Senior QA Engineer

Birla Pivot; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Birla Pivot is seeking a passionate Quality Engineer to build reliable software through strong functional testing and automation. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering and DevOps to understand requirements, identify risks early and ensure smooth releases in a large-scale B2B environment.

Responsibilities include designing test strategies, executing functional and regression tests, validating data integrity and driving UI/API automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, IT or equivalent.
• 2-4 years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering.
• Strong manual testing experience for business applications.
• Hands-on experience with Java, Selenium, TestNG and REST Assured.
• Good understanding of API, integration, end-to-end testing and defect management.
• Basic SQL and database validation skills.

Responsibilities

• Know the domain/business and understand workflows, objectives, requirements and processes.
• Participate in requirement reviews, backlog grooming, sprint planning and design discussions.
• Identify quality risks, dependencies and test coverage during development.
• Apply risk-based testing to maximise quality and coverage.
• Design test strategies, scenarios, cases and data for features/releases.
• Own quality validation for modules and releases in QA/UAT/release phases.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, exploratory and end-to-end testing.
• Validate business rules, workflows, user journeys and data integrity.
• Perform API and UI testing and defect management with impact analysis.
• Root-cause analysis of escaped defects and preventive actions.

Skills

Java

Selenium

TestNG

REST Assured

API testing

Manual testing

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering/CS/IT

Job description

We are looking for a passionate and detail-oriented Quality Engineer to help build and deliver reliable, scalable and high-quality software products through strong functional testing and automation practices. You will work closely with Product, Engineering and DevOps teams to understand business requirements, identify quality risks early and ensure smooth product releases. This role offers an opportunity to work on large-scale B2B commerce, solving real-world commerce, supply chain and operational challenges. If you enjoy combining business understanding with engineering and automation skills, this role will provide an excellent platform to grow into a modern Quality Engineer.

The candidate will have responsibilities across the following functions:

Product Understanding and Quality Planning:

• Know the domain/business: Understand business workflows, customer journeys, business objectives, product requirements and key operational processes.
• Participate in requirement reviews, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and design discussions.
• Identify quality risks, dependencies, and test coverage requirements during the early stages of development.
• Apply risk-based testing principles to maximise quality and coverage.
• Design test strategies, test scenarios, test cases, and test data for assigned features and releases.

Quality Validation and Release Support:

• Own quality validation for assigned modules and releases.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, exploratory, and end-to-end testing.
• Validate business rules, workflows, user journeys, and data integrity.
• Perform API and UI testing and defect management with clear impact analysis.
• Participate in defect analysis, perform root cause analysis of escaped defects and contribute to preventive actions.
• Ensure quality during QA, UAT support, release rollout, and post-release validation.

Automation and Engineering Excellence:

• Adopt an engineering-first mindset towards quality and test automation.
• Develop, maintain, and execute automated UI and API test cases.
• Identify regression scenarios suitable for automation.
• Promote shift-left quality practices, early defect prevention and continuous process improvement.
• Work closely with Product, Engineering and DevOps teams to continuously improve quality practices.

Ways of Working:

• Work as part of Agile teams and actively participate in sprint ceremonies.
• Collaborate effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders to continuously improve quality practices.
• Contribute to improving QA processes, test assets and engineering practices.
• Take ownership of deliverables while continuously learning and adapting to new technologies.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, IT or equivalent.
• 2-4 years of experience in Software Testing / Quality Engineering.
• Strong manual testing experience for business applications.
• Hands-on experience with Java, Selenium, TestNG and REST Assured.
• Good understanding of API, integration, end-to-end testing and defect management.
• Basic SQL and database validation skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.

Good to Have:

• Experience in B2B Commerce, Retail, Marketplace, Supply Chain or Fintech domains.
• Exposure to Microservices and Cloud-based applications.

Quality Mindset:

We are looking for someone who demonstrates:

• Curiosity to understand how the business operates.
• Ability to think from an end-user perspective.
• Ownership to identify and prevent quality risks.
• Collaborative problem-solving skills.
• A continuous learning mindset.