QA Engineer

Nexifyr Consulting Pvt Ltd; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexifyr Consulting Pvt Ltd in Chennai is seeking a detail-oriented QA Engineer to own quality across sprint cycles. The role emphasizes cloud-based testing, test planning, and close collaboration with developers to resolve issues. Automation using Python and Playwright is a core focus.

The ideal candidate will translate requirements into clear test plans, manage defects with precise reporting, and lead QA discussions within sprints, while contributing to an automation-friendly testing framework.

Qualifications

• Proven QA/testing experience in a cloud product environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to convert requirements into detailed test plans.
• Strong bug tracking and defect reporting with visuals (screenshots/videos).
• Experience running sprint/QA calls and driving issue discussions.
• Must have Python and Playwright for automation.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed test plans and cases from requirements.
• Identify test scenarios including regression and edge cases.
• Log and reproduce defects with steps, screenshots, and videos.
• Lead QA sprint calls and track bug lifecycle across the team.
• Contribute to automation using Python and Playwright.
• Perform API testing (REST/JSON) and data generation.
• Support AWS cloud testing and awareness of costs.

Skills

QA testing in cloud environment

Python

Playwright

Defect management

Sprint QA coordination

Tools

Postman

JMeter

Playwright

Job description

Location:Chennai (Work from office,hybrid)

Role: QA Engineer

Role Overview

We are looking for a detail-oriented QA Engineer with experience testing cloud-based platforms, to own quality across our sprint cycles. The ideal candidate translates requirements and impact assessments into clear test plans, communicates defects with precision, and works closely with developers to drive issues to resolution. This role also requires a strong inclination toward test automation using Python and Playwright.

Key Responsibilities

1. Test Planning & Requirements Analysis

• Review requirements and impact assessment documents, and convert them into detailed, well-structured test plans and test cases.
• Identify test scenarios covering functional, regression, edge-case, and impact areas arising from changes.
• Apply cloud product testing experience to validate functionality across environments and integrations.

2. Defect Management & Communication

• Log and track bugs with meticulous detail, ensuring reproducibility and clarity for developers.
• Describe defects clearly using screenshots, screen recordings, and step-by-step notes to demonstrate issues unambiguously.
• Follow up proactively with developers, walk them through defects, and collaborate on fixes rather than simply logging and waiting.
• Communicate with clarity and precision, leaving no room for ambiguity in bug reports or discussions.

3. Sprint & Process Ownership

• Run and lead QA sprint calls, walking the team through open issues, resubmitted defects, and outstanding items.
• Track the status of defects across the bug lifecycle, from identification to verification and closure.
• Coordinate with developers and product stakeholders to ensure quality gates are met within each sprint.

4. Testing Requirements - Automation & Manual

• Contribute to and grow automated test coverage using Python and Playwright.
• API testing (REST, JSON, Using Postman, etc.)
• Experience generating test/synthetic data
• Identify manual test cases suitable for automation and help build a sustainable automation framework over time.
• Experience with load testing tools like JMeter
• Understanding authentication, authorisation, RBAC and security is a plus.

5. AWS Cloud experience

• AWS Cloud platform knowledge (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, CFT. These are some of the services they would use regularly. Knowledge of testing CloudFormation (CFT) will be an advantage.
• Knowledge of AWS Cloud service costs is an advantage.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in QA / software testing within a cloud product environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain issues clearly and without ambiguity.
• Demonstrated ability to convert requirements and impact assessment documents into detailed test plans.
• Strong experience in bug tracking and defect management, including detailed reporting using videos and images.
• Comfortable running sprint/QA calls and driving discussions on open and resubmitted issues.
• Working knowledge of Python and Playwright for test automation is a MUST.
• A proactive, collaborative approach to working with developers to resolve issues.

Preferred Attributes

• Inclination toward automation-first thinking, even in largely manual testing environments.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, iterative product development environment.
• Strong ownership mindset over quality outcomes, not just issue reporting.

Position Summary

Role QA Engineer

• • Environment Cloud product testing
  • Core Skills Requirements-to-test-plan translation, defect management, sprint QA ownership
  • Automation Stack Python, Playwright
  • Key Responsibilities Clear, unambiguous communication and detailed defect articulation and management of bugs in the SPRINT tool