Company: Total Shift Left

Total Shift Left is a fast-growing technology company focused on Quality Engineering, API Testing, Test Automation, and enterprise application testing . We help organizations improve software quality and accelerate releases through modern testing strategies, Shift-Left practices, and engineering-led QA.

We are expanding our Quality Engineering Practice and are looking for an experienced Test Lead – API & Functional Testing to lead testing activities across client engagements.

The role is primarily focused on API testing, API quality, test leadership, functional validation, and stakeholder management , with UI functional testing as a supporting responsibility.

Role

Job Title: Test Lead – API & Functional Testing (Immediate Joiner Only)

Experience: 5–8 years

Work Location: Remote – India

Employment Type: Full time

Education: Any graduation/post-graduation degree

What You Will Do

API Testing – Primary Responsibility

- Lead end-to-end API testing and validation , with strong focus on REST APIs .
- Analyze OpenAPI/Swagger specifications, API documentation, requirements, and acceptance criteria to define test coverage.
- Design and execute API tests covering functional, integration, regression, negative, smoke, sanity, and end-to-end scenarios.
- Validate HTTP methods, status codes, headers, parameters, authentication/authorization, request/response payloads, schemas, contracts, business rules, and error handling .
- Test API integrations, multi-step/chained workflows, and dependencies across applications and services.
- Validate API responses against business rules and backend data .
- Review API changes and assess their impact on existing functionality and regression coverage.
- Create and maintain reusable API test scenarios, test cases, collections, and test data.
- Identify gaps in API requirements, specifications, and test coverage.
- Collaborate with developers, architects, and product teams to investigate defects and integration issues.
- Contribute to Shift-Left API testing and continuous improvement of API quality and test coverage.

Functional UI Testing – Supporting Responsibility

- Perform manual functional testing of web applications and critical business workflows.
- Design and execute functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, and end-to-end UI tests.
- Validate workflows across UI, APIs, and backend systems .




- Support UAT and identify UI/API regression scenarios suitable for automation.

Test Leadership & QA Ownership
- Own test planning, estimation, execution, reporting, and release readiness .
- Review requirements and specifications and define appropriate test scenarios, cases, data, and coverage.
- Lead defect identification, triage, prioritization, tracking, and closure .
- Monitor testing progress, risks, dependencies, blockers, and quality metrics.
- Prepare test execution reports, defect reports, quality dashboards, and release updates.
- Review test cases and ensure adherence to QA standards and best practices.
- Mentor QA engineers and drive continuous improvement in testing processes.

Stakeholder Management
- Work closely with developers, architects, BAs, product teams, QA engineers, and client stakeholders .
- Communicate testing progress, risks, defects, dependencies, and release readiness.
- Participate in client discussions around testing strategy, API quality, functional coverage, and release validation .
- Drive QA issues through to resolution and provide actionable quality insights.

What We're Looking For
- 5–8 years of hands-on experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering.
- Solid hands-on REST API testing experience is mandatory.
- Strong understanding of REST, HTTP/HTTPS, authentication/authorization, API error handling, JSON, and API request/response validation .
- Experience testing API integrations, multi-system workflows, and backend data .
- Strong test design skills based on API specifications, business requirements, and acceptance criteria .
- Good hands-on experience in functional testing of web applications .
- Experience leading QA activities independently for projects, products, or releases.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, testing methodologies, Agile/Scrum, and defect life cycle .
- Experience with defect tracking, triage, prioritization, and closure .
- Experience with tools such as Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, Jira,



Azure DevOps, TestRail, Zephyr, or equivalent .
- Good understanding of databases and SQL for backend validation.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Experience mentoring or leading QA engineers is an advantage.

API Technologies – Added Advantage Experience beyond REST APIs will be highly valued, including:
- SOAP / Web Services
- GraphQL
- gRPC
- WebSockets
- OData
- Other service-based API architectures

Additional experience with OAuth 2.0, JWT, API Keys, API contract/schema testing, service virtualization/mocking, JSON/XML validation, and multi-service workflows is an advantage. Automation & Technical Skills – Added Advantage

Automation is not the primary requirement , but experience with the following is valued:

- REST Assured, Postman/Newman, Playwright API , or similar API automation tools.
- Playwright, Selenium, Cypress , or similar UI automation tools.
- Basic understanding of CI/CD and tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
- Experience identifying API and functional regression scenarios suitable for automation.
- Understanding of reusable test design and automation frameworks.
- Exposure to AI-assisted testing, intelligent test generation, API test generation, or modern QA tools .

Why Join Total Shift Left
- Work with a modern Quality Engineering organization built around Shift-Left principles.
- Work on enterprise applications, APIs, integrations, and digital transformation programs .
- Gain exposure to modern API, web, automation, and AI-assisted testing practices .
- Opportunity to influence API testing strategy and QA processes .
- Work alongside experienced QA, automation, and engineering professionals.
- Collaborative, ownership-driven environment with opportunities for learning, innovation, and career growth .
- 100% remote role within India.

Education Any graduation/post-graduation degree.

We value strong testing fundamentals, practical API testing experience, analytical thinking, ownership, communication, and problem-solving ability over a specific academic specialization.

Important

REST API testing is mandatory for this role. Candidates whose experience is primarily limited to UI/manual testing without strong hands-on REST API testing experience will not be suitable.

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