Staff Engineer, QA Manual

Summary

Join Nagarro, a Digital Product Engineering company, as a Test Engineer with 7+ years of experience. You will be responsible for understanding project requirements, interacting with clients, preparing test plans, estimating test efforts, managing risks, designing automation frameworks, preparing test reports, communicating quality metrics, participating in retrospectives, conducting demos, reviewing testing artifacts, and working with stakeholders to triage defects. The role requires strong manual testing experience in Core Banking and Insurance domains, API testing using tools like Postman and Swagger, UI testing expertise, experience with test management tools, database testing, defect management, and mobile testing. Proficiency in SDLC, STLC, defect life cycles, and Agile/Scrum methodologies is essential. A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.

Requirements

• Total Experience 7+ years
• Strong experience in manual testing of complex applications
• Hands on working experience in the Core Banking domain and Insurance domain
• Strong hands-on experience in API testing (REST) using Postman, Swagger, or similar tools
• Deep understanding of UI testing principles and cross-browser/platform testing
• Working experience with test management tools such as TestRail, Zephyr, Jira ETL Testing, TM4J
• Proficient in IBM Rational Quality Manager or Micro Focus ALM, QAComplete
• Hands on experience in database testing, Defect management, Mobile testing, test case automation
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and defect life cycle
• Proficiency in defect tracking tools such as Jira, Bugzilla, or Azure DevOps
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies
• Basic knowledge of databases; ability to write and execute SQL queries for test validations
• Exposure to Confluence, Git, Jenkins
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Understanding the projects functional and non-functional requirements and the business context of the application being developed. Understanding and documenting requirements validated by the SMEs
• Interacting with clients to identify the scope of testing, expectations, acceptance criteria and availability of test data and environment. Working closely with product owner in defining and refining acceptance criteria
• Preparing test plan/strategy
• Estimating the test effort and preparing schedules for testing activities, assigning tasks, identifying constraints and dependencies
• Risk management identifying, mitigating and resolving business and technical risks. Determines the potential causes of problems and analyses multiple alternatives
• Designing and developing a framework for automated testing following the project's design and coding guidelines. Set up best practices for test automation
• Preparing test reports to summarize the outcome of the testing phase and recommending whether the application is in a shippable state or not
• Communicating measurable quality metrics, with the ability to highlight problem areas and suggest solutions
• Participating in retrospective meetings, helping identify the root cause of any quality related issue and identifying ways to continuously improve the testing process
• Conducting demos of the application for internal and external stakeholders
• Reviewing all testing artifacts prepared by the team and ensuring that defects found during the review are tracked to closure
• Working with team and stakeholders to triage and prioritize defects for resolution