Software tester/ QA

Job Description – Senior QA Engineer (Banking & Financial Applications)Position

Job Title: Senior QA Engineer

Experience: 3+ Years

Employment Type: Full-Time

Department: Quality Assurance

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Senior QA Lead to take ownership of quality assurance across our banking and financial applications. The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, managing, and executing end-to-end testing activities while leading a team of QA engineers.

This role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, leadership, client communication, and quality governance. The candidate will be expected to interact directly with customers and stakeholders, manage testing initiatives across multiple platforms, drive quality improvements, and lead the organization's transition from predominantly manual testing to scalable automation testing practices.

The successful candidate must possess excellent communication skills, strong analytical thinking, and the ability to confidently represent the QA function in both internal and client-facing discussions.

Key ResponsibilitiesQuality Assurance Leadership

• Own and manage the complete Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Define QA strategy, testing methodologies, standards, and best practices.
• Establish quality benchmarks and release readiness criteria.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality software across all products and releases.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the QA function.
• Monitor product quality metrics and provide regular reporting to management.

Manual Testing & Quality Management

• Design, review, and execute detailed test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, exploratory, smoke, and user acceptance testing.
• Validate complex business workflows within banking and financial systems.
• Identify, document, track, and verify defects through closure.
• Ensure adequate test coverage across all business-critical features.
• Perform root cause analysis for production issues and quality incidents.

Test Automation Leadership

• Drive the organization's automation testing strategy.
• Identify manual testing areas suitable for automation.
• Build and maintain automation roadmaps and implementation plans.
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve automated test coverage.
• Establish automation frameworks, standards, and coding practices.
• Continuously improve automation efficiency and execution reliability.
• Measure and report automation coverage and effectiveness.

Team Leadership & Management

• Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers.
• Allocate work and monitor team performance and deliverables.
• Conduct test reviews and quality audits.
• Support team development through coaching and knowledge-sharing.
• Establish accountability and ownership within the QA team.
• Assist in hiring, onboarding, and training QA resources when required.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary QA representative in client interactions.
• Conduct customer calls, demonstrations, and quality review meetings.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, issues, and mitigation plans.
• Handle client concerns and escalations professionally and diplomatically.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Developers, DevOps teams, and senior leadership.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships through clear and effective communication.

Banking Domain Quality Assurance

• Validate banking, financial, and transaction-based workflows.
• Ensure accuracy of financial calculations, reconciliations, and transaction processing.
• Test security-sensitive and compliance-driven functionality.
• Verify integration with third-party financial systems, APIs, and services.
• Understand business-critical workflows and identify potential quality risks.

Required Technical SkillsTesting Expertise

• Strong experience in Manual Testing.
• Strong understanding of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience in Functional Testing.
• Regression Testing.
• Integration Testing.
• System Testing.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Exploratory Testing.
• Smoke & Sanity Testing.
• Defect Lifecycle Management.

Automation Testing

Hands-on experience with one or more of:

• Selenium
• Playwright
• Cypress
• Appium

Experience with:

• Test automation framework design
• Automated regression suites
• Cross-browser testing
• Test execution pipelines
• Automation reporting and analysis

API Testing

• Postman
• REST APIs
• API Validation
• API Automation
• JSON/XML Validation

Database Testing

• SQL
• MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• Data Validation
• Query Analysis

Ability to:

• Write and execute SQL queries.
• Validate backend data against application workflows.
• Investigate data-related defects.

Frontend & Backend Understanding

The candidate should possess a good functional understanding of:

Frontend

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript fundamentals
• Browser Developer Tools

Backend

• API architecture
• Authentication mechanisms
• Database concepts
• Application logs and troubleshooting
• Client-server architecture

Tools & Platforms

Experience with:

• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• TestRail (preferred)
• Confluence
• Git
• CI/CD Pipelines

Exposure to:

• Jenkins
• GitHub Actions
• GitLab CI/CD

Required Soft SkillsCommunication

• Excellent verbal and written English communication.
• Ability to conduct client-facing meetings independently.
• Strong presentation and documentation skills.
• Ability to communicate technical and non-technical concepts clearly.

Leadership

• Team management and mentoring experience.
• Ownership-driven mindset.
• Ability to drive outcomes with minimal supervision.
• Strong decision-making capabilities.

Stakeholder Management

• Professional and diplomatic communication style.
• Strong customer relationship management skills.
• Ability to handle escalations and difficult conversations effectively.
• Experience coordinating across multiple teams and departments.

Personal Attributes

• Highly proactive and self-motivated.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities.
• Detail-oriented with a quality-first mindset.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent organizational and planning skills.
• Strong sense of accountability and ownership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Banking, FinTech, Payments, Lending, NBFC, or Financial Services domains.
• Experience working with enterprise-scale applications.
• Exposure to security and compliance testing.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• ISTQB Certification (preferred).
• Experience driving QA transformation initiatives from manual testing to automation-first testing.

Key Success Indicators

The selected candidate will be expected to:

• Own and drive product quality across all releases.
• Lead and manage the QA team effectively.
• Improve automation coverage and reduce manual testing effort over time.
• Ensure smooth release cycles with minimal production defects.
• Build strong client relationships through professional communication.
• Proactively identify risks and drive timely resolutions.
• Establish a scalable and mature QA process across the organization.

QA Engineer (Automation + Manual – Web, API & Full-Stack Quality)

📍 Surat, India | 💼 Full-Time | 📅 5-Days Working | 🧠 2–5 Years Experience

Surat Local Candidate Only.

Job Description:

Skyline Infosoft is seeking a QA Engineer (Manual/ Automation) who can own quality across the full stack - frontend, API, and backend. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing test strategies, building automation frameworks from scratch, performing root cause analysis across layers, and collaborating with developers and architects to ensure production-grade quality.

Manual Testing Responsibilities:

• Perform end-to-end manual testing for web applications and REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Design and execute test cases, test scenarios, and test plans.
• Conduct functional, regression, smoke, and sanity testing.
• Identify, document, and track bugs with clear reproduction steps.
• Perform API testing using Postman and Swagger.
• Validate data using MySQL queries for backend verification.
• Ensure cross-browser and responsive testing across devices.
• Collaborate with developers to reproduce and verify issues.

Automation Tester Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain automation scripts using Playwright (TypeScript/Python) or Selenium.
• Build and maintain automation frameworks from scratch.
• Automate regression, smoke, and functional test suites.
• Perform API automation and validation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Conduct root cause analysis across frontend, API, backend, and database layers.
• Use tools like BrowserStack for cross-browser automation.
• Perform security testing using OWASP ZAP or Burp Suite.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in software quality engineering with a strong manual or automation testing.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript, Playwright, or Selenium for Automation role.
• Hands-on experience with Postman and Swagger for API validation.
• Demonstrated ability to independently trace bugs across frontend, API, and database layers.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools: Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions for Automated Testing and BrowserStack, Jira, TestRail, Notion for manual testing.
• Communication skills and maturity to challenge technical decisions constructively and propose solutions.

Preferred Qualifications (Good to Have):

• Prior experience in a development role (frontend or backend).
• Write and execute complex MySQL queries for data validation, backend state verification, and cross-checking API responses against database records.
• Conduct performance and load testing using JMeter, define load profiles and analyse throughput/latency.
• Integrate automation tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) with reporting and failure alerting.
• Basic understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud platforms (AWS/GCP).
• Practical knowledge of security testing (OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite) and familiarity with OWASP Top 10.

What You'll Gain:

• End-to-end ownership of quality from test strategy design to production incident investigation.
• A seat at the table in architecture and product discussions, not just the execution phase.
• A collaborative engineering culture that values engineers who push back with evidence and ship with confidence.
• Hands-on experience with a modern tech stack across web, API, and data layers.

Why Join ?

• 🤖 Work on Real-time Projects
• 💼 5-Days Working Policy.
• 💰 Competitive & Industry-Aligned Salary
• ⏰ Flexible Working Hours
• 📊 Clear Career Growth & Performance-Based Appraisals
• 🧠 Exposure to Latest Technologies & Live Projects
• 🤝 Supportive & Transparent Leadership
• 🎉 Stable Team Culture with Regular Engagement Activities
• 💵 On-Time Salary Disbursement

Regards,

Skyline Infosoft

A Day in the Life:

• A Day in the Life Collaborate with developers and product managers to understand feature requirements.
• Review feature specifications and design detailed test cases.
• Perform manual tests on payment gateway systems, including transaction flows and API validations.
• Identify, log, and track defects using tools like JIRA and prioritize them for resolution.
• Conduct regression testing to ensure system stability after updates.
• Participate in team discussions to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
• Document test results and prepare for upcoming sprint activities

Key Responsibilities:

1. Key Responsibilities Develop and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts for web-based payment systems.
2. Perform functional, regression, integration, UI, API, and end-to-end testing of payment gateway features.
3. Test core modules including transaction processing, authentication, encryption, payment methods (Credit/Debit, UPI, Wallets, etc.), and refunds.
4. Ensure compliance with standards such as PCI-DSS, ISO 8583, and EMV where applicable.
5. Work closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and raise quality issues.
6. Identify, log, track, and manage defects in defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).
7. Build and maintain automated test suites using tools like Postman, TestNG, RestAssured, etc.
8. Validate integration with third-party payment processors and banks.
9. Perform load testing and performance testing using tools like JMeter or LoadRunner.
10. Ensure browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness testing

Basic Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum 3+ years of experience in manual and automation testing of web applications, with at least 1-2 years of experience in the payment gateway, fintech, banking, or e-commerce domains.
• Strong understanding of payment flow, transaction lifecycle, and settlement processes.
• Hands-on experience with API Collection API testing (REST/SOAP) and tools like Postman, SoapUI, etc.
• Proficiency in Java, and frameworks like TestNG or Cucumber.
• Experience with SQL for database validation.
• Familiarity with security testing practices and standards relevant to payment systems.
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work in agile/scrum environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume transaction systems with low-latency requirements.
• Knowledge of emerging payment technologies like blockchain, UPI, and real-time payments
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

What We Offer

Opportunity to work on innovative fintech products in a fast-growing technology environment.

Collaborative culture with strong cross-functional teamwork. Opportunities for professional growth and career development

Required Skills & Qualifications:

● 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance & Software Testing.

● Strong expertise in JIRA for bug tracking and test management.

● Proficiency in manual testing, including UI, functional, regression, and integration testing.

● Experience in automation testing using Selenium, JMeter, or similar tools (preferred).

● Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

● Hands-on experience with API testing tools like Postman or SoapUI.

● Familiarity with SQL queries for database validation.

● Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Skills Required -

• No handholding
• Logical thinking (scenario)
• API testing (POSTMAN)
• Database SQL (think of null & able to write join query)
• Why & when regression and different types of testing
• Able to write test case
• Web testing

Job Summary:

We're looking for a passionate Quality Analyst (QA) Engineer across all levels, who will work closely with the developers with agile setup to create and executes product test plans to ensure software products meet design specifications and product quality standards. Assists the Development team with process improvements to continuously improve product quality.

What you will be doing:

• Thorough understanding of requirements
• Create detailed and well-structured test plans, and test cases, and perform manual testing of web or mobile applications.
• Pencil all the software defects with severity and priority using Jira as a bug-tracking system & test management platform
• Involvement in the root cause analysis of issues.
• Acquires and maintains knowledge of the existing projects, operations, or systems
• Continuously improve customers' overall testing strategy, take part in daily stand-up meetings, provide feedback
• Follow the agile process.

What you will bring:

• Must have 2-7 years of manual testing experience including API Testing and other testing.
• Must-Have Experience with end-to-end testing.
• Experience with different types of testing such as sanity, smoke, regression, integration, cross-browser, compatibility, etc.
• Must have a good understanding of QA concepts and methodologies.
• Good understanding of the SDLC, STLC, defect life cycle, test design techniques, estimation of testing, test case documentation, defect logging, and defect analysis
• Self-motivated, and detail-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Added bonus if you have:

• E-commerce / ERP domain experience
• Experience with mobile application testing
• Working with Agile Methodology
• Experience with performance and load testing (JMeter etc.)

Educational Qualification:

• M.B.A/M.C.A, B.Tech/B.E (IT/Computers), B.Sc/M.Sc. (IT/Computers) or any equivalent graduation or post-graduation

Interview Process:

The entire interview process would take approximately 10 Days.

1. HR Screening Call (15 minutes)
2. Technical Interview Round Level 1 (30 Minutes)
3. Technical Interview Round Level 2 (60 minutes)
4. Final Interview Round (60 minutes)
5. Offer

About TecStub:

With offices across North America and Asia-Pacific, Tecstub is a leading provider of end-to-end digital commerce solutions to some of the world’s largest enterprises. Since its inception in 2014, we are completely self-sustained and profitable. We believe in growing together and delivering excellence, not just to our customers but to all stakeholders including our partners and employees. Come reimagine digital commerce with us!

We are a hybrid workplace where TecStub has the flexibility to work at the office, from home, or a bit of both…

Employee Benefits

Our projects are a part of the DNA of our service, which means that every team will have some skin in the game. Your work will have a direct impact on our customers and our business. You will own your work, and we will support you in that ownership. We value work-life balance and have a strong culture that we hope all of our employees bring their own flavor to. As a company, we provide a competitive salary, an options package, and a generous package of benefits.

Perks:

• Laptop allowance of upto Rs. 25,000
• 30 annual paid leaves to acknowledge that employees can avail of these leaves for personal reasons, including regional holidays, sick leaves, or anything else.
• Additional special leaves on birthdays, maternity and paternity events
• Health insurance of 3 lakhs sum insured, covers self + children + Spouse
• Vouchers & gifts for birthdays, anniversaries and other important life events
• Dedicated learning and growth budget for courses and certifications
• Company outings to celebrate our success together

• Defining, implementing and executing regression and stress automation tests focused on embedded software and device firmware level
• Analyzing automation test results for failures, identifying issue trends and quantifying impact
• Isolating and reporting defects effectively quantifying customer impact and verifying fixes through regression testing and other test methodologies
• Working cross-functionally with other QA teams, Developers and Project Managers

Desired Candidate Profile

• BE– CS/ECE, MS, ME, MTech
• 2+ years of QA experience, preferably on consumer hardware/ software products
• Automation experience in modern scripting or compiled languages (Python, JavaScript, C etc.)
• Experience with hardware and/ or software development lifecycle processes
• Knowledge of Unix and Unix shell scripting
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
• Deep understanding of SQA methodologies and practices
• Ability to solve hard problems with creative and sustainable solutions
• Be detail-oriented and strive for the best product for our customers
• Self-motivated with the ability to drive features to delivery
• Should have strong hands on experience in developing applications
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good logical sense, strong technical skills and the ability to learn new technologies quickly    

Designation: Associate - QA

Office Location: Goregaon Mumbai

Position description: 2+ years of hands on experience in testing.

Primary Responsibilities:

• To work closely with software developers and product planners to understand more about what the product is for, its key features and the intended audience
• Required to carry out a mix of key functional and non-functional tests such as Sanity, Regression, Load, Security and Deployment
• Required to plan test cases in consultation with the stake holders
• Required to document all bugs and findings of these tests and ensuring they are addressed

Required Skills:

Mandatory: Passionate about sports, Problem solving, Team player, Target & Result oriented.

Functional: Manual Functional Testing of Web and Mobile Applications, Writing Test Cases, Regression Testing, Data Verification, GIT & JIRA, Basic Automation Testing,
Testing feeds - Understanding of JSON and XML structures, Testing tools like Postman, Swagger & Charles Proxy, Browser Development Tools,GIT & JIRA.