QA Engineer

Role Overview:

The QA Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of products, systems, and services by designing, implementing, and maintaining testing processes. This role involves working closely with cross-functional teams, including developers, product managers, and stakeholders, to identify and resolve defects, enforce quality standards, and improve overall software development lifecycle efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, execute, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scripts for manual and automated testing.
• Perform functional, regression, performance, usability, and exploratory testing. Identify, document, and track defects using bug-tracking tools.
• Work with development teams to understand requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with product owners and stakeholders to ensure test coverage aligns with business goals.
• Provide feedback and recommendations for improving product functionality and user experience. Ensure compliance with industry and organizational quality standards.
• Define and enforce QA best practices across teams. Identify areas for process improvement and contribute to implementing solutions.
• Design and maintain automated testing frameworks and scripts.
• Use tools like Selenium, JIRA, Postman, TestNG, or equivalent for testing and reporting. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Prepare and share regular reports on testing progress, quality metrics, and risk assessments.
• Escalate quality risks to appropriate stakeholders when necessary.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Proven experience in manual and automated testing for software, web, or mobile applications. Knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Proficiency with bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail). Proficiency with tools like Selenium, ClickUp, JIRA, Postman, TestNG, or equivalent for testing and reporting.
• Experience with automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab). Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.