Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Summary

Seeking a Senior Software QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance and Testing. The candidate should have strong expertise in Manual Testing, API Testing, and hands-on experience with Playwright automation using TypeScript/JavaScript. Must be capable of designing comprehensive test scenarios, managing defects, reviewing automation scripts, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring software quality throughout the SDLC/STLC. ISTQB Foundation certification is required.

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance / Software Testing.
• Strong experience in Manual Testing, including functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
• Strong experience in API Testing, including REST APIs and Web Services.
• Strong experience in defect reporting, investigation, retesting, and root-cause analysis.
• Hands-on experience with Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, or similar API testing tools.
• Experience with defect/project management tools such as Jira.

Requirements:

• Strong ability to analyze business and technical requirements and identify missing requirements, risks, and edge cases.
• Ability to design comprehensive test scenarios and test cases, covering positive, negative, boundary, and edge cases.
• Good understanding of HTTP methods, status codes, headers, authentication, JSON/XML, and API request/response validation.
• Good hands-on knowledge of Playwright automation using TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Ability to review test cases and automation code created by other QA engineers.
• Ability to create, maintain, and troubleshoot automated test scripts and understand automation framework structure.
• Good hands-on knowledge of Playwright automation using TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Ability to create, maintain, and troubleshoot automated test scripts and understand automation framework structure.
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum and the Software Development/Test Life Cycle (SDLC/STLC).
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, including the ability to analyze logs, API responses, database records, and application behavior.
• Familiarity with Git and source-control platforms such as GitHub or Bitbucket.

Skills:

• Software Quality Assurance (SQA)
• Manual Testing
• API Testing (REST APIs)
• Playwright Automation
• TypeScript / JavaScript
• Functional & Regression Testing
• Integration & System Testing
• Test Case Design & Execution
• Defect Management & Root Cause Analysis
• Postman & Swagger / OpenAPI
• Automation Frameworks
• Jira
• Agile / Scrum & SDLC / STLC
• Git / GitHub / Bitbucket

Required Certification:

• ISTQB Foundation