- Perform hands-on technical work to keep projects on course
- Test Scenarios / Cases Preparation
- Test Data Conditioning
- Test Execution
- Defect / Bug / Issue Reporting
- Tracking reported issues to closure
- Tracking test results
- Design and script test cases for Test Automation
- Run Automated Tests
- Publish Test results to stakeholders
- Keep Automation Suite up to date
- Execution of various testing procedures such as functional testing, automation testing, performance testing, regression testing, sanity & smoke testing for each release cycle of the product
- Drive a feedback loop mechanism to ensure best software development practices and other elements that consistently not meet testing criteria is reported back to improve overall quality
- Perform analysis of upcoming releases to understand the requirements from the perspective of completion, testability, and ease of understanding.
- Responsible for providing estimates for new releases based on QA lifecycle
- Perform test results analysis, post execution of testing, and provide feedback on areas of improvements in quality.
- Perform defect trend analysis during and after release and provide detailed report on risks and lessons learned.
- Responsible for creating test strategies for all the planned released in the area based on organization standards and best practices
- Act as gatekeeper and sign off on all releases that are ready for production or Product Team s Testing (or any internal / client testing)
- Be an advocate of automation,



responsible for designing a new automation framework or maintaining the existing test automation framework and improving it on regular basis.
- Responsible for augmenting automated test cases after every release to maximize the benefits out of test automation.
- Should be ready to work out of Chennai Office in person.

The Position Requirements - Area of Expertise and Focus

- Expert at the various approaches & techniques used in testing.
- Expert at Selenium / C#
- Knowledge on API and DB Testing
- Deep technical expertise in implementing industry standard testing methodology and tools
- Experience in implementing testing best practices specific to the test planning and execution processes and gaining buy-in for changes from leaders.
- A deep understanding of test planning and delivery challenges
- Experience with methodologies including, but not limited to Agile or Waterfall
- Experience in planning, tracking, and delivering projects
- Working experience in ADO (Test Case Scripting & Management)
- Hands-on experience in latest AI tools like Functionize is preferable.

The Position Requirements - General

- Bachelor s degree in Engineering
- Master s in engineering / Technology or Post graduation in business (Nice to have)
- 6 to 10 years of hands-on experience in Manual and Automation Testing.
- Preferred experience in product focused companies
- Background in the banking or mortgage or other financial services industries is preferable
- Positive understanding of SaaS offerings, cloud infrastructure and open-source tools

📌 QA Automation & Functional (Chennai)
🏢 Encora
📍 Chennai