Functional QA

Role Overview

We are looking for a Functional Quality Assurance Engineer with 4-6 years of experience in manual/functional testing and basic exposure to test automation. The candidate will be responsible for understanding business requirements, designing and executing test scenarios, validating application functionality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirement Analysis & Test Design
  

  • Understand and analyze functional and business requirements.
    
  • Prepare detailed test scenarios, test cases, and test data.
    
  • Participate in requirement walkthroughs and clarification sessions with BA/PO/development teams.
    

• Functional & Regression Testing
  

  • Perform end-to-end functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
    
  • Validate UI, workflow, business rules, and data integrity across modules.
    
  • Execute test cases, log defects, and track them to closure.
    

• Defect Management & Reporting
  

  • Raise defects with clear steps to reproduce, impact analysis, and supporting evidence.
    
  • Work closely with developers to reproduce and troubleshoot issues.
    
  • Provide daily/weekly test execution reports, defect status reports, and test summary reports.
    

• Basic Test Automation
  

  • Collaborate with automation QA to identify test cases suitable for automation.
    
  • Use basic automation tools/Frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, or similar) to:
    • Execute existing automated test scripts.
      
    • Update or maintain simple scripts under guidance.
      
  • Support smoke/regression suites execution using automation.
    

• Collaboration & Process Adherence
  

  • Work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Developers, and DevOps teams.
    
  • Adhere to QA processes, standards, and best practices.
    
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of QA methodologies and documentation.
    

• Documentation
  

  • Maintain test case repositories and test evidence.
    
  • Prepare test plans, test closure reports, and release readiness QA sign-offs.
    

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience:
  

  • 3–5 years of hands-on experience in functional/manual testing of web or enterprise applications.
    

• Functional QA Skills:
  

  • Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC.
    
  • Experience in preparing and executing detailed test cases and scenarios.
    
  • Good knowledge of different testing types: functional, integration, system, regression, smoke, sanity.
    
  • Experience in defect lifecycle management using tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar.
    

• Basic Automation Skills:
  

  • Exposure to test automation tools (e.g., Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, or similar).
    
  • Ability to execute existing automation scripts and understand basic scripting concepts.
    
  • Familiarity with at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python) is an added advantage.
    

• Technical Skills (Nice to Have / As per project):
  

  • Knowledge of API testing using Postman/REST client tools.
    
  • Basic understanding of SQL for data validation.
    
  • Exposure to CI/CD pipelines for test execution is a plus.
    

• Soft Skills:
  

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
    
  • Good communication and documentation skills.
    
  • Ability to work in an agile environment (Scrum/Kanban).
    
  • Detail-oriented and quality-focused mindset.
    

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline.
  
• Equivalent experience with relevant certifications in testing (e.g., ISTQB) will be an added advantage.
  

Preferred Attributes

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
  
• Prior experience in domain areas such as Banking/Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, or Retail (customize as per your project).
  
• Willingness to upgrade skills in test automation and DevOps-related testing.