Senior QA Engineer (Manual + Automation)

Job Description

Job Description: Senior QA Engineer (Manual Automation)

**Experience:** 6 Years

**Domain Preference:** FinTech / Banking / Financial Services

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled **Senior QA Engineer (Manual Automation)** with 6 years of experience in software quality assurance across web applications and APIs. The ideal candidate is a fast learner who can quickly understand new products, work independently, and take ownership of end-to-end quality assurance through both manual and automated testing.

Experience in **FinTech, Banking, or Financial Institution projects** is highly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

* Design, execute, and maintain comprehensive manual and automated test strategies.
* Develop detailed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios based on business and technical requirements.
* Perform functional, regression, exploratory, integration, API, and cross-browser testing.
* Build, maintain, and execute automated test suites using modern automation frameworks.
* Validate REST APIs using Postman, including collections, environments, and automated test scripts.
* Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects through resolution with clear and reproducible bug reports.
* Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and business stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
* Participate in sprint planning, requirement reviews, and release validation.
* Continuously improve QA processes, automation coverage, and testing efficiency.
* Support CI/CD pipelines by integrating and monitoring automated test execution.

Required SkillsManual Testing

* Strong expertise in manual testing methodologies.
* Test planning, test case design, exploratory testing, regression testing, and UAT support.
* Cross-browser and cross-platform testing experience.
* Excellent defect reporting and root cause analysis skills.

API Testing

* Hands-on experience with **Postman**.
* Expertise in API validation, collections, environments, and automated test scripts.
* Strong understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP methods, authentication, and response validation.

Automation Testing

Hands-on experience with one or more of the following:

* Playwright
* Cypress
* Selenium
* REST Assured

Experience with:

* Test automation framework design and maintenance.
* Data-driven and reusable automation scripts.
* CI/CD integration for automated testing.

CI/CD \& Tools

* Experience working with **GitLab CI/CD**.
* Knowledge of version control using Git.
* Familiarity with defect tracking and test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar.

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience working on **FinTech, Banking, NBFC, Payments, Insurance, or Financial Institution** projects.
* Understanding of financial workflows, transactions, compliance, and data validation.
* Familiarity with AI-assisted testing tools to accelerate test creation, maintenance, and validation.
* Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies.

Desired Candidate Profile

* 6 years of professional QA experience.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Fast learner with the ability to quickly adapt to new domains, products, and technologies.
* Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to quality.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
* Ability to work independently while taking complete ownership of product quality.

Nice to Have

* Performance or security testing exposure.
* SQL/database validation experience.
* Basic programming/scripting knowledge (Java, JavaScript, or Python).
* Experience testing microservices-based applications.

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