Position : QA Engineer (Manual+Automation, AI Exposure)

Overall/Total Experience : 3 - 5 years only

Location : Hyderabad

Working Days : 5 Days Working from Office (US Hours: 9.30 PM-6.30 AM IST)

Notice Period Requirement : 30 Days (Maximum)

Client's Company Size : Startup/Small Enterprise

Roles & Responsibilities :

- Design, write, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test data for web, API, and AI-driven features.

- Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across releases.

- Build and maintain automated test suites for UI and API layers.

- Validate AI/ML outputs - accuracy, consistency, edge cases, bias, and graceful failure handling.

- Test REST APIs and data pipelines, verifying data quality and integration correctness.

- Log, track, and triage defects clearly, and verify fixes through to closure.

- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and report on quality metrics.

- Partner with product, data science, and engineering to embed quality throughout the sprint.

Candidate Requirements :

- Strong QA Engineer Profile with manual + automation testing across web, API, and AI-driven features.

- Must have 3+ years in QA / software testing, covering both manual and automation testing.

- Must have experience designing, writing, and maintaining test plans, test cases, and test data for web, API, and AI-driven features.

- Must have experience performing functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across releases.

- Must have hands-on automation experience with a framework such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar.

- Experience testing AI/ML or data products (validating accuracy, consistency, edge cases, bias, graceful failure handling).

- Must have API testing experience with tools like Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent, and experience testing REST APIs and data pipelines.

- Must have working knowledge of Python, JavaScript, or Java for test automation.

- Must have SQL and data skills - able to write queries to validate data and back-end behaviour.

- Must have a strong grasp of QA methodologies, SDLC/STLC, and Agile/Scrum practices.

- Must have an analytical mindset with sharp attention to detail and clear defect communication.

- Must be from B2B Tech consulting/B2B Tech services/AI Tech consulting companies.

- Candidate should be willing to work during EST shift (9.30 PM - 6.30 AM) as the client is based in US and they have US clients.

Preferred :

- Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

- Cloud/AWS and insurance domain exposure.