**Role & seniority: ** Quality Engineer (Software Quality Engineer), 5+ years experience

**Stack/tools: **

QA methodologies/processes (implied)
Automated testing (automation strategy, scripts)
Security, API, regression testing
Test plans/test cases/defect reporting
ISTQB (preferred); specific tools not listed
Top 3 responsibilities:
- Design and execute end-to-end continuous testing for security, API, and regression
- Build automation strategy, develop automated scripts, and support data/environment configuration
- Review requirements/design, participate in code reviews, track defects, and report quality metrics for continuous improvement
Must-have skills:
- Quality Management
- Ability to create test plans/cases and manage defect tracking/reporting
- QA planning and continuous testing across application lifecycle
Nice-to-haves:
- Test Management (minimum 3 years mentioned in additional info)
- ISTQB or related certification
- Data/configuration support for test environments
Location & work type: Chennai office; work type not specified (onsite/hybrid/remote not stated)

Full Description

Project Role: Quality Engineer

Project Role Description: Enables full stack solutions through multi-disciplinary team planning and ecosystem integration to accelerate delivery and drive quality across the application lifecycle. Performs continuous testing for security, API, and regression suite. Creates automation strategy, automated scripts and supports data and environment configuration. Participates in code reviews, monitors, and reports defects to support continuous improvement activities for the end-to-end testing process.

Must have skills: Quality Management

Good to have skills: Test Management

Minimum 5 Year(s) Of Experience Is Required

Educational Qualification: 15 years full time education

Summary

Software Quality Engineers design, create, implement, and monitor processes that ensure that the final product satisfies end users needs and requirements, while also making sure no other influence will cause the product to malfunction.

Being able to fully understand what project managers and product owners expect, and to imagine what end users need and how they will interact with the product are just some of the points that a Soft-ware Quality Engineer has to be able to fulfill.

Clear and precise communications enable a Quality Assurance Engineer to address identified problems quickly to relevant partners in other teams and make a valuable contribution to improving the overall product quality.

Roles & Responsibilities

Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback.

Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases to identify software problems.

Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities.

Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs.

Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved.

Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products.

Liaise with internal teams (e.g. product leads and developers) to identify system requirements.

Investigate the causes of non-conforming software.

Work together with software developers to enhance and im-prove software.

Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts.

Stay up to date with new testing tools and test strategies.

Professional & Technical Skills

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject or comparable qualifications/experience.

Proven work experience in software development or in soft-ware quality assurance.

Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes.

Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans, test cases and defect descriptions.

ISTQB or related certification is preferable.

Additional Information

The candidate should have minimum 3 years of experience in Test Management. This position is based at our Chennai office. A 15 years full time education is required.