Mandatory Skills • Manual Testing • Test Planning & Test Strategy • Functional Testing • Regression Testing • Integration Testing • System Testing • User Acceptance Testing (UAT) • API Testing (Postman, Rest Assured) • Automation Testing (Selenium / Playwright / Cypress) • Test Case Design & Test Management • SQL & Database Testing • Defect Lifecycle Management • Agile / Scrum Methodologies • JIRA / Azure DevOps • CI/CD Testing Integration • Performance & Load Testing Concepts • Root Cause Analysis • Risk-Based Testing • Quality Metrics & Reporting • Team Leadership & Stakeholder Communication Preferred Skills • Playwright Automation Framework • Selenium WebDriver • Rest Assured • JMeter / K6 • TestNG / PyTest • Git & Version Control • Docker Basics • Cloud Testing (AWS / Azure) • Security Testing Fundamentals • Mobile Application Testing Key Responsibilities • Own and lead the end-to-end QA function and testing strategy. • Define QA processes, standards, and best practices. • Prepare test plans, test cases,



test scenarios, and test data. • Lead manual and automation testing activities. • Review requirements and identify quality risks early in the lifecycle. • Manage defect tracking, prioritization, and resolution. • Establish and maintain test automation frameworks. • Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. • Collaborate with Product, Development, and DevOps teams. • Provide quality metrics, release readiness reports, and test coverage reports. • Mentor QA engineers and drive continuous process improvements. • Ensure product quality, reliability, performance, and usability. Leadership Expectations • Lead QA planning and execution across multiple projects. • Drive automation adoption and quality initiatives. • Establish quality gates for releases. • Manage stakeholder communication and quality reporting. • Take ownership of production quality and release sign-offs.

📌 Senior QA Engineer / QA Lead (Kochi)
🏢 HIRESTAR JOB BANK
📍 Kochi