Software Quality Engineer (Senior) - Stifons

Stifons Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,100,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Marriott Tech Accelerator in Hyderabad, India is seeking a Software Quality Engineer II to lead QA efforts within a hybrid, full-time role. The candidate will work with cross-functional teams across frontend and backend technologies, driving automated testing and API validation.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years of experience, strong communication, and familiarity with modern testing frameworks and cloud deployments. Collaborative environment and growth opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and results-driven, with a passion for learning and growth.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Experience with modern front-end or back-end web technologies and frameworks.
• Knowledge of build processes for node.js applications.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile (SCRUM) Process.
• 4+ years working automated testing frameworks such as Cucumber or Karate.
• 4+ years creating test cases for APIs, (GraphQL or REST).
• Experience with performance testing and load testing.
• Knowledge of cloud services and deployments.
• Technical writing experience for documenting test plans and strategies.
• Familiarity with tools like Harness.io or Jenkins for automating testing pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Trains and / or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate
• Ability to work liaising with multiple teams to steer projects from inception to successful delivery
• Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested
• Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.
• Performs complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects.
• Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers.
• Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning.
• Ensures all projects follow the defined development and business case processes.
• Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams.
• Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development.
• Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels.
• Coordinates with Application Delivery and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities.

Skills

Automation testing

API testing

Cucumber

Karate

AB testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Harness.io

Jenkins

Node.js

Job description

Job Title: Software Quality Engineer II

Company: Marriott Tech Accelerator

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Work Mode: Hybrid

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: 4+ Years

Job Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Trains and / or mentors other team members, and peers as appropriate
• Ability to work liaising with multiple teams to steer projects from inception to successful delivery
• Provides financial input on department or project budgets, capital expenditures or other cost/resource estimates as requested
• Identifies opportunities to enhance the service delivery processes.

Delivering Technology

• Performs complex quantitative and qualitative analyses for service delivery processes and projects.
• Facilitates achievement of expected deliverables and obligations of Services Providers.
• Validates completeness of requirements prior to Service Provider solutioning.
• Ensures all projects follow the defined development and business case processes.
• Ensures proper coordination with appropriate IT and vendor relations teams.
• Provides consultation for routine and complex systems development.
• Ensures early warning to the business stakeholder executives regarding degraded or missed service levels.
• Coordinates with Application Delivery and Infrastructure teams for deployment and production support activities.

IT Governance

• Follows all defined IT standards and processes (i.e. IT Governance, SM&G, Architecture, etc.), and provides input for improvements to the appropriate process owners as needed.
• Maintains a proper balance between business and operational risk.
• Ability to assess when risks need to be escalated to right channels.
• Follows the defined project management standards and processes.

Skill and Experience

• Self-motivated and results-driven, with a passion for learning and growth
• Excellent written communication skills
• Experience with modern front-end or back-end web technologies and frameworks.
• Knowledge of build processes for node.js applications
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile (SCRUM) Process
• 4+ years working automated testing frameworks such as Cucumber or Karate
• 4+ years creating test cases for APIs, (GraphQL or REST)
• Experience with performance testing and load testing
• Knowledge of cloud services and deployments
• Technical writing experience for documenting test plans and strategies
• Familiarity with tools like Harness.io or Jenkins for automating testing pipelines

Education and Certifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification