Quality Assurance Engineer - Manual/Automation Testing

Position : QA Engineer (Manual+Automation, AI Exposure) Overall/Total Experience : 3 - 5 years only Location : Hyderabad Working Days : 5 Days Working from Office (US Hours: 9.30 PM-6.30 AM IST) Notice Period Requirement : 30 Days (Maximum) Client's Company Size : Startup/Small Enterprise Roles & Responsibilities : - Design, write, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test data for web, API, and AI-driven features. - Perform functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across releases. - Build and maintain automated test suites for UI and API layers. - Validate AI/ML outputs - accuracy, consistency, edge cases, bias, and graceful failure handling. - Test REST APIs and data pipelines, verifying data quality and integration correctness. - Log, track, and triage defects clearly, and verify fixes through to closure. - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and report on quality metrics. - Partner with product, data science, and engineering to embed quality throughout the sprint. Candidate Requirements : - Strong QA Engineer Profile with manual + automation testing across web, API, and AI-driven features. - Must have 3+ years in QA / software testing, covering both manual and automation testing. - Must have experience designing, writing, and maintaining test plans, test cases, and test data for web, API, and AI-driven features. - Must have experience performing functional, regression, integration, and exploratory testing across releases. - Must have hands-on automation experience with a framework such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar. - Experience testing AI/ML or data products (validating accuracy, consistency, edge cases, bias, graceful failure handling). - Must have API testing experience with tools like Postman, REST Assured, or equivalent, and experience testing REST APIs and data pipelines. - Must have working knowledge of Python, JavaScript, or Java for test automation. - Must have SQL and data skills - able to write queries to validate data and back-end behaviour. - Must have a strong grasp of QA methodologies, SDLC/STLC, and Agile/Scrum practices. - Must have an analytical mindset with sharp attention to detail and clear defect communication. - Must be from B2B Tech consulting/B2B Tech services/AI Tech consulting companies. - Candidate should be willing to work during EST shift (9.30 PM - 6.30 AM) as the client is based in US and they have US clients. Preferred : - Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions). - Cloud/AWS and insurance domain exposure.