Senior QA & Product Analyst (Hybrid Role – 5+ Years Experience)

Kots Renting Pvt. Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in Bengaluru is looking for an experienced Senior QA & Product Analyst. The role requires extensive experience in testing, product analysis, and translating user requirements. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and understanding of Agile methodologies. This hybrid position is ideal for someone who can collaborate between technical and business teams to ensure product quality and deliver the right business value. Competitive compensation and a dynamic environment await the right fit.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in QA and/or Product roles.
• Strong analytical ability to understand end-to-end business processes.
• Good understanding of Agile, Scrum, and product lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and execute end-to-end test plans and test cases.
• Perform manual functional testing, UAT, regression, smoke and sanity testing.
• Understand business requirements and translate them into functional test cases.

Skills

Analytical ability

Collaboration

Documentation skills

Communication skills

Understanding of Agile/Scrum

Experience with JIRA

Basic SQL

Tools

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Postman

Figma

Selenium

Job description

Senior QA & Product Analyst (Hybrid Role – 5+ Years Experience)

Job Title: Senior QA & Product Analyst (5+ Years Experience)

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly driven QA & Product Specialist who can work cross-functionally across testing, product analysis, requirement clarification, and functional validation. This hybrid role is ideal for someone who understands both user requirements and technical execution and can ensure that features deliver the right business value with uncompromised quality.

Key Responsibilities

QA / Testing Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and execute end-to-end test plans and test cases
• Perform manual functional testing, UAT, regression, smoke and sanity testing
• Work directly with developers to reproduce and resolve issues
• Validate data workflows, UI/UX flows, and backend integrations
• Document critical bugs with detailed reproduction steps and severity ranking

Product Responsibilities

• Understand business requirements and translate them into functional test cases
• Perform gap analysis between expected functionality and delivered functionality
• Participate in requirement discussions and backlog grooming
• Interact with stakeholders, end-users, internal teams to refine product needs
• Provide insights for product improvements, feature enhancements, and UX suggestions
• Assist in writing product specifications & acceptance criteria
• Validate user journeys and edge-case scenarios

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in QA and/or Product roles
• Strong analytical ability to understand end-to-end business processes
• Good understanding of Agile, Scrum, and product lifecycle
• Experience with bug tracking tools: JIRA, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, etc.
• Understanding of APIs, JSON, Postman, and basic data debugging
• Strong documentation and communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with business and engineering teams
• Experience validating UX flows and usability metrics

Bonus / Preferred Skills

• (Not mandatory but adds value)
• Experience in writing acceptance criteria (Gherkin / User Story format)
• Exposure to automation frameworks (Selenium/Cypress etc.)
• Basic SQL for database validation
• Experience with user-facing interviews or UAT coordination
• Knowledge of wireframing tools (Figma, Balsamiq etc.)
• Understanding of product metrics & usage analytics

Soft Skills

• Ownership mentality
• Process-oriented and detail-focused
• Ability to challenge requirements when needed
• Strong critical thinking and presentation ability

Ideal Candidate Persona

• Someone who can think like a user and test like a QA
• Someone who acts as a bridge between business & engineering
• Someone who ensures the product not only works — but works right