Functional QA

Kumaran; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Kumaran Systems is seeking a Functional Quality Assurance Engineer with 4-6 years of experience in manual/functional testing and basic exposure to test automation. You will understand business requirements, design test scenarios, validate application functionality, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality delivery.

Key responsibilities include writing detailed test cases, executing end-to-end testing, and producing test reports while coordinating with developers and

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of hands on experience in functional/manual testing of web or enterprise applications.
• Experience with JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar defect tracking tools.
• Exposure to test automation with Selenium/WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, or similar.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Perform end-to-end functional, integration, system, and regression testing.
• Validate UI, workflow, business rules, and data integrity across modules.

Job description

Kumaran Systems: Engineering Future-Ready Transformations Since 1992, Kumaran Systems has been helping enterprises bridge the past and the future, reimagining legacy systems and embracing AI-led possibilities. With over 34 years of delivery excellence, we specialise in re‑engineering core applications, driving cloud transformation, and building automation‑first, GenAI‑enabled ecosystems across the Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, Telecom, and Automotive sectors. We help organisations not just upgrade their systems but reimagine what’s possible.

Why Kumaran?

We blend engineering discipline with AI innovation, helping clients modernise with confidence, automate with clarity, and scale with purpose. Our global delivery model ensures agility, responsiveness, and seamless collaboration, with clients always at the heart of every engagement. At Kumaran, we don’t just solve problems, we engineer future‑ready transformations.

Job Description

Role Overview

We are looking for aFunctional Quality Assurance Engineerwith 4-6 years of experiencein manual/functional testing andbasic 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.
• 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.

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 infunctional/manual testingof 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 likeJIRA, 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.

Technical Skills (Nice to Have / As per project)

• Knowledge ofAPI testingusing 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 inComputer 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 inAgile/Scrumteams.
• Prior experience in domain areas such asBanking/Financial Services,Insurance,Healthcare, orRetail(customize as per your project).
• Willingness to upgrade skills in test automation and DevOps‑related testing.

Kumaran Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.