Senior QA Engineer

Employment Type: Full-Time 

Location: India

The Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer focuses on supporting the testing of application development projects, infrastructure changes, maintenance windows, and any other QA activities under the direction of a Manager of Quality Assurance Engineering. You need to be familiar with web-based/API/Mobile or multi-platform testing. Design and execute test plans which incorporate manual and automated tests for online applications. Record and document results and compare them to expected results. 

 

Duties/Responsibilities: 

• Understand implementation impact and do risk-based analysis to develop solid test strategies which minimize the risk of functional and regression bugs escaped.  

• Responsible for documentation of test plan and strategies as needed.  

• Responsible for development, documentation and maintenance of test cases which are clear and reusable by other peers.  

• Responsible for testing all new and regression features of the application in multiple test environments.  

• Execute manual test cases and automated scripts required for the project. 

• Understands the test automation pyramid and is able to identify the best automation strategy for any given test case.  

• Responsible for automating UI tests in Selenium framework.  

• Responsible for reviewing Selenium automated test results and able to troubleshoot and identify cause of failures. 

• Responsible for fixing Selenium automated test failures.   

 

• Collaborate with the Product team, Developers, and fellow Quality Engineers. 

• Be a part of the SAFe Agile Scrum team. 

• Find, isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution. 

• Use different tools and techniques to find, troubleshoot and understand bugs: Familiar with browser dev tools, capable of reading and understanding application logs, etc. 

• Review user interfaces for conformity and functionality. 

 

Required Skills/Abilities:  

• Read and understand documented requirements for complex features. 

• Understand the scope of platform changes in a complex SAAS platform. 

• Must be able to implement application designs, and create queries, scripts, web pages, and other deliverables 

• Can read and understand API requests and responses.   

• Must be familiar with functional, regression, smoke testing and be able to incorporate positive and negative scenarios into a test strategy.  

• Must be familiar with browser dev tools and be capable of reading and understanding application logs.   

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly & concisely in English, both verbally and in writing. 

• Desire to thrive in and contribute to a collaborative team environment 

• Work well with others and enjoy being part of a diversified team  

• Works well with people on different time zones and can adjust to have occasional calls off regular work schedule.  

• Able to work independently. 

 

Education and Experience: 

• Minimum 6 years of experience working with the Software Development Teams, including experience developing test plans and/or test matrices 

• Bachelor’s in information technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience 

• Experience with writing automated tests in Selenium Webdriver using page object model design pattern.  

• Experience with SQL and JIRA 

• Experience working with Jenkins.  

• Experience with GitLab. 

• Experience with Playwright preferred. 

• Experience with REST Assured preferred.  

• Experience with accessibility testing preferred.   

 

Physical Requirements:  

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer 

 

Switchfly Core Values to consider for this position:  

 

OWNERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY
 

Taking professional responsibility reflects an approach that understands the stakes, and how success requires everyone to be truly accountable.  We’re visionaries, not mercenaries, and from the CEO to our newest colleague, we own what we do, because the buck stops with each of us.  

ADAPTABILITY AND CALCULATED RISK
 

Our culture of learning is powered by an iterative mindset, a shared desire for high performance, and a willingness to take risks and push through limits.  Our data driven approach fosters new ideas and continuous learning, but also enables us to be flexible and adjust, learning from success and failure.
 

 

We're looking for team members in India who share this mindset and are excited to make a meaningful impact. 

 

Switchfly is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs — without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.