Software Development Engineer Testing (SDET)

MCS is seeking a meticulous and detail-oriented QA Lead to join our team. As a Quality Analyst, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the highest standards of quality and efficiency in our products or services. Your primary responsibility will be to assess and evaluate processes, identify areas for improvement, and develop strategies to enhance quality across all aspects of our organization.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement quality assurance standards, procedures, and methodologies to ensure consistency and excellence in our products, services, or processes.
• Conduct comprehensive evaluations and audits of products, services, or processes to identify deviations, defects, or areas of improvement.
• Maintain detailed records of quality assessments, findings, and recommendations.
• Create and update quality documentation, including standard operating procedures.
• Investigate the root causes of quality issues and collaborate with relevant teams to implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Provide guidance and training to teams and employees on quality standards, best practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Establish feedback mechanisms and channels for employees and customers to report quality-related concerns or suggestions for improvement.
• Prepare and deliver regular reports on quality performance, highlighting areas of success and areas requiring attention.
• Ensure that our processes and products adhere to relevant industry standards, regulations, and compliance requirements
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes and enhance quality.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in a relevant field (Quality Management, Business, Engineering, etc.)
• 5+ years experience in quality assurance or quality control, preferably in a similar industry.
• Prior Experience in a Lead role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in quality management tools and methodologies (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean, ISO standards).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to precision.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with quality management software and tools.

If you have a keen eye for detail, a passion for process improvement, and the ability to drive positive change, we invite you to apply. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on our organization's quality standards and contribute to our ongoing success. Apply today to be a part of our quality-driven team!

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!

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.

• Review and analyze system specifications
• Collaborate with QA Engineers to develop effective strategies and test plans
• Execute test cases (manual) and analyze results
• Evaluate product code according to specifications
• Create logs to document testing phases and defects
• Report bugs and errors to development teams
• Help troubleshoot issues
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle

• Proven 3+ years of experience as a Quality Assurance Tester or similar role
• Experience in project management and QA methodology
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude
• Strong organizational skills.

• Work with our proprietary Java and Kotlin based SDK to find performance and functionality-related issues.
•  Working with in-house Dashboards to perform testing of UI and APIs.
• Collaborating with teams to create test documents.
• Planning and task management in congruence with the Leadership Team.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Expertise in testing different QA Methodologies black box, white box, and gray box for both web UIs and backends both manually and automation.
• Ability to code and maintain back-end automation frameworks written in distributed programming languages such as Python.
• Ability to automate Android applications using tools such as Appium.
• Hands-on experience on API testing and testing tools like Postman, Rest-Assured, or other API testing tools.
• Experience working with Proxy tools like Charles Proxy, Fiddler.
• Excellent in test strategizing, planning, estimation, execution, and reporting.
• Working knowledge of Agile scrum methodologies Strong debugging, problem-solving, interpersonal and troubleshooting skills.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Python or Java Appium
•  Rest-Assured or Postman
• Fiddler or Charles Proxy
• Black Box testing
• White Box testing

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

• An opportunity to be a part of a fast scaling start-up in the AdTech space that offers unmatched services and products.
• To work with a team of young enthusiasts who are always upbeat and self-driven to achieve bigger milestones in shorter time spans.
•  A workspace, that is wide open as per open door policy at the company, located in the happening center of Bangalore
• A well-fed stomach makes the mind work better and therefore- free lunch with a wide variety on all working days of the week, a stocked up pantry to satiate your want for munchies, a Foosball table to burst stress and above all a great working environment.
• We believe that we grow as you grow. Once you are a part of our team, your growth also becomes essential to us, and in order to make sure that happens, there are timely formal and informal feedback sessions.

• Review requirements specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities
• Design test cases based on the use cases and considering various quality aspects.
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Perform in-depth and thorough testing of the owned features/areas.
• Maintain the test cases and test results in test management system.
• Maintain the defects in defect Management system.
• Plan and realise the test environment, platforms, test cycles and regression cycles based on the strategy and quality evaluation at different stages of the product.
• Keep updated on the latest testing and domain technologies, test coverage methodologies and quality metrics.
• Develop skills on automation and testing tools.
• Should guide junior members in performing their activities effectively and help them develop technical skills.

• BE/B-Tech/BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
• Should have at least 4 years of relevant experience in QA.
• Proven working experience in software quality assurance
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
• Hands-on experience with automated testing tools is a plus
• Knowledge of SQL and scripting is big plus