Staff QA Engineer

Scope of Role
As a member of the Product QA division -  

• You will design, install and evaluate quality control methods and systems. 
• Perform functional & automation testing. 
• Develop standards and procedures to provide quality guidance and methods.
• Contribute towards ongoing automation. 

Location - Hyderabad, India

Key Responsibilities

• Should be hands-on with the product knowledge and should participate in test case development and test execution.
• Should lead testing activities, which include delivery of test strategy, test plan, test execution and test status to different stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Contribute to automation through development of new test scripts & suite execution.
• Work with the Customer Success team on customer escalations and the overall process to provide the right guidance both to internal & external stakeholders.
• Successfully multi-tasks across products/projects and on non-project assignments, by delivering on time. 
• Lead a minimum of 3-4 QA engineers from a technical perspective.
• Should be a process gatekeeper to ensure that the team adheres to the standards and should highlight deviations if any.
• Provides guidance and mentoring to junior folks.

Key Skills

• Should be a strong team player and voice of the QA team.
• Should possess excellent interpersonal skills to work within and across departments.
• Should have a good attitude and strong aptitude in Software Testing with a focus on continuous improvement.
• API & Microservices Testing, Testing API Gateways and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to be observant and analytical.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Ability to dive deep & focus on the details.
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently both independently and in a team environment.
• Good communication skills.
• Great passion for delivering quality software.

Qualification

• B.E/B.Tech (any relevant background)
• 7-10 years of overall experience.
• Solid knowledge of the quality assurance techniques, testing concepts, methodologies, test management tools and software testing processes. Experience with Jira, TestRail, Postman is highly desirable
• Experience in API/Microservices Testing/Contract testing (must have).
• Knowledge on any ERP like NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics  CRM like Salesforce (Good to have).
• Exposure to REST API automation (must), UI automation (Good to have) 
• Experience in Agile Scrum methodology or CSTE/CSQA/ISTQB certification is good to have.
• Experience in working on Cloud applications or SaaS products is good to have.