java, and Selenium
• Good/Fair knowledge of angular framework and Protractor with JavaScript/TypeScript
• Hands-on with any of the defect management tools like Jira/Bugzilla
• Knowledge of J-meter, Soap UI is a plus

Skills:

* Should have excellent manual testing skills.
* Good knowledge in automation testing using Selenium WebDriver.
* Should have good written & communications skills to write the test cases and documentation.
* Good Analytical skill, Proactive, Capability of thinking through a scenario.
* Knowledge in mobile automation testing using Appium is a plus point.

Responsibilities:

• Creation of automated test scripts to reduce the amount of time and effort spent on testing.
• Strongly adhere to specification and style guides.
• Ensure the application meets the performance, quality and targets.
• Leverage new and established testing methodologies.
• Translate the given design document into proper Test Cases for maintainability.
• Work hand-in-hand with developers to understand the flow of modules and document it.

• Execution of test cases/test scripts for manual/automation testing.
• Should have working knowledge of SQL server.
• Design and create test conditions and scripts to address business and technical use cases.
• Analyze data and results of tests, record defects, provide status.
• Document, track and escalate issues as appropriate, using JIRA or similar tools/means.
• Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Build Deployment on Test Environment.

Requirements:

• Experience in end-to-end user testing for minimum 1-2 yrs.
• Have prior experience with manual testing in web and Android applications.
• Logging bugs, detailed test reports, screenshots, and videos in the bug tracker during pre-release and post-release testing.
• User & usability testing on the design prototypes being passed to the development team.
• Well versed with Agile testing methodologies.
• Opportunity to define, design, tool and implement entire Automated testing using Selenium/TestNG/Appium or any other tool of choice.
• Ability to stick to deadlines.
• Manage regular exploratory testing campaigns by employing a large number of short-term remote testers.
• Ability to operate in white-spaces where ambiguity or lack of knowledge might be imminent in tackling problems. In short, love the entire startup experience.
• Good Knowledge of Core Java.
• Good Knowledge in Selenium.
• Troubleshoot problems related to scripts, framework components,application changes, etc., and repair issues.
• Experience in working with Agile Projects and Scrum Process.
• Enable and/or perform development of test automation by designing and writing automated test scripts based on defined test cases,including the definition of test data for consumption by scripts during test execution.
• Must have experience in writing TDD and BDD test cases.
• Analyze test logs, and report test results/metrics.