Job Description

The QA Tester would be responsible for quality validation of a cloud-native, containerized AWS platform supporting Insider 2.0, Scoring Portal, Tech Match, RFI Manager, and Vendor Directory. The role covers application QA, data validation, analytics validation, regression testing, job monitoring, AI-assisted QA, and release-readiness support for a data-intensive SaaS platform built on Python/Flask, React, Plotly Dash, Aurora MySQL, Pandas, Dagster, and AWS ECS.

Responsibilities

- Understand the values and vision of the organization
- Protect the Intellectual Property
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures
- Define test strategy, test plans, test scope, and release-readiness criteria for applications
- Create and manage feature, regression, smoke, and end-to-end test plans in VersionOne or similar Agile ticketing systems
- Execute feature validation, regression testing, exploratory testing, and UAT support across data-driven workflows
- Validate acceptance criteria, document defects, and drive retest and closure workflows with risk-based testing and coverage tracking
- Validate data ingestion, scoring, benchmarking, analytics, and dashboard workflows including SQL-based data validation
- Monitor jobs, pipeline status, and Dagster runs; perform log review and environment-level troubleshooting
- Validate API responses, payloads, and system workflows at a functional level
- Apply AI-assisted test generation, test maintenance, and regression optimization using Codex or similar AI coding tools
- Maintain test evidence, traceability,



and release signoff practices; support release checkpoints and quality metrics
- Cross-train and provide QA coverage as needed.

Essential Skills

Job

- 6-8 years of experience in QA, software testing, or quality engineering
- Experience defining test strategy, test plans, test scope, and release-readiness criteria

- Experience creating and managing feature, regression, smoke, and end-to-end test plans in VersionOne or similar Agile ticketing systems
- Experience executing feature validation, regression testing, exploratory testing, and UAT support
- Experience with risk-based testing, defect triage, and coverage tracking
- Experience validating acceptance criteria, documenting defects, and driving retest/closure workflows
- Understanding of test evidence, traceability, and release signoff practices
- Working knowledge of SQL for test data validation, troubleshooting, and basic database queries
- Familiarity with job monitoring, pipeline status checks, logs, and environment-level troubleshooting
- Ability to validate API responses, payloads, and system workflows at a functional level
- Experience operating in Agile delivery models such as Scrum and Kanban
- Experience with VersionOne, Jira,



or equivalent ticketing systems for defect tracking and sprint support
- Understanding of Test Ops concepts, including test execution visibility, release checkpoints, and quality metrics

Personal

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to coordinate with product, development, and business stakeholders
- Strong attention to detail with disciplined test evidence and traceability practices
- A proactive approach to problem solving and release-readiness ownership
- Willingness to adopt current AI-assisted tools and continuously improve QA practices

Preferred Skills

Job

- Exposure to using Codex or similar AI coding tools to accelerate automated test creation
- Familiarity with AI-assisted test generation, test maintenance, and regression optimization
- Understanding of future-state QA automation approaches such as AI-generated test cases, self-healing automation, and intelligent test selection
- Familiarity with Dagster run monitoring and data pipeline validation
- Experience supporting release cycles for data-driven or SaaS applications

Personal

- Demonstrate proactive thinking
- Strong interpersonal relations and stakeholder coordination skills
- Ability to work under stringent deadlines and demanding client conditions

Other Relevant Information

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 6-8 years of experience in QA or quality engineering, preferably for data-driven or SaaS applications
- Willingness to cross-train and provide QA coverage across multiple applications

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