Senior Manual QA (AI-Augmented)

We are looking for a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Manual Test Engineer (AI-Augmented) to join our Quality Assurance team. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in manual software testing, a strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), and a passion for delivering high-quality software.

The candidate should be comfortable leveraging AI-assisted tools to enhance productivity, accelerate test design, improve test coverage, and support quality engineering activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements to create test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, and test cases
• Participate in 3 Amigos sessions to refine requirements, define acceptance criteria, and identify quality risks early
• Apply Risk-Based Testing (RBT) to prioritize testing based on business impact and technical risk
• Design, execute, and maintain manual tests for web, mobile, API, and desktop applications
• Use AI-assisted tools to support requirement analysis, test design, and test case generation
• Perform Functional, Regression, Integration, System, Smoke, Sanity, Exploratory, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools
• Execute API testing using Postman (or similar) and perform database validation using SQL where required

Required Skills

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in Manual Software Testing
• Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Defect Life Cycle, and Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Knowledge of Risk-Based Testing (RBT) and participation in Three Amigos sessions
• Proficiency with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar defect management tools
• Working knowledge of SQL for database validation and Postman (or similar) for REST API testing