Role Description Job Title: Senior QA Engineer (Manual + Automation)

Experience Range

5 to 7 Years Hiring Location

Bangalore / Chennai / Pune (Update as per requirement) Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer with 5 to 7 years of experience in both Manual and Automation Testing.

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in functional testing, database testing, API testing, and automation testing using Katalon and Playwright . This is a hands-on technical role requiring active participation in test execution, automation development, defect management, technical mentoring, and quality assurance leadership.

The candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure software quality across complex business applications and transaction-based systems.

Must-Have Skills

Testing Expertise

- Manual Testing
- Functional Testing
- Integration Testing
- System Testing
- Regression Testing
- End-to-End Testing
- UAT Support

API Testing
- Strong hands-on experience in API Testing using Postman
- Experience validating REST APIs and complex transaction workflows

Database Testing
- Strong SQL skills with experience in:
- Medium to complex SQL Queries

- Stored Procedures

- Data Validation

- Experience with
- SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

- Oracle SQL Developer

Automation Testing
- Hands-on experience in:

- Katalon Studio

- Playwright
- Experience creating and maintaining automation frameworks and test scripts

Agile & Test Management
- Agile/Scrum methodology
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Test Management tools such as Zephyr or equivalent

Leadership & Coordination
- Test strategy and planning
- Test estimation and effort planning
- Defect management and triage
- Mentoring junior QA members
- Coordinating onsite and offshore testing activities

Valuable-to-Have Skills




- Selenium Automation
- JMeter or Performance Testing tools
- CI/CD testing exposure
- Test automation framework design experience
- Experience leading automation initiatives
- Root cause analysis and troubleshooting of complex production issues

Preferred Domain Experience
- Payment Processing Systems
- Card Transactions
- Payment Gateways
- Settlement & Reconciliation Systems
- High-Volume Transaction Processing Applications
- Banking & Financial Services Domain

Key Responsibilities
- Analyze business requirements and prepare test strategies, test plans, and test cases.
- Execute functional, integration, system, regression, API, end-to-end, and automation testing.
- Design, develop, and maintain automation scripts using Katalon and Playwright.
- Perform database validation using SQL queries and stored procedures.
- Validate APIs using Postman and ensure business workflow accuracy.
- Identify, log, track, and manage defects through closure.
- Review testing artifacts and ensure adherence to QA best practices.
- Drive quality initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
- Mentor QA team members and provide technical guidance.
- Collaborate with business analysts, developers, product owners, and stakeholders in an Agile environment.
- Support release activities and ensure high-quality software delivery.

Required Soft Skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ownership and accountability mindset
- Self-motivated and detail-oriented
- Ability to lead by example in a hands-on testing environment
- Strong collaboration and mentoring capabilities

Skills API Testing, Katalon Studio, Manual Testing, Regression Testing, End-to-End Testing, Database Testing, Functional Testing, Agile, Confluence, SQL, GitHub Copilot

📌 Lead I - Software Testing (Pune)
🏢 UST
📍 Pune