QA Engineer - Pharma Domain

• Database Testing
• ETL Testing
• Data Validation
• Understanding Pharma best practices is required (GxP).
• Good Laboratory (GLP), Clinical (GCP), or Manufacturing (GMP) Practices
• Understanding of FDA 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines regarding electronic records and digital signatures
• Excellent communication skills

Key Responsibilities

• Perform end-to-end testing of application modules and workflows
• Validate business processes across multiple interconnected modules
• Execute smoke, SIT, regression, and exploratory testing
• Validate data accuracy and perform reconciliation across systems
• Test integration flows and ensure data consistency between systems
• Validate business rules, calculations, and hierarchical data structures
• Log, track, and manage defects across the lifecycle
• Support UAT and collaborate with business stakeholders
• Create and maintain test cases, reports, and traceability matrices
• Validate UI/UX behavior and user experience

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
• Hands-on experience in functional, regression, and integration testing
• Experience in testing data-heavy applications
• Good knowledge of SQL for data validation
• Understanding of APIs, data pipelines, or ETL processes
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work with business stakeholders and technical teams
• Good communication and documentation skills

Key Success Metrics

• High defect detection rate in pre-UAT phases
• Minimal defects leakage into production
• Accurate validation of complex data and calculations
• Timely test execution and defect closure
• Complete traceability across requirements, test cases, and defects

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with enterprise or data-driven applications
• Exposure to forecasting, planning, or analytics systems
• Familiarity with test management tools (e.g., Jira, qTest)
• Basic knowledge of test automation.