Quality Assurance Engineer

Tech SMCSquared GCC; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech SMCSquared GCC in Hyderabad seeks a proactive Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure high quality and reliability of applications through automated testing, shift-left involvement, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

The role focuses on designing risk-based test cases for UI and API layers using Playwright, Python, and Java, building robust automation, and tracking quality metrics across pipelines with GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test suites for UI and API layers.

Responsibilities

• Automation & Test Engineering (Primary Focus) responsible for QA design and regression testing across environments.
• Shift-Left & Full Stack Collaboration to surface quality risks early in sprints and ensure end-to-end coverage.
• Process & Metrics to track test results, quality metrics, and pipeline health; improve test coverage and reduce flakiness.

Skills

Test Automation

Playwright

Python

Java

VS Code

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

GitHub Copilot

Microsoft Copilot

Full Stack Awareness

SQL

REST API testing

Snowflake

Data Warehousing

ETL/Pipeline Testing

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

Job Description: Quality Assurance Engineer

We are seeking a proactive, quality-focused QA Engineer to join our engineering organization. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the high quality and reliability of our applications through automated testing, early shift-left involvement, and strong cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

1. Automation & Test Engineering (Primary Focus)

• Quality Assurance & Test Design
  • Design risk-based test cases and execute complex regression, integration, and data validation scenarios across environments
  • Translate requirements into test plans, identify defects early, and document issues with clear reproduction steps
• Shift-Left & Full Stack Collaboration
  • Engage in sprint planning and design reviews to assess testability and surface quality risks early
  • Apply full stack awareness front-end through back-end — to ensure end-to-end coverage across the entire application
• Process & Metrics
  • Track and report test results, quality metrics, and pipeline health
  • Continuously improve test coverage, reduce flakiness, and uphold automation-first standards

Communication

Clear stakeholder communication: Communicates clearly, concisely, and confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Explains quality risks, testing constraints, and trade-offs in a way that supports informed decision-making. Provides more than status updates by adding context, recommendations, and clear next steps.

Engaged Team Contributor

Active team participation: Comes prepared for planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives. Contributes constructively, asks thoughtful questions, and brings a quality-first perspective to team discussions.

Analytical Thinking

Problem analysis and resolution: Applies strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills across complex, multi-layer environments. Connects information across systems to identify issues accurately, assess impact, and recommend effective solutions.

Collaboration & Growth

Collaborates openly across engineering and product teams with a team-first mindset. Proactively adopts AI, automation tools, and evolving QA practices to improve efficiency and quality.

Qualifications & Skill Requirements

Skill Area

Tools / Technologies

Test Automation

Playwright, Python

Required

Programming Languages

Python (advanced), Java (proficient)

Required

IDE & Dev Tooling

VS Code (with extensions)

Required

Version Control

GitHub (branching, PRs, Actions)

Required

CI/CD & DevOps

Azure DevOps (pipelines, boards, repos)

Required

AI Agents & Copilot

GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot

Required

Full Stack Awareness

Front-end + back-end layer testing

Required

Database & SQL

SQL for test data verification & querying

Required

API Testing

REST API test design and execution

Required

Data Testing & Data

Warehousing

Snowflake, Advanced SQL, Data Reconciliation, ETL/Pipeline Testing

Required

Required Experience

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test suites for UI and API layers.
• Demonstrated use of GitHub for source control, pull request workflows, and CI/CD pipeline triggers via GitHub Actions.
• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps for managing pipelines, work items, and build automation.
• Working proficiency in Python and Java for writing test utilities, helper libraries, and automation scripts.
• Practical experience using AI agents or Copilot tools (GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot) within a development or test engineering workflow.
• Familiarity with full stack application architecture — understanding both client-side and server-side components to design comprehensive coverage.
• Comfort developing in VS Code using Python and Java extensions, debugging tools, and integrated terminal workflows.
• Proven experience querying and validating backend data in cloud data warehouses like Snowflake alongside relational databases using complex SQL