Manual Test Engineer

Job Summary
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Software Quality Assurance Engineer with strong Manual Testing expertise to ensure the quality, reliability, and usability of our applications. The ideal candidate will work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and DevOps teams to validate business requirements, identify defects, and deliver high-quality software releases.
The candidate should have hands-on experience in functional, integration, regression, UAT, API, and database testing, along with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements, user stories, and technical specifications.
• Design, review, and execute test scenarios and test cases.
• Perform Functional, Regression, Integration, System, Exploratory, and UAT testing.
• Conduct end-to-end validation of business workflows across multiple systems.
• Identify, log, track, and verify defects using defect management tools.
• Perform root cause analysis and assist developers in reproducing issues.
• Validate APIs using tools such as Postman.
• Execute database validations using SQL queries.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Grooming, Daily Stand-ups, and Retrospectives.
• Prepare test execution reports, test summary reports, and quality metrics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality software.
• Contribute to process improvements, testing best practices, and quality initiatives.

Required Skills
Testing Fundamentals

• Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC.

• Experience in Test Planning, Test Design, and Test Execution.

• Knowledge of:

• Functional Testing

• Regression Testing

• Integration Testing

• System Testing

• Smoke/Sanity Testing

• Exploratory Testing

• UAT Support

Requirement Analysis

• Ability to analyze requirements and identify gaps.
• Create comprehensive test scenarios from business requirements.
• Strong risk identification and impact analysis skills.

Defect Management

• Experience working with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Ability to write clear and reproducible defect reports.
• Experience in defect triage and verification.

Database Testing

• Strong SQL knowledge.
• Ability to validate backend data and execute database queries.
• Experience with MSSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MySQL.

API Testing

• Experience testing REST APIs using Postman or similar tools.

• Understanding of:

• HTTP Methods

• Status Codes

• JSON Validation

• Authentication Mechanisms

Desired Skills. Good to have not mandatory.

• Basic understanding of Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or any automation framework.
• Knowledge of CI/CD concepts and test execution pipelines.
• Exposure to performance testing tools such as JMeter or Gatling.
• Experience in cloud-based applications and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of accessibility and cross-browser testing.

Educational Qualifications

• BE / B.Tech / MCA / M.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Equivalent experience may be considered.

What We Look For

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ownership mindset and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and stakeholder management.
• Ability to work independently and within distributed teams.
• Passion for software quality and continuous improvement.