Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Description:

As a Senior QA Engineer (Lead), you will be responsible for building, owning, and driving the entire testing strategy for Propellus. You will work closely with engineering & product teams to develop automated test suites, ensure product reliability, and maintain high-quality standards across our microservices-based platform.

This is a high-impact role where you will define best practices, set up automation frameworks, and establish a structured QA process from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities1. QA Strategy & Leadership

• Establish QA processes and best practices for manual and automated testing.
• Define test plans, strategies, and quality standards for existing and new features.
• Ensure quality is embedded early in the development lifecycle through CI/CD practices.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to align testing with development workflows.

2. Automation & Test Infrastructure

• Set up and manage a test automation framework for functional, regression, and performance testing.
• Develop and maintain automated test suites for UI, API, and backend services.
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions/AWS pipelines.
• Ensure cross-browser and mobile compatibility through automated testing.

3. Functional & Non-Functional Testing

• Perform manual and exploratory testing where required.
• Validate API integrations, backend logic, and user flows.
• Conduct performance and load testing to ensure system scalability.
• Ensure security and compliance by working with engineering on vulnerability testing.

4. Defect Tracking & Reporting

• Track, manage, and prioritize defects using JIRA.
• Establish clear metrics for quality assessment and continuous improvement.
• Generate QA reports to highlight test coverage, defects, and system health.

5. Collaboration & Team Enablement

• Work closely with developers to conduct code reviews and unit test validation.
• Partner with product teams to ensure user stories have clear acceptance criteria.
• Train engineering teams on best QA practices and test automation methodologies.

Key Requirements

✅ Experience: 7+ years in QA engineering with expertise in test automation.

✅ Test Automation Tools: SonarQube, Vercode Static Analysis etc. for SAST. OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite etc. for DAST. Cypress, Playwright, JMeter, Postman for functional and performance testing.

✅ Programming Skills: Proficiency in JavaScript for test scripting.

✅ CI/CD & DevOps: Experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, AWS, etc.).

✅ Cloud & Microservices Testing: Knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and API testing for microservices.

✅ Agile/Scrum Practices: Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, sprint cycles, and test-driven development (TDD/BDD).

✅ Bug Tracking & Reporting: Experience with JIRA, Confluence, TestRail or similar tools.

✅ Performance & Security Testing: Exposure to load testing (JMeter, Gatling) and security testing practices.

✅ Excellent Communication: Ability to document test cases, report issues clearly, and collaborate effectively with engineers and product teams.