Engineer, Quality Assurance

Ares Management Corporation; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Ares Management Corporation in Mumbai seeks a QA Automation Tester to lead manual and automated testing efforts for business applications. The role covers defect tracking, test planning, and performance testing within a fast-paced financial technology environment.

Ideal candidates have 5–8 years of QA experience, strong knowledge of SDLC, and hands-on automation with Selenium, Java, and Jira for defect tracking and reporting. The position is on-site in Mumbai with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 5–8 years in QA.
• Experience in test planning, creation and execution.
• Knowledge of SDLC, QA automation and performance testing tools.

Responsibilities

• Performs manual/automated regression functional and performance testing.
• Monitor, track and escalate defects as needed.
• Communicate QA metrics and project status promptly.
• Maintain test documentation including plans and evaluations.
• Drive automation of testing processes with tools/scripts.
• Collaborate with development, product, and support to meet quality objectives.

Skills

Test automation

Selenium

Java

Jira

QA practices

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

HP ALM

Jenkins

Selenium IDE

Job description

Over the last 20 years, Ares' success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values - Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy - and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS AND ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Performs manual/automated, regression, functional, performance testing of business facing applications
• Monitor and track the defects, assign and escalates defects as necessary
• Communicates QA metrics, test results, concerns and project status to management team and other stake holders in a timely manner
• Ensures the QA related documentation such as test plans, performance evaluation, functionality testing and required maintenance planning
• Drives innovation and automation of testing processes by making use of tools or scripts
• Works closely with development, product management, and technical support to ensure that the quality objectives of all projects are met within schedule constraints

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor's Degree required 5 -8 years’ experience working in a Quality Assurance role in an IT environment
• Demonstrated experience in test planning, creation and execution
• Experience with structure test methodologies and managing multiple projects/initiatives
• Experience testing all phases of the SDLC
• Experience with process improvement, QA automation and performance testing tools
• Excellent communication skills (written/verbal), ability to work closely with members cross functionally
• Experience Required: Sound understanding of Testing and designing QA strategies for Front office trading applications and deep understanding of overall financial and asset management domain
• Able to understand asset management and financial data and design test scenarios/strategies for data flow across business applications
• Solid knowledge in manual and automated software testing
• Extensive experience in software development methodologies including both Agile (Scrum, Kanban, XP) and Waterfall models
• Proven expertise in test design, test development, and QA of cost-effective enterprise level application systems, middleware, and web solutions that exceed client's business requirements and expectations
• Proven experience using test management and defect tracking systems such as HP Quality Center (ALM), Jira, Bugzilla, ServiceNow and others
• Hands on expertise with test automation tools such as Spec Flow, Selenium, Coded UI, others
• Experience in performance of build validation and verification, positive and negative, Boundary values analysis, equivalent classes partitioning, smoke (sanity), functional, integration, system, regression, Ad-hoc (exploratory), cross-browser, user interface and user acceptance tests
• Proficient in multiplatform (Windows, Linux, MacOS) and cross browser testing (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari), mobile testing on different devices (Android, iOS Phone/Ipad/Tablet) a plus.
• Experience and/or basic understanding of infrastructure, networking, and security concepts is a plus
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle as well as software testing life cycle
• Self- driven and self-motivated person with great communication and presentation skills
• Comfortable working as a member of integrated team as well as independently
• Work schedule flexibility
• General Requirements: Test process tools like Selenium, Jira, Bugzilla, functional, performance, database, Java, link and web test tools
• Development Languages: HTML5, XML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, SQL, .Net, C#
• SD Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban
• Architecture: OOP, client server, web based and mobile applications a plus
• Databases: MS SQL Server, My SQL
• Infrastructure: SVN, TWiki, XMLSpy
• Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/10, Linux, MacOS
• Software and Tools: Team Foundation Server (TFS), MS Visio Reporting Relationships Manager, Quality Assurance COE

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of June 30, 2026, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $671 billion of assets under management(1) with more than 4,400 employees operating across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.aresmgmt.com.

Ares Management LLC (together with its related operating and administrative subsidiaries, 'Ares Management') is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity and expression, transgender status, genetic information, status as unemployed, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Ares Management will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. (1) As of June 30, 2026. AUM amounts include funds managed by Ivy Hill Asset Management, LP., a wholly owned portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation and registered investment adviser.