Quality Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

JobType: full-time

This role requires strong expertise in Manual Testing and API Testing, along with a proactive approach toward identifying quality gaps and improving testing processes.

The candidate should possess strong analytical skills, a keen eye for detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment. Exposure to automation concepts, performance testing, or modern QA tools will be considered a good-to-have advantage.

Requirements

• Understand business requirements, functional specifications, and technical design documents to create effective test strategies and test cases.
• Perform comprehensive Manual Testing of web, mobile, or enterprise applications to validate functionality, usability, and performance.
• Conduct API Testing using tools such as Postman, Swagger, or similar platforms to validate request/response structures, authentication, and integrations.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, smoke, and sanity testing to ensure application stability and quality.
• Identify, log, track, and retest defects using bug-tracking tools such as Jira, Bugzilla, or similar systems.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve issues efficiently.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and release discussions.
• Develop and maintain test documentation including test plans, test cases, test reports, and quality metrics.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards, testing best practices, and release timelines.
• Support production issue analysis and provide quality assurance insights during deployments and releases.

• 4–9 years of hands-on experience in Quality Assurance and software testing.
• Strong expertise in Manual Testing methodologies and defect management processes.
• Practical experience in API Testing using tools such as Postman, SoapUI, Swagger, or equivalent.
• Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, and Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Experience in writing detailed test cases, test scenarios, and bug reports.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiarity with databases and basic SQL queries for data validation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently in a dynamic environment.

• Exposure to automation testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Basic understanding of performance or load testing concepts.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems like Git.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms or microservices architecture.
• Experience working with test management tools and reporting dashboards.
• Understanding of security testing fundamentals and API authentication mechanisms.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.