
Senior Manual Tester / Testing Team Lead
Location: Office, Hyderabad
Employment Type: Full-time
Role Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Manual Tester to join our Quality Assurance team. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in testing web, Android, and iOS applications and will take ownership of delivering reliable, user-friendly, and high-quality products. This role demands strong analytical skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to lead and mentor other testers while collaborating closely with Product, Development, and Design teams.
Key Responsibilities
1. Requirement Analysis
● Analyze business and functional requirements to define test scope.
● Identify gaps/ambiguities and provide feedback to Product Managers. ● Participate in requirement and design reviews to ensure test coverage.
2. Test Strategy & Planning
● Develop comprehensive test plans covering functional, UI/UX, usability, and security testing.
● Align testing timelines with project goals and release cycles.
● Ensure QA processes follow industry best practices.
3. Test Case Design & Management
● Create, maintain, and execute detailed test cases using JIRA and Zephyr Scale. ● Document expected vs. actual results to ensure traceability.
● Continuously update test cases as features evolve.
4. Test Execution & Validation
● Execute manual tests across platforms (Web, iOS, Android).
● Perform regression, compatibility, and cross-browser/device testing. ● Validate responsiveness, behavior, and usability of applications.
5. Defect Tracking & Quality Management
● Log, prioritize, and track bugs with clear steps(STRs), screenshots, and logs. ● Collaborate with developers to resolve issues effectively.
● Verify fixes through systematic retesting.
6. Exploratory & Ad-Hoc Testing
● Conduct exploratory testing to uncover edge cases and unexpected behaviors. ● Perform ad-hoc/monkey testing to simulate real-world scenarios.
7. Test Reporting & Documentation
● Generate test summary reports, traceability matrices, and defect metrics. ● Provide transparent status updates to stakeholders.
● Maintain comprehensive documentation of all QA activities.
8. Non-Functional Testing (Basic)
● Conduct basic load, stress, and performance tests.
● Validate security, scalability, and compatibility across environments.
9. Environment & Data Management
● Manage QA, staging, and pre-production environments.
● Prepare test data for positive, negative, and edge-case scenarios.
10. Collaboration & Agile Practices
● Actively participate in DSMs and DSUs, sprint planning.
● Partner with Product Managers, Developers, and Designers to drive quality. ● Suggest process improvements and advocate for QA best practices.
11. Leadership & Mentorship
● Lead and manage a team of manual testers, delegating tasks effectively. ● Coach and mentor junior QA members, fostering skill development and accountability.
12. Preferred (Good-to-Have)
● Basic knowledge of automation tools (Selenium, Espresso).
● API testing experience using Postman (response validation, performance checks).
Qualifications & Skills
● 4–6+ years of manual testing experience in SaaS/web/mobile applications. ● Strong team leadership and people management skills.
● Expertise in functional, regression, exploratory, and mobile testing. ● Proficiency in QA tools (JIRA and Zephyr Scale).
● Hands-on experience in cross-browser/device testing (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, iOS, Android).
● Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
● Excellent written and verbal communication in English (Telugu/Hindi a plus). ● Proactive mindset with attention to detail and a passion for product quality.

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Role: Manual Testing
Experience: 2.5- 4 yrs
Notice Period: Immediate Joiners
Location: Hyderabad (WFO)
Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled QA Automation Engineer with 3+ years of proven experience in software testing and test automation. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in leading the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) across multiple projects, functional testing of web and backend systems, and hands-on experience with API automation. This role requires someone who can build robust test strategies, design automation frameworks, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality at scale.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the complete STLC (planning, test case design, execution, defect management, and closure) across concurrent projects.
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts for web applications, APIs, and backend systems.
- Perform functional, regression, smoke, and system integration testing, ensuring full coverage and efficient execution.
- Conduct API testing using tools like Postman, RestAssured, or similar, validating request/response structures, data integrity, performance, and security.
- Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to identify gaps, track defects, and enhance test coverage.
- Integrate automated test suites with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster releases.
- Execute performance, load, and stress testing to validate system scalability and reliability.
- Document detailed test plans, strategies, and reports, ensuring clear communication of testing progress and quality metrics.
- Continuously improve test automation frameworks, strategies, and best practices.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Minimum 4 years of experience in QA automation and software testing.
- Strong experience managing and executing STLC in multi-project environments.
- Hands-on experience with functional testing (web, mobile, backend) and solid test case design skills.
- Proficiency in automation tools such as Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, or equivalent.
- Expertise in API testing using Postman, RestAssured, or similar frameworks.
- Experience working with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar.
- Strong knowledge of scripting/programming languages (Python, Java, or JavaScript).
- Good understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) with hands-on exposure.
- Solid problem-solving, debugging, and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with cloud-based test environments or Docker/Kubernetes.
- Exposure to performance and load testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling.
- Familiarity with security testing practices.
Why Join Us?
- Opportunity to own the QA function and contribute to building scalable testing systems.
- Work in a fast-paced, tech-driven team with real impact on product quality.
- 5-day work week, flexible working hours, and a collaborative culture.
- Health benefits and support for professional learning & upskilling.
● Basic knowledge of all testing types
● Experience in Web, Mobile & Mobile App testing
● Innovative mindset to track issues/bugs
● Good teamwork & Communication Skills
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.
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
Good Experience of working in an Agile environment and
Expected skill set (Good to have)
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.
- 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
- Reviews design specifications to understand the scope, requirements, and function of the software product.
- Preparation of test data and execution of test cases (including functional, system, regression, performance, API and database layer etc.)
- Identifies appropriate processes, parameters, functions, and data to test and validate; parameters may include general function, the validity of results, accuracy, reliability, and compliance with industry standards.
- Lead and participate in test case reviews with Business, Developers, other team members
- Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
- Ensure that user expectations are met during the testing process
- Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
- When a product does not perform within specifications, reporting defects to programmers while identifying and recommending solutions, improvements, and updates.
- Identifies, logs, and recreates error codes, bugs, and defects.
- Draft quality assurance policies and procedures
- Investigate production issues
- Conducts testing to ensure products perform according to product requirements and within established guidelines.
- Customer centricity : We believe an ability to empathize with merchants and customers will help us outperform the competition and motivate us to innovate. The developer should be able to prioritize the roadmap based on customer needs.
- Outcome and data-oriented : The developer should have the ability to define the economic rationale for every major effort and translate it into metrics. There should be an obsession with data for business iterations and improvements.
- Hands-on & Willingness to go above and beyond: For start-ups the responsibilities and needs of the business change quickly. We're looking for a developer who is not afraid to take on new challenges and can deal with ambiguity.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams : The developer must be able to manage cross-functional teams - customer care, product, merchants, compliance & finance teams. Having the experience of managing healthy conflicts and driving people towards customer goals and organization priorities would be valued.
Requirement :
- Good Understanding Software development life cycle and testing lifecycle
- Good at testing Mobile, Web and API
- Basics of performance and load testing
- Experience in financial service would be preferred
- Fearless - not afraid to suggest or back big ideas however disruptive they may be
- Excellent knowledge in testing skills (design test plan and test strategy, writing test cases, executing test cases, opening bugs, verifying bugs)
- Good level in SQL/database
- Candidate with at least 2-4 years.
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!
Good Experience in API Testing
Good Experience in mobile application testing
Good Experience in DB Testing











