Senior QA Engineer

experienced QA professionals

lead quality initiatives and mentor junior team members

Key Responsibilities

• Perform

  exploratory testing

  to identify gaps that standard test scripts may miss.
• Conduct

  risk-based analysis (FMEA)

  to prioritize testing for critical modules.
• Validate APIs and microservices in

  cloud/hybrid environments (AWS/GCP + On-Prem)

  .
• Review

  release notes, runbooks, and operational documents

  for clarity and completeness.
• Analyze incidents and contribute to

  root cause analysis (RCA)

  to prevent recurring issues.
• Support

  high availability and disaster recovery validation

  through scenario-based testing.
• Collaborate with developers, automation testers, and SREs to ensure high-quality releases.
  
• For Lead roles: Mentor QA team members and define QA/testing strategy across systems.
  

Skills & Experience Required

• 6 - 12 years

  of QA/testing experience.
• Good understanding of

  microservices-based applications

  and familiarity with

  cloud/hybrid deployments (AWS/GCP + On-Prem)

  .
• Hands-on experience in

  API testing

  (Postman, RestAssured, SoapUI, etc.).
• Experience in testing

  SQL and NoSQL databases

  . Examples: MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Redis, Clickhouse.
• Exposure to

  Kubernetes, Helm, or similar deployment environments

  (advantageous).
• Experience with

  monitoring/observability tools

  (Grafana, Prometheus, Graylog, Datadog).
• Familiarity with

  performance testing

  and

  resilience testing concepts

  .
• Excellent

  problem-solving, debugging, and collaboration skills

  .
• Leadership/mentoring skills for candidates aiming at Technical Lead roles.
  

Relevant QA/testing experience:

• Senior QA Engineer:

  6 - 8 years

• QA Technical Lead:

  8 - 12 years