Generative AI Engineer

Tekskills Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Senior QA Engineer based in Pune with 8-12 years of experience. The candidate will be responsible for leading the QA strategy involving API Testing, Backend Validation, and UI Testing. A strong understanding of GenAI-based systems is essential to ensure quality delivery. Responsibilities include designing robust test cases, driving automation frameworks, and validating AI outputs for accuracy. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to maintain high-quality standards across all deliverables.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience in QA engineering, focusing on API and UI testing.
• Strong background in automation frameworks and CI/CD processes.
• Experience with GenAI-based applications and LLM testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end QA strategy for backend systems, APIs, and UI layers.
• Design and execute test cases for RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Perform UI testing (manual + automation) for web applications.
• Validate LLM-based applications for accuracy and reliability.
• Build automation frameworks for API and UI testing.

Skills

API Testing

Backend Validation

UI Testing

GenAI Testing

SQL

Tools

Postman

RestAssured

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

Experience: 8–12 years

Location: Pune

Role Overview

We are looking for a highly skilled and detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer with deep expertise in API Testing, Backend Validation, UI Testing, and strong exposure to GenAI-based systems. The ideal candidate should be capable of owning end-to-end QA strategy, driving automation, and ensuring high-quality delivery across complex, scalable applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end QA strategy for backend systems, APIs, and UI layers
• Design, develop, and execute robust test cases for RESTful APIs and microservices
• Validate data integrity, business logic, and system integrations across backend services
• Perform UI testing (manual + automation) for web applications
• Build and maintain automation frameworks for API and UI testing
• Work closely with developers, product teams, and architects to ensure quality at every stage
• Conduct performance, regression, and integration testing
• Identify, log, and track defects with strong debugging and root cause analysis

GenAI Testing Responsibilities

• Validate LLM-based applications for accuracy, consistency, and response quality
• Design test scenarios for prompt engineering, hallucination detection, and edge cases
• Evaluate model outputs, bias, safety, and reliability
• Work with GenAI pipelines including RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems
• Ensure quality across AI workflows, embeddings, and vector databases

Required Skills

Core QA & Backend Testing

• Strong expertise in API Testing using tools like Postman, RestAssured
• Deep understanding of REST APIs, JSON, HTTP protocols
• Experience in microservices architecture testing
• Strong knowledge of SQL / database validation

Automation

• Hands‑on experience in test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, Cypress)
• Experience with API automation and CI/CD integration

UI Testing

• Strong experience in functional and regression testing for UI applications

GenAI / AI Testing

• Hands‑on experience or strong understanding of GenAI / LLM-based applications
• Familiarity with OpenAI, LangChain, vector DBs (Pinecone, FAISS, etc.)
• Experience in testing AI outputs, prompt validation, and evaluation frameworks