Quality Assurance Executive

Akino Labs; Vadodara; Hybrid; INR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Akino Labs is seeking a Quality Assurance Executive in Vadodara, hybrid, for 1–3 years of experience. The role spans QA across web, mobile, SaaS, and AI-powered apps with close collaboration with developers, PMs, and business teams.

The candidate will perform test planning, manual testing, API validation, and defect management, ensuring quality and reliable releases through the software lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Experience in manual and automated testing
• Understanding of business requirements and technical implementation
• 1–3 years of QA experience in software testing

Responsibilities

• Prepare test plans, test cases, checklists and test data
• Perform comprehensive manual testing of web and mobile apps
• Identify, reproduce and track defects; work with developers
• Test APIs, validate data integrity and edge cases
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and ensure release readiness

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Test planning

SDLC/STLC knowledge

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Education

B.Tech/B.E. – Computer Science/IT

Tools

Playwright

Selenium

Cypress

Postman

Job description

Position:QualityAssuranceExecutive

Department:QualityAssurance/Technology

Location:Vadodara/Hybrid

EmploymentType:Full-Time

Experience:1–3Years

AbouttheRole

WearelookingforaQualityAssuranceExecutivetoensurethequality,reliability,usability,andstabilityofourweb,mobile,SaaS,andAI-poweredapplications.

TheroleinvolvesworkingcloselywithDevelopers,ProjectManagers,ProductManagers,Designers,andBusinessTeamsthroughoutthesoftwaredevelopmentlifecycletoidentifydefectsearly,validaterequirements,andensureproduction-readyreleases.

Theidealcandidateshouldhavestronganalyticalskills,attentiontodetail,structuredtestingpractices,andtheabilitytounderstandbothbusinessrequirementsandtechnicalimplementation.

KeyResponsibilities

TestPlanning&Strategy

• Understandbusinessandtechnicalrequirementsandtranslatethemintotestscenarios.
• Preparetestplans,testcases,checklists,andtestdata.
• Defineappropriatetestingapproachesbasedonprojectrequirements.
• Identifyfunctional,integration,regression,usability,andedge-casescenarios.
• Estimatetestingeffortandcommunicatetestingdependencies.
• Participateinrequirementanddesigndiscussionstoidentifypotentialqualityissuesearly.

Functional&ManualTesting

• Performcomprehensivemanualtestingofwebandmobileapplications.
• Execute:
  • Functionaltesting
  • Regressiontesting
  • Smoketesting
  • Sanitytesting
  • Integrationtesting
  • Systemtesting
  • Exploratorytesting
  • UI/UXtesting
  • Cross-browsertesting
  • Compatibilitytesting
• Validatefeaturesagainstacceptancecriteria.
• Verifybothpositiveandnegativescenarios.
• Testedgecasesandunexpecteduserbehavior.

DefectManagement

• Identify,reproduce,document,andtracksoftwaredefects.
• Createdetaileddefectreportscontaining:
  • Defectdescription
  • Stepstoreproduce
  • Expectedresult
  • Actualresult
  • Environment
  • Severity
  • Priority
  • Supportingscreenshots/videos/logs
• Workwithdeveloperstoclarifyandresolvedefects.
• Retestfixesandperformregressiontesting.
• Trackunresolveddefectsthroughreleasecycles.
• Identifyrecurringdefectpatternsandrecommendpreventivemeasures.

APITesting

• TestRESTAPIsusingtoolssuchasPostmanorequivalent.
• Validate:
  • HTTPstatuscodes
  • Request/responsepayloads
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Errorhandling
  • Datavalidation
  • Responsetime
• Testvalid,invalid,boundary,andunexpectedinputs.
• ValidateAPIbehavioragainstfrontendworkflows.

Database&DataValidation

• Performdatabase-levelvalidationwhererequired.
• UseSQLorrelevantdatabasetoolstoverifyapplicationdata.
• Validatedataconsistencybetween:
  • UI
  • APIs
  • Database
  • Externalintegrations
• Identifydataintegrityissues,duplication,missingrecords,andincorrecttransformations.

AI/ML&GenerativeAITesting

AstheorganizationdevelopsAI-poweredproducts,theQAExecutivewillalsoparticipateintestingAIfunctionality.

Responsibilitiesmayinclude:

• TestAI-generatedresponsesagainstexpectedbehavior.
• Identifyhallucinationsandfactualinconsistencies.
• Testpromptvariationsandedgecases.
• ValidatestructuredAIoutputs.
• Testconversationalworkflows.
• Evaluateconsistencyandrelevanceofresponses.
• Testdocumentextraction,classification,summarization,andAI-assistedworkflows.
• CreatetestdatasetsandevaluationscenariosforAIfeatures.
• IdentifyfailurepatternsandcommunicatethemtoAI/productteams.

AItestingshouldfocusonmeasurableevaluationcriteria,notsubjectivejudgmentalone.

AutomationTesting

• Developandmaintainautomatedtestcaseswhereapplicable.
• Supportautomationofrepetitiveregressionscenarios.
• Workwithtoolssuchas:
  • Playwright
  • Selenium
  • Cypress
  • Postman/Newman
  • Jest
• Identifyappropriatecandidatesforautomation.
• Maintainautomatedtestsuitesasapplicationfunctionalityevolves.

Release&DeploymentValidation

• Participateinreleaseplanningandreleasereadinessactivities.
• Performpre-releasevalidation.
• Executesmoketestsafterdeployments.
• Validateproduction/stagingenvironments.
• SupportUATactivities.
• Performpost-releaseverification.
• Trackproductionissuesandassistwithroot-causeanalysis.

Agile&TeamCollaboration

• Participatein:
  • SprintPlanning
  • DailyStand-ups
  • SprintReviews
  • Retrospectives
• Workcloselywithdevelopersthroughoutthesprint.
• Clarifyrequirementsandacceptancecriteria.
• Providetestingstatusandrelease-readinessupdates.
• Raiserisksandblockersproactively.

Documentation&Reporting

Maintain:

• Testplans
• Testcases
• Regressionchecklists
• Defectreports
• TestexecutionreportsReleasevalidationreports
• QAdashboards
• Testevidence
• Qualitymetrics

Prepareperiodicreportscovering:

• Testexecution
• Pass/failrates
• Opendefects
• Criticaldefects
• Regressionstatus
• Releasereadiness
• Productiondefects

RequiredSkills

• 1–3yearsofexperienceinSoftwareQA/SoftwareTesting.
• StrongunderstandingofSDLCandSTLC.
• Strongknowledgeofmanualtestingmethodologies.
• Experiencewritingtestcasesandtestscenarios.
• Strongdefectreportingandtrackingskills.
• Goodunderstandingofwebapplicationtesting.
• BasicAPItestingknowledge.
• BasicSQL/databaseknowledge.
• Stronganalyticalandproblem-solvingskills.
• Excellentattentiontodetail.
• Goodwrittenandverbalcommunication.
• UnderstandingofAgile/Scrumdevelopment.

GoodtoHave

• ExperiencewithPlaywright,Selenium,orCypress.
• ExperiencewithPostman.
• JavaScript,Python,orJavaknowledge.
• Experiencewithmobileapplicationtesting.
• ExperiencetestingSaaSproducts.
• ExperiencetestingAI/LLMapplications.
• Knowledgeofperformancetesting.
• Knowledgeofsecuritytestingfundamentals.
• ExperiencewithJira,ClickUp,AzureDevOps,orsimilartools.
• Git/GitHubexperience.
• ExperienceworkingwithCI/CDpipelines.
• Experiencewithcloud-basedapplications.

QualityEngineeringMindset

Thecandidateshould:

• Testbeyondthehappypath.
• Thinkabouthowuserscanmisuseorbreakafeature.
• Validaterequirementsratherthanmerelyexecutingpredefinedtestcases.
• Identifyrisksbeforetheybecomeproductiondefects.
• Distinguishbetweenseverityandpriority.
• Providedeveloperswithreproducibleandactionabledefects.
• Challengeunclearrequirementswithevidence.
• Focusonpreventingdefects,notonlyfindingthem.
• Understandthatqualityisasharedengineeringresponsibility.

KeyPerformanceIndicators

Performancemaybemeasuredusing:

• Testexecutionaccuracy
• Defectdetectioneffectiveness
• Defectreportingquality
• Regressioneffectiveness
• Productiondefectrate
• Testcoverage
• Requirementcoverage
• Automationcoverage
• Releasevalidationquality
• Defectturnaroundandretestingefficiency
• QualityofQAdocumentation
• Timelinessofriskandblockerescalation

PracticalEvaluation

Candidatesmaybeaskedto:

1. Testasamplewebapplication.
2. Createtestscenariosanddetailedtestcases.
3. Identifyfunctionalandusabilityissues.
4. Prepareprofessionalbugreports.
5. TestaRESTAPIusingPostman.
6. WriteSQLqueriestovalidateapplicationdata.
7. Identifyedgecasesforasamplefeature.
8. Designaregressiontestingstrategy.
9. TestanAI-poweredfeatureandidentifyincorrectorinconsistentoutputs.
10. Explainhowtheywoulddecidewhatshouldbeautomated.

PreferredEducationalBackground

• B.Tech/B.E.–ComputerScience/IT
• BCA/MCA
• B.Sc./M.Sc.ComputerScienceorrelateddisciplines

Equivalentpracticalexperiencemaybeconsidered.

Application

Candidatesshouldshare:

• Updatedresume
• LinkedInprofile
• GitHubprofile,ifapplicable
• Relevanttesting/automationprojects
• Relevantcertifications,ifavailable