Key Responsibilities

- End-to-End Functional Testing: Analyze user stories to design and execute end-to-end test cases across unit, integration, system, regression, and acceptance levels.
- API Testing & Services: Automate and manually validate REST/GraphQL APIs, payloads, HTTP status codes, OAuth/JWT authentication, and schema contracts.
- Test Automation & CI/CD: Build, maintain, and execute scalable web/mobile automation frameworks, integrating test suites into CI/CD pipelines.
- Performance Testing: Conduct load, stress, and endurance tests to identify system bottlenecks, server latency, and query inefficiencies.
- Security Checks: Perform basic vulnerability scanning (OWASP Top 10) including XSS, SQL injection, and authorization/IDOR bypasses.
- Defect Management: Log, prioritize, and track bugs through resolution while collaborating with cross-functional Agile teams.Lead and mentor junior and mid-level QA/SDET team members.
- Lead and mentor junior and mid-level QA/SDET team members.
- Own the QA strategy,



testing approach, and quality standards for assigned projects.
- Review test cases, automation scripts, and testing practices to ensure quality and consistency.
- Provide technical guidance on automation, API, performance testing, and debugging.
- Identify testing risks, blockers, and skill gaps, and proactively address them.
- Collaborate closely with developers to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve defects, while providing transparent technical feedback to improve overall code and product quality

Key SkillsetsLanguages

Python/Java/TypeScript / JavaScript

Automation

Playwright/Selenium/Cypress

API Testing

Postman, REST Assured, or Playwright API

Performance

JMeter/k6

Security

OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite

CI/CD & DevOps

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Git

Databases & Tools

SQL, Jira, Xray / Zephyr

📌 Senior Software Test Engineer (Kerala)
🏢 Planet Media India
📍 Kerala