QA Engineer

Uplers; Kanpur; Remote; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Remote work

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a QA engineer to support a client in delivering analytics capabilities within a SaaS platform. The role requires 3+ years of experience in manual and exploratory testing, as well as collaboration with engineering teams. This remote position focuses on ensuring the quality and reliability of the product, requiring proficiency with testing tools like Cypress and Jira. Ideal candidates will have strong attention to detail and the ability to work in a SCRUM environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in manual, functional, and exploratory testing of web applications.
• Strong experience working with Jira and QA processes in agile teams.
• Experience validating frontend and backend integration.
• Ability to identify, reproduce, document, communicate, retest, and close defects to write high-quality defect reports.
• Experience working with API-driven systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute manual, functional, and end-to-end test plans.
• Logging, reproducing, retesting, and closing defects.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers.
• Define and maintain test cases within Jira.
• Cross-browser and cross-device validation.
• Validate full user workflows across frontend and backend systems against acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Support regression testing cycles for sprint releases.
• Contribute to automated E2E test coverage (where applicable).
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies and raise quality concerns early.

Skills

Manual Testing

Functional Testing

Exploratory Testing

API Validation

Jira

Attention to Detail

API validation

Cross-browser testing

Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Selenium

Postman

CI/CD

Job description

Experience: 3.00+ years

Salary: Confidential (based on experience)

Expected Notice Period: 7 Days

Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST)

Opportunity Type: Remote

Placement Type: Full Time Contract for 5 Months (40 hrs a week/160 hrs a month)

Note: This is a requirement for one of Uplers' client - LL

Overview

Launch Lab is supporting a global leader in performance analytics and data-driven technology platforms. This role is a unique opportunity to join a cross‑functional product team responsible for delivering high-quality reporting and analytics capabilities within a modern SaaS platform. The QA engineer will play a critical role in ensuring reliability, accuracy, and usability across new product modules. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to validate end-to-end user workflows, ensuring that data flows correctly from backend services through to frontend presentation. This is a hands‑on QA role, focused on execution and delivery that contributes to the stability of a high‑impact product used internationally. This role is primarily focused and exploratory testing, with some exposure to test automation where applicable.

Engagement Details

About The Project

The QA engineer will support the delivery of new reporting and analytics modules within a SaaS platform, ensuring features are stable, reliable, and production‑ready.

Key testing areas

• Validation of reporting dashboards and analytics views
• Verification of data flow from backend APIs to frontend UI
• Manual, functional, exploratory, integration and end‑to‑end testing of user workflows across the platform
• Regression testing for sprint releases

The QA engineer will collaborate closely with frontend and backend engineers to identify issues early and ensure smooth releases.

Architecture & tooling

The platform is a modern web‑based SaaS product integrating frontend applications with backend APIs and analytics services.

Application stack

• Web‑based frontend applications
• API‑driven backend services
• Data analytics and reporting modules

Testing & QA tooling

• E2E testing frameworks such as Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium
• Test case management and tracking in Jira
• API validation and frontend/backend integration testing (Postman or similar)
• CI/CD pipeline experience

Infrastructure context

• Cloud‑hosted SaaS platform
• Agile development environment with sprint‑based releases

The QA engineer will test end‑to‑end user flows, API responses, and frontend data rendering, ensuring reliable interaction between services and a consistent user experience.

Must-Have Experience & Skills

Technical

• 3+ years experience in manual, functional, and exploratory testing of web applications (including some E2E testing)
• Strong experience working with Jira and QA processes in agile teams
• Experience validating frontend and backend integration
• Ability to identify, reproduce, document, communicate, retest, and close defects to write high‑quality defect reports
• Experience working with API‑driven systems

Automation (Bonus)

• Experience using E2E automation tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium

Nice-to-Have

• Experience simulating network conditions or connectivity disruptions during testing
• Familiarity with automated test pipelines
• CI/CD pipeline experience
• Release process awareness

Business & Delivery

• Fluent technical English
• Experience working in distributed remote teams
• Comfortable operating in SCRUM environments
• Experience collaborating closely with Product Managers and Engineers

Soft Skills

• Strong attention to detail and quality ownership
• Curiosity and persistence in identifying issues others may miss
• Clear communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Collaborative approach to problem solving
• Proactive mindset in raising risks and improving quality processes

Responsibilities

• Design and execute manual, functional, integration, and end‑to‑end test plans for reporting and analytics features
• Logging, reproducing, retesting, and closing defects
• Writing high‑quality bug reports
• Define and maintain test cases within Jira
• Cross‑browser and cross‑device validation
• Validate full user workflows across frontend and backend systems against acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to clarify requirements and acceptance criteria
• Support regression testing cycles for sprint releases
• Contribute to automated E2E test coverage (where applicable)
• Participate actively in agile ceremonies and raise quality concerns early

Test Types

• Functional
• Regression
• Integration
• Exploratory

Success Criteria

• Quickly establish robust manual and E2E test coverage
• Identify and document issues clearly and concisely
• Collaborate effectively with engineering teams to resolve blockers before releaseContribute to stable deployments and minimal regression defects

Working Practices

• Methodology: SCRUM
• Team Composition: Product, Design, QA, Frontend, Backend Engineers – plus Senior QA
• Ceremonies: Daily stand‑ups, Sprint planning, Backlog grooming, Sprint demos, Retrospectives

Additional Information

• Equipment: Mac laptop required (Jamf managed)
• Mac specs: M2+ Chipset, 32GB RAM, 1TB Storage
• Onboarding: 4‑week structured onboarding plan with HR and manager
• Compliance: Confidentiality agreement + security training (with ongoing monthly modules)

Assessment Process

• CV Review – Check for experience on paper
• Launch Lab technical screening (30 mins)
• Launch Lab collaborative assessment (1 hr)
• Final interview (culture fit + technical interview incl. system design, product interaction, 1.5 hrs)

Next Steps

• Submit updated CV highlighting QA experience with web applications and E2E testing
• Confirm availability, location, and rate
• Optional: provide examples of automation frameworks or testing portfolios

How to apply for this opportunity

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• Step 2: Complete the screening form and upload updated resume.
• Step 3: Increase your chances to get shortlisted & meet the client for the interview!

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