Quality Engineer
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Job Description
- Perform manual testing of web applications across multiple browsers and platforms.
- Understand and apply Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) concepts.
- Design, write, and execute test cases, test scenarios, and test plans.
- Identify, log, track, and verify defects using Jira or similar defect tracking tools.
- Perform API testing using Postman, including request validation and response verification.
- Collaborate with developers to reproduce issues and validate fixes.
- Use browser developer tools (Inspect Element) to analyze UI issues, network calls, and console errors.
- Contribute to test automation scripts using Selenium with Java, TestNG, and Cucumber (BDD).
- Contribute to test automation scripts using Playwright with JavaScript and Cucumber (BDD).
- Maintain and enhance existing automation suites.
- Leverage AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor or Claude to continuously build and improve automation scripts, generate test plans and test data.
- Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives from a QA perspective.