Test Engineer

QA Engineer – Manual Testing

Location: Nearshore (Ecuador/Colombia), Remote / Offshore (India), Remote

Experience: 6-8 Years

Algoworks

www.algoworks.com

About the company

Algoworks is an award-winning artificial intelligence, engineering services and experience transformation firm with offices across the United States, Europe, South America and India. We bring together a global team of engineers, architects, designers, researchers and operators united by rigor, accountability and a commitment to delivering measurable results.

For over 20 years, Algoworks has partnered with Fortune 500 organizations across the Americas, Europe and Asia to define, build and run technology that drives meaningful business outcomes. Our work combines human-centered design, engineering excellence and AI-powered capabilities to solve complex challenges with clarity and precision. Innovation, particularly in the responsible application of AI, is embedded in how teams approach problem-solving and continuous improvement.

At Algoworks, growth is continuous and closely tied to impact. Teams collaborate across geographies and disciplines, strengthening outcomes through shared insight and collective expertise. The culture values transparency, open dialogue and an environment where every voice is heard and contribution is recognized.

Through collaboration, accountability and a focus on results, Algoworks operates at the intersection of technology and people, building not only advanced systems but strong global teams that elevate performance and create lasting impact.

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Role overview

We are seeking a QA Engineer with strong manual testing experience to validate enterprise applications across functional, integration and regression scenarios.

You will work closely with product, engineering and business teams to ensure releases are stable, traceable and ready for production use.

Key responsibilities:

1.Test planning and execution

• Create and execute test cases based on requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Perform functional, regression, integration and end-to-end testing across application workflows.
• Validate UI, API and data-driven scenarios with clear evidence and defect documentation.

2.Defect management

• Log, triage, retest and track defects through closure.
• Work with developers and business stakeholders to clarify expected behavior and edge cases.
• Maintain test execution status, defect metrics and release readiness inputs.

3.Collaboration and quality

• Participate in sprint planning, daily reviews, demos and release checkpoints.
• Support UAT preparation and provide clear test summaries for stakeholders.

Required technical skills and competencies:

• 6+ years of QA experience with strong manual testing background.
• Strong understanding of STLC, test case design, defect lifecycle and regression planning.
• Experience testing web applications, APIs and data-driven workflows.
• Ability to understand requirements and convert them into testable scenarios.
• Good communication skills and attention to detail.

Must have skills:

• Strong manual testing and regression testing experience.
• Ability to write clear test cases and defect reports.
• Experience validating enterprise web applications.
• Comfortable working with distributed Agile teams.

Good to have skills:

• Exposure to API testing tools such as Postman or similar.
• Basic SQL knowledge for data validation.
• Experience with Agile delivery, Jira/Azure DevOps and test management tools.
• Exposure to accessibility, security or performance testing concepts.

Desired attributes:

• Strong ownership mindset and engineering discipline.
• High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communicator who collaborates well across distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving priorities.
• Passion for continuous improvement, clean code and delivery excellence.

Interview Process

2-3 rounds of discussion.

We are looking for a detail-oriented Manual Tester to join our QA team. This role is ideal for freshers or candidates with up to 1 year of experience who are eager to build a career in software testing and quality assurance.

Key Responsibilities

• Understand application requirements and functional specifications
• Execute manual test cases for web and/or mobile applications
• Perform functional, regression, smoke, and sanity testing
• Identify, document, and track bugs clearly
• Work closely with developers to reproduce and verify fixes
• Retest resolved issues and ensure quality before releases
• Participate in basic test planning and reporting activities
• Ensure applications meet expected quality standards

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!

Before a product is released to the public, it goes through a lot of quality assurance testing: the QA lead organizes and manages that testing. In fact, the QA lead is just as responsible for a successful product launch as the engineers or developers involved in that project. This is a skilled profession that requires previous experience in quality assurance, preferably in the same industry as the company posting the job, along with prior management experience. QA leads typically keep full-time hours, but they may experience periods of overtime closer to product rollouts. Candidates who enjoy testing products and working in fast-paced environments are a great fit for this role.

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.

• Develop detailed test strategy and test plans for various features at the functional and system level.
• Be a gatekeeper for the quality of any product going out in the market from Rapido including customer experiences.
• Integral members of SDLC right from product requirements gathering phase to design reviews till the delivery of the product.
• Maintain a staging environment to effectively verify and validate the products.
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage by preparing a detailed capability matrix to map features to the functional requirements of the test plan and for defining the acceptance criteria.
• Effectively develop an automation to improve efficiency/productivity.
• Expertise in developing automation framework for mobile apps, web UI, APIs using appropriate open source tools like Appium, Selenium, SOAP UI, Rest Assured etc.
• Fluent with OOPS concepts and any one programming language like Java, Python etc.
• Cover all dimensions of Rapido’s product which includes features/functionality, scale/load, usability, and performance.
• Hands on experience in CI/CD driven test processes is an added benefit.
• Analyze defects to assess the severity and prioritize them for development to fix.
• Work with software developers to tune code and track all problem reports to closure. Analyze test results to ensure functionality and recommend appropriate action.
• Mentor QAs within the team.

• Graduation/Masters in computer science
• 2-7 Years of relevant experience

• Round 1 – Technical Interview 1
• Round 2 – Technical Interview 2
• Round 3 – Managerial Round
•  Round 4 – HR Round

• 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

Skills:

* Should have excellent manual testing skills.
* Good knowledge in automation testing using Selenium WebDriver.
* Should have good written & communications skills to write the test cases and documentation.
* Good Analytical skill, Proactive, Capability of thinking through a scenario.
* Knowledge in mobile automation testing using Appium is a plus point.

Responsibilities:

• Creation of automated test scripts to reduce the amount of time and effort spent on testing.
• Strongly adhere to specification and style guides.
• Ensure the application meets the performance, quality and targets.
• Leverage new and established testing methodologies.
• Translate the given design document into proper Test Cases for maintainability.
• Work hand-in-hand with developers to understand the flow of modules and document it.

• Execution of test cases/test scripts for manual/automation testing.
• Should have working knowledge of SQL server.
• Design and create test conditions and scripts to address business and technical use cases.
• Analyze data and results of tests, record defects, provide status.
• Document, track and escalate issues as appropriate, using JIRA or similar tools/means.
• Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.
• Build Deployment on Test Environment.

Requirements:

• Experience in end-to-end user testing for minimum 1-2 yrs.
• Have prior experience with manual testing in web and Android applications.
• Logging bugs, detailed test reports, screenshots, and videos in the bug tracker during pre-release and post-release testing.
• User & usability testing on the design prototypes being passed to the development team.
• Well versed with Agile testing methodologies.
• Opportunity to define, design, tool and implement entire Automated testing using Selenium/TestNG/Appium or any other tool of choice.
• Ability to stick to deadlines.
• Manage regular exploratory testing campaigns by employing a large number of short-term remote testers.
• Ability to operate in white-spaces where ambiguity or lack of knowledge might be imminent in tackling problems. In short, love the entire startup experience.
• Good Knowledge of Core Java.
• Good Knowledge in Selenium.
• Troubleshoot problems related to scripts, framework components,application changes, etc., and repair issues.
• Experience in working with Agile Projects and Scrum Process.
• Enable and/or perform development of test automation by designing and writing automated test scripts based on defined test cases,including the definition of test data for consumption by scripts during test execution.
• Must have experience in writing TDD and BDD test cases.
• Analyze test logs, and report test results/metrics.