QA Engineer (Manual Testing)

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 1500000 - Rs 2500000 (ie INR 15-25 LPA)

Min Experience: 5 years

Location: India

JobType: full-time

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented QA Engineer (Manual Testing) to join our quality assurance team. The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical capabilities, a deep understanding of testing methodologies, and proven experience in ensuring high-quality software delivery within fast-paced product or enterprise environments. You will work closely with cross-functional teams—including developers, product managers, and business stakeholders—to validate functionality, enhance product reliability, and uphold our commitment to excellence.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive manual test cases, test scenarios, and test plans based on functional and technical requirements.
• Perform functional, integration, system, regression, usability, and exploratory testing to ensure complete test coverage and product stability.
• Collaborate with development and product teams during requirement analysis to identify potential gaps, usability issues, and areas requiring clarification.
• Conduct rigorous manual testing across web, mobile, and API workflows (as applicable), ensuring all features meet expected outcomes.
• Identify, document, and track defects using standard bug-tracking tools, ensuring clear, reproducible, and well-structured defect reports.
• Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, review meetings, and retrospectives as part of an Agile/Scrum development process.
• Work alongside automation engineers to support test coverage planning, share insights, and help prioritize automation candidates.
• Continuously evaluate testing processes and recommend improvements to enhance effectiveness, efficiency, and overall product quality.
• Validate fixes and patches, perform impact analysis before releases, and support user acceptance testing (UAT) cycles.
• Ensure adherence to QA best practices, standards, and documentation guidelines across all testing activities.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5–9 years of hands-on experience in manual software testing within product-based, SaaS, or enterprise applications.
• Strong expertise in writing detailed test cases, test scenarios, and test plans based on business requirements and functional specifications.
• Proficiency in conducting various testing types: functional, regression, smoke, exploratory, compatibility, and acceptance testing.
• Solid understanding of SDLC, STLC, defect lifecycle, and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with popular bug-tracking and project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, or similar.
• Good exposure to API testing concepts using tools like Postman (basic validation, request/response analysis).
• Ability to analyze logs, perform root-cause assessments, and collaborate effectively with engineering teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate issues, risks, and test results.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a mindset focused on quality and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing complex, user-facing applications involving multiple integrations or workflows.
• Familiarity with SQL for validating data flows and backend validation.
• Exposure to automation tools or frameworks is a plus, though not mandatory.
• Certification in software testing (e.g., ISTQB) is an added advantage.