Quality Assurance Engineer (Desktop Solutions)

Department: Technology

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Remote

Key Responsibilities

• Test Planning: Collaborate with developers, architects, and stakeholders to understand web products and API requirements and design test plans and strategies for web products and API testing on AWS. 
• Test Case Development: Develop comprehensive test cases for web products and API testing, covering functional, non-functional, and edge cases, ensuring thorough test 
  coverage. 
• Test Automation: Implement automated tests for web products and APIs using tools like 
  Cypress, Postman, Selenium, or tools such as Jenkins to improve testing efficiency and 
  coverage. 
• Regression Testing: Conduct regression testing to ensure that changes to web products 
  and APIs do not introduce new bugs or regressions, maintaining the overall quality of 
  the web products and APIs. 
• Performance Testing: Conduct performance testing of web products and APIs using 
  automated testing tool like Cypress and Postman and AWS tools like AWS X-Ray, to 
  evaluate API performance under different loads and conditions. 
• Security Testing: Perform security testing of APIs to identify vulnerabilities and ensure 
  compliance with security best practices and standards. 
• API Gateway Testing: Test API gateway configurations and integrations to ensure proper 
  routing, transformation, and security of API requests and responses. 
• Error Handling Testing: Test error handling mechanisms of web products and APIs to 
  ensure they return appropriate error codes and messages in case of failures or invalid 
  requests. 
• Documentation: Document test plans, test cases, and test results, and collaborate with 
  developers to ensure issues are properly documented and tracked. 
• Collaboration: Collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, and other stakeholders to 
  resolve issues and improve the quality of web products and APIs, following an Agile 
  development process.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest trends, tools, and technologies 
  related to API testing and quality assurance, and continuously improve testing processes 
  and methodologies. 
• Communication: Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders, 
  providing clear and concise feedback on the quality of APIs and any issues found during 
  testing

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Web Testing: 5+ years of experience and proficiency in testing enterprise web sites using tools like Cypress or Selenium, with a focus on functional, non-functional, and security 
  testing, and a strong understanding of web technologies and standards. 
• API Testing: 5+ years of experience and proficiency in testing APIs using tools like 
  Postman, SoapUI, or Selenium, with a focus on functional, non-functional, and security 
  testing, and a strong understanding of API technologies and standards.
• SQL: 2+ years of experiencing validating API responses and writing SQL queries from 
  relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL. 
• AWS Services: Familiarity with AWS services such as Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, 
  AWS IAM, RDS, AWS CloudWatch, OpenSearch, S3, and others, and experience in testing 
  web products and APIs deployed on AWS infrastructure. 
• Testing Automation: Experience in implementing automated tests for APIs using tools 
  like Cypress, Postman, Selenium, or AWS testing tools, to improve testing efficiency and 
  coverage. 
   Performance Testing: Experience in performance testing of APIs using tools like Apache 
  JMeter, Gatling, or AWS X-Ray, to evaluate API performance under different loads and 
  conditions. 
• Security Testing: Knowledge of security testing principles and best practices for APIs, 
  including authentication, authorization, encryption, and compliance with security 
  standards like OWASP. 
• Testing Methodologies: Familiarity with testing methodologies such as Agile testing, 
  Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and ability to 
  work in Agile development environments. 
• Problem-solving Skills: Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze 
  complex issues, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions to ensure the 
  quality and reliability of web products and APIs. 
• Documentation: Ability to create and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and 
  test reports, and communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders. 
• Collaboration: Ability to collaborate effectively with developers, DevOps engineers, and 
  other stakeholders, to resolve issues and improve the quality of web products and APIs. 
• Continuous Learning: A commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with 
  the latest trends, tools, and technologies related to web product and API testing and 
  AWS services. 
• Bachelor's Degree: A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a 
  related field is often preferred, although equivalent experience and certifications can also 
  be valuable

Benefits

• 21 days of Annual Vacation
• 8 sick days
• 6 casual days
• 1 paid Volunteer Day
• Medical, Accidental & Term Life Insurance
• Telehealth, OPD
• Competitive pay
• Annual Performance Bonus