Functional QA

Role Overview

We are looking for a Functional Quality Assurance Engineer with 4-6 years of experience in manual/functional testing and basic exposure to test automation. The candidate will be responsible for understanding business requirements, designing and executing test scenarios, validating application functionality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirement Analysis & Test Design

• Understand and analyze functional and business requirements.

• Prepare detailed test scenarios, test cases, and test data.

• Participate in requirement walkthroughs and clarification sessions with BA/PO/development teams.

• Functional & Regression Testing

• Perform end-to-end functional, integration, system, and regression testing.

• Validate UI, workflow, business rules, and data integrity across modules.

• Execute test cases, log defects, and track them to closure.

• Defect Management & Reporting

• Raise defects with clear steps to reproduce, impact analysis, and supporting evidence.

• Work closely with developers to reproduce and troubleshoot issues.

• Provide daily/weekly test execution reports, defect status reports, and test summary reports.

• Basic Test Automation

• Collaborate with automation QA to identify test cases suitable for automation.

• Use basic automation tools/Frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, or similar) to:• Execute existing automated test scripts.

• Update or maintain simple scripts under guidance.

• Support smoke/regression suites execution using automation.

• Collaboration & Process Adherence

• Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and DevOps teams.

• Adhere to QA processes, standards, and best practices.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of QA methodologies and documentation.

• Documentation

• Maintain test case repositories and test evidence.

• Prepare test plans, test closure reports, and release readiness QA sign-offs.

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience:

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in functional/manual testing of web or enterprise applications.

• Functional QA Skills:

• Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC.

• Experience in preparing and executing detailed test cases and scenarios.

• Good knowledge of different testing types: functional, integration, system, regression, smoke, sanity.

• Experience in defect lifecycle management using tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.

• Basic Automation Skills:

• Exposure to test automation tools (e.g., Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, or similar).

• Ability to execute existing automation scripts and understand basic scripting concepts.

• Familiarity with at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python) is an added advantage.

• Technical Skills (Nice to Have / As per project):

• Knowledge of API testing using Postman/REST client tools.

• Basic understanding of SQL for data validation.

• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines for test execution is a plus.

• Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Good communication and documentation skills.

• Ability to work in an agile environment (Scrum/Kanban).

• Detail-oriented and quality-focused mindset.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.

• Equivalent experience with relevant certifications in testing (e.g., ISTQB) will be an added advantage.

Preferred Attributes

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.

• Prior experience in domain areas such as Banking/Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, or Retail (customize as per your project).

• Willingness to upgrade skills in test automation and DevOps-related testing.