Software Test Engineer

Software Test Engineer IT: Roles & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business and technical requirements to understand testing needs.
• Create test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and test data based on requirements.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
• Execute manual test cases and document test results.
• Identify, log, track, and retest defects using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar defect-management systems.
• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, product owners, and other stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve defects.
• Perform API testing using tools such as Postman or similar tools.
• Validate data and perform SQL/database testing to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and assist business users with test execution and issue resolution.
• Perform end-to-end testing across multiple applications and integrations.
• Conduct cross-browser, compatibility, and basic performance testing where required.
• Maintain test documentation, traceability, and test execution reports.
• Participate in defect triage and help determine defect severity and priority.
• Support production releases and post-release validation/smoke testing.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing processes, coverage, and overall software quality.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts where automation is part of the role.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps teams, where applicable.
• Ensure testing activities align with organizational quality standards and project timelines.

Typical Day-to-Day Activities

• Review new requirements and identify potential testing risks.
• Prepare and execute test cases for assigned features.
• Test new builds and perform regression testing.
• Log defects with clear reproduction steps, screenshots/logs, and expected vs. actual results.
• Retest resolved defects.
• Coordinate with developers and business teams on open issues.
• Update test execution status and provide testing progress reports.
• Maintain test cases and automation scripts.
• Participate in sprint meetings and release planning.

Skills Typically Required

• Manual and automation testing concepts
• SDLC/STLC
• Agile/Scrum methodology
• Test case design and defect management
• API testing
• SQL/database testing
• Jira/Azure DevOps
• Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar automation tools
• Postman
• Basic understanding of CI/CD and Git
• Good analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills