Quality Assurance Engineer

Weekday AI (YC W21); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI in Bengaluru, India, is hiring a QA Engineer to own the quality, reliability, and test automation of a platform handling insurance claims and real money transfers between institutions. This founding QA hire will build the QA strategy, test frameworks, automation pipelines, and quality gates from scratch.

You will own end-to-end QA framework design, automate UI tests (Selenium/Playwright/Cypress), API tests, integration tests for microservices, and coverage for databases like MongoDB

Qualifications

• 3+ years in QA with strong automation.
• Hands-on automation with at least one major framework: Selenium (C#/Java), Playwright, Cypress, or SpecFlow.
• API testing experience — Postman, RestSharp, or equivalent for RESTful API validation.
• Experience testing .NET Core / ASP.NET applications — C# is a strong plus.
• Experience testing Angular or modern SPA frontends.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools for pipeline-integrated testing.
• Database testing — SQL queries for MongoDB and/or SQL Server validation.
• Understanding of microservices architecture and message broker testing (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum — sprint-level test planning, story-level acceptance criteria.
• Experience with Git version control and branching strategies.
• Clear, structured bug reporting and defect management (Jira or Azure Boards).

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end QA strategy and test framework design for a .NET Core / Angular / Azure platform.
• Develop and maintain test automation using Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress for UI testing across Angular components.
• Automate API validation using Postman, RestSharp for .NET Core Web API endpoints.
• Conduct integration tests for microservices communicating via Kafka/RabbitMQ.
• Validate databases with MongoDB and SQL Server queries.
• Lead performance/load testing with JMeter, k6, or Azure Load Testing.
• Integrate automated tests into Azure DevOps pipelines with quality gates.
• Coordinate security testing awareness including OWASP top 10 and vulnerability checks.
• Manage test environments across dev/staging/UAT/production parity.
• Maintain regression suites to keep pace with rapid feature development.
• Provide bug triage, release readiness reporting, and UAT coordination.

Skills

QA experience

Automation frameworks

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

SpecFlow

API testing

C#/.NET

Angular

Azure DevOps

SQL

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Git

Jira/Azure Boards

Tools

Postman

RestSharp

MongoDB

SQL Server

JMeter

k6

Azure Load Testing

Job description

Job Description:

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 3500000 - Rs 4000000 (ie INR 35 - 40 LPA)

Min Experience: 3+ years
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka
JobType: full-time

Were hiring a QA Engineer to own the quality, reliability, and test automation of a platform that processes real insurance claims and moves real money between institutions. This is a founding QA hire — you wont be running someone elses test suites. Youll be building the companys entire QA strategy, test frameworks, automation pipelines, and quality gates from the ground up.

What Youll Own:

• End-to-end QA strategy and test framework design for a .NET Core / Angular / Azure platform
• Test automation using Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress for UI testing across Angular components
• API test automation using Postman, RestSharp, or similar tools for .NET Core Web API endpoints
• Integration testing for microservices communicating via Kafka/RabbitMQ message brokers
• Database validation and testing against MongoDB and SQL Server
• Performance and load testing using JMeter, k6, or Azure Load Testing
• CI/CD integration — embedding automated tests into Azure DevOps pipelines with quality gates
• Security testing awareness — OWASP top 10, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing coordination
• Test environment management — working with DevOps to maintain dev, staging, UAT, and production parity
• Regression suite maintenance and optimization to keep pace with rapid feature development
• Bug tracking, defect triage, and release readiness reporting
• UAT coordination with business stakeholders and insurance domain experts

What Were Looking For:

• 3+ years in QA Engineering or Software Testing with strong automation experience
• Hands-on test automation with at least one major framework: Selenium (C#/Java), Playwright, Cypress, or SpecFlow
• API testing experience — Postman, RestSharp, or equivalent for RESTful API validation
• Experience testing .NET Core / ASP.NET applications — understanding of C# is a strong plus
• Experience testing Angular or modern SPA frontends
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar CI/CD tools for pipeline-integrated testing
• Database testing — writing SQL queries for MongoDB and/or SQL Server validation
• Understanding of microservices architecture and message broker testing (Kafka/RabbitMQ)
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum — sprint-level test planning, story-level acceptance criteria
• Experience with Git version control and branching strategies
• Clear, structured bug reporting and defect management (Jira or Azure Boards)

Strong Pluses

• Experience in regulated industries — InsurTech, FinTech, banking, payments, or government platforms
• ISTQB or equivalent QA certification
• Experience with BDD frameworks — SpecFlow, Cucumber, or Gherkin-based test authoring
• Performance testing tools — JMeter, k6, Gatling, or Azure Load Testing
• Security testing awareness — OWASP, ZAP, Burp Suite
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes-based test environments
• Insurance domain knowledge — claims processing, settlement workflows, policy management
• Azure certifications (AZ-900, AZ-400)
• Experience building QA processes from scratch in a startup or greenfield environment

Must-have skills

Automation, regression, playwright