QA Engineer II

Location: Pune

Department: Engineering Travel Provider

Location Type: HYBRID

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

• Designing, writing, and executing comprehensive manual test cases for Spotnana's web and mobile applications, APIs, and backend services
• Performing functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and end-to-end testing across product releases
• Collaborating with developers, product managers, and designers to understand requirements and translate them into thorough test scenarios
• Identifying, documenting, and tracking defects with clear reproduction steps, severity classification, and supporting evidence
• Defining and monitoring quality assurance metrics to drive continuous quality and process improvements
• Leveraging AI tools to assist in test case generation, test data creation, exploratory test ideation, and defect summarization 
• Supporting and contributing to automation efforts by reviewing automated test results, flagging gaps, and working alongside SDETs to improve coverage
• Communicating clearly with internal stakeholders regarding test progress, risks, blockers, and release readiness
• Estimating testing efforts, identifying risks, and contributing to mitigation plans to meet project schedules
• Working closely with the engineering and QA team to continuously improve testing processes, checklists, and quality benchmarks

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years of manual QA / functional testing experience
• Strong understanding of software testing methodologies, test lifecycle, and QA best practices
• Hands-on experience testing REST APIs using tools like Postman or similar
• Ability to write clear, structured, and reusable test cases and test plans
• Familiarity with at least one automation framework (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, PlayWrite) 
• Basic SQL knowledge to validate data and assist with backend verification
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with tools like Jira for defect tracking and test management
• Comfort using AI tools such as Claude for productivity tasks — including drafting test cases, summarizing bugs, generating test data, and exploring edge cases — as part of the team's established AI-assisted QA workflow
• Good understanding of web application architecture and how frontend, backend, and APIs interact
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a sharp eye for detail
• Clear verbal and written communication skills to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams
• A curious, quality-first mindset with the initiative to ask "what could go wrong?" before it does
• Good to have: Prior experience in the travel and hospitality domain, particularly with airline and/or hotel booking engines — familiarity with GDS and NDC systems, booking flows, PNR structures is a plus