Offshore Quality Engineer (Contract, Remote Offshore)

Overview

A senior Quality Engineer is needed to own and drive end-to-end quality for microservices in a fast-paced Agile workplace. This is a contract offshore role suited for someone who can work independently, build strong automation coverage, and contribute across the full software delivery lifecycle.

Role Summary

Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end quality validation for microservices across functional, integration, and regression layers.
- Design, develop, and maintain REST API contract test scripts for microservices.
- Build and maintain UI automation using Selenium with Java, or Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Write optimized black-box test cases using pairwise testing, equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, state transition testing, and decision-table thinking where appropriate.
- Develop targeted scripts for non-functional validation, including performance, security, and accessibility testing.
- Manage and maintain effective test suites in tools such as Jira/Zephyr, TestRail,



or similar platforms.
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies including refinement, sprint planning, review, and daily collaboration.
- Work closely with developers, architects, and product stakeholders to clarify scope, identify risks, and improve release quality.
- Query and validate data across relational, NoSQL, search, and in-memory systems during testing and investigation.
- Use AI and LLM-based tools to speed up test authoring, analysis, troubleshooting, and investigation.

Required Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on software testing experience across the full software testing lifecycle.
- Strong expertise in black-box testing techniques, including pairwise testing, equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, state transition testing, and decision table testing.
- Proven ability to write precise, efficient, and high-value test cases.
- Experience managing test cases and regression suites at

📌 Sr. QA Analyst (Chennai)
🏢 Kognicloud Tech
📍 Chennai