Software Development Engineer Testing (SDET) -Automation

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

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

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

Manual Tester:

Mandatory Skills:

• Around 3-6 years experience in Manual testing complex applications
• Should be able to follow the defined test plan/strategy and perform test execution and report defects/track to closure
• Should be able to grasp the complex business domain fast and be agile in supporting the Product releases
• Experience using at least one defect management tool – JIRA, HP ALM, ADO etc.
• Software lifecycle management skills: understand the application development tasks and plan testing

Position: TEST LEAD

Job Description:

• 7+ years of experience in testing manual / automation.
• Experience in testing migration projects is Must.
• Ability to understand content migration testing requirements
• Ability to understand and define testing scope, risks, constraints, dependencies, and assumptions
• Engage with key users and stakeholders in defining testing requirements, approach, plan & validation
• Identify, document and validate source and target data requirements
• Work with key users and stakeholders to identify and resolve data issues
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical terminology to people with limited or no technical understanding
• Ability to work in tight deadlines
• Status reporting to senior management and stake holders

Skills and Experience

• Designing test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures. Executing tests on source code.
• Analyzing test results and reporting to the development team.
• Working with the development team to correct bugs and errors
• Preferred: Insurance or BFSI domain experience
• Testing experience of Insurance products like PAS / Policy Admin System, Billing, Claims
• AINS Certification a plus
• 5-8 Years of Experience required.

We are seeking a talented QA automation engineer to design testing procedures for our software applications. In this role, will be responsible for analyzing the functionality of applications and designing automated tests to validate their performance. You will also be required to identify bugs, install databases, and collaborate with the software design team.

To ensure success as a QA automation engineer, you should have advanced programming skills, a keen eye for detail, and excellent project management skills. A skilled QA automation engineer can design and write efficient test procedures for every software application.

QA Automation Engineer Responsibilities:

• Meeting with the software design team to discuss verification protocols.
• Identifying software application weaknesses and target areas.
• Sketching out ideas for automated software test procedures.
• Reviewing software bug reports and highlighting problem areas.
• Writing automation scripts and implementing software applications.
• Designing and installing software databases.
• Troubleshooting automation software and finalizing system procedures.
• Identifying quality issues and creating test reports.
• Collaborating with the design team to solve application faults.

QA Automation Engineer Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a similar field.
• Previous experience working as a QA automation engineer.
• Advanced programming skills including automation systems and databases.
• Must have worked on Selenium,Cucumber,Maven
• Familiarity with programming script languages including Java and VBScript.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Detailed knowledge of application functions, bug fixing, and testing protocols.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good project management skills.

This person MUST have: 

- BE Computer Science, MCA or equivalent. 

- Experience testing IOT devices managed by cloud. 

- Manual testing experience and a desire to learn and work with the latest technologies. Web, Cloud and Mobile App testing. 

- Develop test plans, cases, and scripts; schedule and execute test cycles; contribute to testability & quality of software. 

- Reports all defects accurately; facilitate problem tracking and successful resolution; assess and communicate various risks involved and provide necessary assistance to engineers and stakeholders. 

- Basic knowledge of automation know-how [ API automation, Python] - Test to fail mindset, Solid test strategy experience, well versed with QA processes. - Hands on experience on Performance test angle. 

Experience: 

- Min 1 year experience 

- Not more than 10 year experience. 

Location 

- Remotely, anywhere in India 

Timings:

- 40 hours a week (9 PM IST to 2 AM IST(10 hours in your suitable time) , Monday to Saturday). 

Position: 

- Full time/Direct 

- We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc. 

- We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods. You will stay here because you love the company. We have only a 15 days notice period. 

What you need to have: 

Role/Title: Functional QA

Location: Mumbai/Bangalore 

Fulltime/Permanent role

Notice period should not exceed more than 60days

Job Responsibilities:

Test Analyst:

• Good Communicator, 4 to 7 years, BFSI domain exp.(Investment banking/Capital Market/Wealth Management) is a must.

Skills & tools needed:

• Agile exp. and knowledge, end to end testing, UAT, regression, automation test frameworks.

Testing tools: JIRA, ALM

• Hands-on experience on test planning/test strategy, defect validation, sending status reports

Recko Inc. is looking for a QA engineer to join our kick-ass engineering team. We are looking for smart, dynamic individuals to inspect and report on the quality of products through the entire production cycle.

About Recko:

Recko was founded in 2017 to organise the world’s transactional information and provide intelligent applications to finance and product teams to make sense of the vast amount of data available. With the proliferation of digital transactions over the past two decades, Enterprises, Banks and Financial institutions are finding it difficult to keep a track on the money flowing across their systems. With the Recko Platform, businesses can build, integrate and adapt innovative and complex financial use cases within the organization and  across external payment ecosystems with agility, confidence and at scale.  . Today, customer-obsessed brands such as Deliveroo, Meesho, Grofers, Dunzo, Acommerce, etc use Recko so their finance teams can optimize resources with automation and prioritize growth over repetitive and time-consuming tasks around day-to-day operations. 

Recko is a Series A funded startup, backed by marquee investors like Vertex Ventures, Prime Venture Partners and Locus Ventures. Traditionally enterprise software is always built around functionality. We believe software is an extension of one’s capability, and it should be delightful and fun to use.

Working at Recko:

We believe that great companies are built by amazing people. At Recko, We are a group of young Engineers, Product Managers, Analysts and Business folks who are on a mission to bring consumer tech DNA to enterprise fintech applications. The current team at Recko is 60+ members strong with stellar experience across fintech, e-commerce, digital domains at companies like Flipkart, PhonePe, Ola Money, Belong, Razorpay, Grofers, Jio, Oracle etc. We are growing aggressively across verticals.

About the Role:

What are we looking for:

1. Strong understanding of Software Testing methodologies and Test design with Saas apps
2. 2+ years of experience in Manual  testing on Web using Postman, Jira or similar tools
3. Excellent communication and documentation skills with a strong attention to detail
4. Good understanding of Python / JavaScript and  Linux commands, SQL Databases
5. Good to have: Knowledge of performance and security testing, understanding of Jenkins, Kibana, Git, JMeter and hands-on experience with JUnit, Mocha (JavaScript), Any JavaScript e2e testing framework
6. Ability to interact with folks internally and externally to gather insights and handle multiple activities at once
7. Ability to think strategically and implement with excellence
8. A growth mindset and passionate about building things from the ground up, and most importantly, you should be fun to work with

As a test engineer at Recko, you will:

1. Test and prove that the software meets major architectural requirements while ensuring  the quality of the system as a whole 
2. Prove for scalability and performance of a software while running quality controls on components and final products
3. Develop and automate tests for software validation
4. Detect, investigate and troubleshoot bug and production issues
5. Analyze current technologies used within the company and develop steps and processes to improve testing procedures
6. Assist other department engineers in creating practical demonstrations of proposed solutions and demonstrating them to other members of the team
7. Gather product requirements (e.g. functionalities, speed, safety standards), 
8. Develop test plan, test scenarios and test cases and analyze the test results, detect issues and track root causes
9. Document technical issues and solutions as well as prepare file defect reports and report test progress