About The Role :

Softobiz is seeking an experienced Senior QA Engineer who brings strong hands-on expertise in both automation and manual testing. The ideal candidate will lead end-to-end testing initiatives, define QA best practices, mentor engineers, and ensure high-quality releases across cloud-native and enterprise product environments.

Key Responsibilities :

- Drive test planning, test strategy, and QA processes for complex enterprise applications.

- Perform both manual and automation testing across functional, regression, performance, and integration scenarios.

- Build and maintain robust automation frameworks (UI + API).

- Review requirements, identify gaps, and proactively highlight risks to stakeholders.

- Collaborate closely with product owners, architects, developers, and DevOps to ensure seamless release processes.

- Own defect lifecycle management and ensure accurate tracking and reporting.

- Mentor junior/mid QA engineers and contribute to process maturity and continuous improvement.

Technical Skills Required :

- Strong expertise in Selenium / Cypress / Playwright or equivalent.

- API automation tools Postman / RestAssured / Karate / Katalon.

- Good exposure to Azure DevOps / Jenkins / CICD pipelines.

- Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL databases for validation.

- Knowledge of load/performance testing tools like JMeter or Locust is an added advantage.

Good to Have :

- Experience testing cloud-based distributed systems or microservices.

- Exposure to Agile / Scrum methodologies.

- Leadership experience in mentoring or scaling a QA team.