Senior Manual QA Engineer

EngiNeo Solutions; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

EngiNeo Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Manual QA Engineer to own end-to-end QA for enterprise-grade web and mobile applications. The role focuses on manual testing, accessibility testing, test strategy, and release readiness, with responsibility for guiding a small QA team.

The candidate will own test planning, design, execution, and coordination with product owners and developers. Expertise in JIRA, Postman, WCAG/ARIA, and AI testing prompts is highly valued, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in manual/functional QA testing for web and mobile applications.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, test design techniques, and defect lifecycle management.
• At least 2 years of experience guiding or coordinating a small QA team.
• Hands-on experience with test management tools such as TestRail, Zephyr, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards, including WCAG and ARIA.
• Experience with accessibility testing methods such as keyboard navigation, screen readers, colour contrast, and voice-over testing.
• Hands-on exposure to accessibility tools such as Axe, WAVE, NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, or TalkBack.
• Good understanding of API testing using Postman.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with prompt-based AI testing and the ability to distinguish traditional software testing from AI tool testing.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end test planning, strategy, test case design, and execution for complex applications.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, smoke, exploratory, and user acceptance testing.
• Lead defect identification, prioritisation, tracking, and resolution using JIRA or similar tools.
• Conduct accessibility testing across web, Android, and iOS platforms.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and business analysts to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Review test cases, allocate testing tasks, and mentor junior QA team members.
• Support API testing using Postman and coordinate with automation teams on regression testing.
• Validate business-critical workflows, including subscriptions, billing, payments, and monetisation.
• Test AI-powered tools using prompts to evaluate functionality, accuracy, robustness, safety, and reasoning.
• Provide QA status reports, identify release risks, and recommend Go/No-Go decisions.

Skills

Manual testing

Functional testing

Accessibility testing

Test strategy

Defect management

Release readiness

Mentoring junior QA

JIRA

API testing

Postman

AI testing

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

TestRail

Zephyr

JIRA

Postman

Axe

WAVE

NVDA

JAWS

VoiceOver

TalkBack

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Manual QA Engineer to own end-to-end quality assurance for enterprise-grade web and mobile applications. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in manual testing, accessibility testing, test strategy, defect management, and release readiness, along with experience guiding a small QA team.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end test planning, strategy, test case design, and execution for complex applications.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, smoke, exploratory, and user acceptance testing.
• Lead defect identification, prioritisation, tracking, and resolution using JIRA or similar tools.
• Conduct accessibility testing across web, Android, and iOS platforms.
• Collaborate with developers, product owners, and business analysts to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Review test cases, allocate testing tasks, and mentor junior QA team members.
• Support API testing using Postman and coordinate with automation teams on regression testing.
• Validate business-critical workflows, including subscriptions, billing, payments, and monetisation.
• Test AI-powered tools using prompts to evaluate functionality, accuracy, robustness, safety, and reasoning.
• Provide QA status reports, identify release risks, and recommend Go/No-Go decisions.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in manual/functional QA testing for web and mobile applications.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, test design techniques, and defect lifecycle management.
• At least 2 years of experience guiding or coordinating a small QA team.
• Hands-on experience with test management tools such as TestRail, Zephyr, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards, including WCAG and ARIA.
• Experience with accessibility testing methods such as keyboard navigation, screen readers, colour contrast, and voice-over testing.
• Hands-on exposure to accessibility tools such as Axe, WAVE, NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, or TalkBack.
• Good understanding of API testing using Postman.
• Strong analytical, communication, stakeholder management, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience with prompt-based AI testing and the ability to distinguish traditional software testing from AI tool testing.

Good to Have:

• ISTQB Foundation/Advanced certification or equivalent.
• Exposure to Selenium, Playwright, performance testing, or CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience working in client-facing or distributed team environments.
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related field.