Intern – Software Quality Assurance

Akino Labs; Vadodara; Hybrid; INR 89,000 - 167,000; Part time

Job summary

Akino Labs in Vadodara invites applications for an Intern–Software Quality Assurance role. The intern will assist QA engineers, developers, and product teams to test web, mobile, SaaS, and AI-powered apps, ensuring defects are identified and functionality validated before release.

The role offers exposure to manual, API, database, AI-focused testing, and potential automation work with tools like Playwright, Selenium, and Postman.

Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of software testing concepts and SDLC/STLC.
• Ability to create clear test cases and maintain documentation.
• Familiarity with API testing and basic SQL is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute functional and non-functional test cases across web and mobile platforms.
• Develop positive and negative test scenarios and maintain tests.
• Identify, reproduce and document defects with steps, environment and severity.
• Perform basic API testing and validate responses and status codes.
• Support AI/automation testing efforts and prepare regression checklists.
• Create and update test cases as requirements evolve.

Skills

Software testing concepts

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Written communication

Ability to learn quickly

Education

B.Tech/B.E. Computer Science/IT

BCA/MCA

B.Sc./M.Sc. Computer Science

Tools

Git/GitHub

Postman

Selenium

Playwright

Jira

Job description

Position:Intern–SoftwareQualityAssurance

Department:QualityAssurance/Technology

Location:Vadodara/Hybrid

EmploymentType:Internship

Duration:3–6Months

Experience:Freshers/0–1Year

AbouttheRole

WearelookingforaSoftwareQualityAssuranceInterntosupportthetestingandqualityassuranceofweb,mobile,SaaS,andAI-poweredapplications.

TheinternwillworkcloselywithQAEngineers,Developers,ProjectManagers,ProductManagers,andDesignerstoidentifydefects,validatefunctionality,andensurethatsoftwaremeetsdefinedrequirementsbeforerelease.

Thisroleissuitableforcandidateswhoaredetail-oriented,analytical,curiousabouthowsoftwareworks,andinterestedinbuildingacareerinSoftwareTesting,QAAutomation,orQualityEngineering.

KeyResponsibilities

ManualTesting

• Executefunctionalandnon-functionaltestcases.
• Testwebandmobileapplicationsacrossdifferentbrowsersanddevices.
• Validatefeaturesagainstrequirementsandacceptancecriteria.
• Perform:
  • Functionaltesting
  • Regressiontesting
  • Smoketesting
  • Sanitytesting
  • Integrationtesting
  • Exploratorytesting
  • UItesting
  • Usabilitytesting
• Identifyunexpectedapplicationbehaviorandpotentialdefects.

TestCaseDevelopment

• Createclearandstructuredtestcasesbasedonrequirements.
• Developpositiveandnegativetestscenarios.
• Identifyboundaryconditionsandedgecases.
• Maintaintestcasedocumentation.
• Updatetestcasesasapplicationrequirementschange.

BugReporting&Tracking

• Identify,reproduce,anddocumentsoftwaredefects.
• Createdetailedbugreportscontaining:
  • Title
  • Stepstoreproduce
  • Expectedresult
  • Actualresult
  • Environment
  • Severity
  • Priority
  • Screenshots/videoswhereapplicable
• Trackdefectsthroughresolution.
• Retestfixesandverifythatdefectshavebeenresolved.
• Identifyregressionissuesintroducedbynewchanges.

APITesting

• PerformbasicAPItestingusingtoolssuchasPostman.
• Validate:
  • Requestparameters
  • Responsedata
  • HTTPstatuscodes
  • Authentication
  • Errorhandling
  • Responsestructure
• TestcommonAPIedgecasesandinvalidinputs.

DatabaseTesting

• Performbasicdatabasevalidation.
• UseSQLordatabasetoolstoverifyapplicationdatawhererequired.
• Validatedataconsistencybetweenfrontend,APIs,anddatabases.
• Identifyincorrect,missing,duplicated,orunexpecteddata.

AIApplicationTesting

AspartofourAI-focusedproductenvironment,theinternmayalsotestAI-poweredfunctionality.

Responsibilitiesmayinclude:

• TestingAI-generatedresponses.
• Identifyinghallucinationsandinaccurateresponses.
• Testingpromptsandedgecases.
• ValidatingAIoutputagainstexpectedresults.
• Testingdocumentextractionandsummarization.
• Testingconversationalworkflows.
• Evaluatingresponseconsistency.
• IdentifyinginappropriateorunexpectedAIbehavior.
• CreatingtestdatasetsforAIfeatures.

AutomationTesting

Theinternwillbeintroducedtotestautomationandmayassistindevelopingautomatedtests.

Potentialtechnologiesinclude:

• Playwright
• Selenium
• Cypress
• Postman/Newman
• Jest
• APIautomationframeworks

Candidateswithpriorautomationexperiencewillhaveanadvantage,butitisnotmandatory.

RequiredSkills

• Basicunderstandingofsoftwaretestingconcepts.
• UnderstandingofSDLCandSTLC.
• Basicknowledgeof:
  • Functionaltesting
  • Regressiontesting
  • Smoketesting
  • Testcases
  • Buglifecycle
• Goodanalyticalandproblem-solvingskills.
• Strongattentiontodetail.
• Goodwrittencommunication.
• Abilitytounderstandsoftwarerequirements.
• Basicknowledgeofwebapplications.
• BasicunderstandingofAPIsandHTTPconcepts.
• FamiliaritywithGit/GitHubispreferred.

GoodtoHave

• BasicSQLknowledge.
• Postmanexperience.
• Selenium/Playwright/Cypressexposure.
• BasicJavaScript,Python,orJava.
• ExperiencetestingRESTAPIs.
• Knowledgeofbrowserdevelopertools.
• FamiliaritywithJira,ClickUp,orsimilarissue-trackingtools.
• Basicunderstandingofmobileapplicationtesting.
• ExposuretoAI/LLMapplications.
• Experiencewithautomatedtestingprojects.
• UnderstandingofAgile/Scrummethodology.

WhatWeLookFor

Wevaluecandidateswho:

• Donotassumethatsoftwareworkssimplybecausethehappypathworks.
• Thinkaboutedgecasesandfailurescenarios.
• Canreproduceaproblemconsistently.
• Writeclearandusefulbugreports.
• Understandthedifferencebetweenseverityandpriority.
• Arewillingtoinvestigateproblemsbeforeescalatingthem.
• Cancommunicateeffectivelywithdevelopers.
• Arecomfortablechallengingexpectedbehaviorwhenevidencesuggestssomethingiswrong.
• Havestrongattentiontodetail.
• Arecuriousabouthowsystemsbehaveunderunexpectedconditions.

PracticalEvaluation

ShortlistedcandidatesmaybegivenapracticalQAassignmentinvolving:

1. Testingasamplewebapplication.
2. Creatingtestscenariosandtestcases.
3. IdentifyingfunctionalandUIdefects.
4. Writingdetailedbugreports.
5. TestingaRESTAPIusingPostman.
6. Identifyingedgecasesforagivenfeature.
7. Creatingabasicregressionchecklist.
8. TestinganAI-poweredfeatureandidentifyingincorrectorinconsistentoutputs.

Candidatesmayalsobeaskedtoexplainatestingprojectcompletedduringacademicsorindependently.

InternshipExpectations

Duringtheinternship,thecandidateisexpectedto:

• Executeassignedtestcasesaccurately.
• Maintainpropertestingdocumentation.
• Reportdefectsclearlyandpromptly.
• Retestfixesandperformregressiontesting.
• ParticipateinQAdiscussionsandsprintactivities.
• Learntheproductanditsbusinessrequirements.
• Developanunderstandingofthecompletesoftwaredevelopmentlifecycle.
• Graduallytakeownershipofspecifictestingareas.
• Learnandcontributetotestautomationwhereapplicable.

KeyPerformanceAreas

Performancemaybeevaluatedbasedon:

• Testexecutionaccuracy
• Defectidentificationandreportingquality
• Abilitytoidentifyedgecases
• Requirementunderstanding
• Regressiontestingeffectiveness
• Documentationquality
• Learningvelocity
• Communicationwithdevelopmentteams
• Automationprogress
• Ownershipofassignedtestingactivities

PreferredEducationalBackground

• B.Tech/B.E.–ComputerScience,IT,orrelateddiscipline
• BCA/MCA
• B.Sc./M.Sc.ComputerScienceorrelatedfield
• Final-yearstudentsandrecentgraduatesareencouragedtoapply.

PotentialConversion

High-performinginternsmaybeconsideredforaFull-TimeQAEngineer,SoftwareTestEngineer,orQAAutomationEngineerpositionbasedon:

• Testingfundamentals
• Analyticalability
• Defect-findingskills
• Technicalunderstanding
• Automationcapability
• Learningvelocity
• Ownership
• Contributiontoproductquality