Software Tester

Position: QA Manual Tester

Experience: 6 Months – 1 Year

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a detail-oriented QA Manual Tester with around 6 months of hands-on experience to join our Quality Assurance team. The ideal candidate should have strong testing fundamentals, good analytical skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with developers and product managers to ensure high-quality product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Create and execute test cases for web/mobile apps.
• Perform functional, regression, and UI testing.
• Report and track bugs using tools like JIRA.
• Collaborate with developers and product teams in an Agile/Scrum setup.
• Ensure proper test documentation.

Requirements

• 6+ months of manual testing experience.
• Understanding of SDLC, STLC, and testing types.
• Familiarity with bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).
• Basic SQL knowledge is a plus.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to work on challenging real-world projects.
• Collaborative and growth-focused work culture.
• Learning opportunities with exposure to automation tools.

About the Role

We are looking for a detail-oriented Manual QA Engineer with 2–4 years of experience in software testing. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills, a passion for quality, and hands-on experience in creating, executing, and managing test cases to ensure product excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understand requirements, functional specifications, and design documents.

• Design, develop, and maintain detailed test cases and test scenarios. • Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing.

• Identify, document, and track defects using bug tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Bugzilla, etc.).

• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to resolve issues.

• Ensure test coverage, maintain test documentation, and provide test reports.

• Work closely with automation teams for smooth knowledge transfer and scope identification.

• Participate in requirement reviews, sprint planning, and release validation.

• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies in QA testing.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, IT, or a related field.

• 2–4 years of proven experience in Manual Software testing.

• Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, defect lifecycle, and test methodologies.

• Hands-on experience in test case design, execution, and bug reporting.

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology.

• Experience with defect management tools (e.g., JIRA, Bugzilla, Mantis).

• Basic SQL / API testing knowledge

• Knowledge/ work experience in Performance testing.

• Good understanding of web and mobile application testing.

• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and analytical skills

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

• 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

Our client owns and operates multiple brands in the personal advice industry connecting customers to advisors through its proprietary marketplace platform. Their platform has enabled 50+ million conversations with independent experts across a number of fields including relationship advice, spiritual advice, life coaching, and career advice.

Our client is based in San Francisco, USA, and is expanding in Bangalore to bring in top talent and build out exciting new features for their customer-facing e-commerce products. They are looking for top test/quality assurance (QA) engineers to ensure their very high-quality bar is met and raised. As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will develop and execute feature and regression test suites to ensure product quality.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Work closely with a scrum team and collaborate in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Key contributor for manual end-to-end functional & regression testing"
• Review feature specifications and design documents and provide timely and meaningful feedback
• Own the acceptance criteria process with developers and create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases for features
• Estimating, prioritizing, planning, and coordinating testing activities with the rest of the QA team along with releases
• Identify, record, document, and track bugs
• Collaborate with internal teams (e.g. developers, product managers, stakeholders) to identify requirements and communicate progress & releases

Desired Skills & Experience:

• At least 5 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance / Software Development
• Experience in agile & scrum methodologies
• Ability to write clear and comprehensive acceptance criteria, test plans, and test cases
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of SQL scripting
• BS degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related subject is a plus
• Automation experience within the Selenium framework (Java) is a plus
• Performance (stress/load) testing is a plus

Perks & Benefits:

• Friendly, talented, collaborative, and entrepreneurial team
• Competitive and comprehensive benefits and perks
• Generous holiday and PTO policies
• Training and development opportunities and allowance
• Fun and inclusive digital, and (in the future) in-person events
• Employee groups - DEI committee, fun committee, wellness group, and more
• Flexible remote work

The company is the industry-leading collection of online destinations (including Astrology.com, Horoscope.com, Keen, and PsychicCenter) providing spiritual guidance on love, relationships, career, health, and life overall. They are passionate about connecting people with the world's best advisors (including psychics, tarot card readers, life coaches, and more) and content to empower everyone to live happier lives.

A team of over 100 employees is powered by their diverse perspectives and company core

values:

• They are humble. They believe the best result is achieved by leveraging others perspectives
• They think like owners. They make decisions that optimize for the greater good of the organization
• They challenge limiting beliefs. They are at their best when they identify and shatter the status quo expectations

The company is an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. They are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.