Sr. QA Engineer at JSM Consulting Inc. in Pune, Maharashtra
- Company: JSM Consulting Inc.
- Location: Pune, Maharashtra
- Posted: Sep 20, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 5+ years
Overview
Location: Pune, India Experience Level: 3 – 5 Years Role Type: Full-time Indexnine Technologies is looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong hands-on experience in automation, API testing, CI/CD, and exploratory testing. The ideal candidate should be proficient in Playwright/Cypress/Selenium, ind…
Job description
- Location: Pune, India
- Experience Level: 3 – 5 Years
- Role Type: Full-time
- Indexnine Technologies is looking for a Senior QA Engineer with strong hands-on experience in automation, API testing, CI/CD, and exploratory testing. The ideal candidate should be proficient in Playwright/Cypress/Selenium, independently test APIs using Postman/REST Assured, work confidently with Git and CI/CD pipelines, identify complex edge cases, and own the complete defect lifecycle through Jira and collaboration with development teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automation tests using Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium.
- Perform functional, regression, API, integration, and exploratory testing.
- Test REST APIs using Postman/REST Assured and validate JSON/backend data.
- Execute and debug automation suites in CI/CD pipelines.
- Manage automation code using Git.
- Identify edge cases, negative scenarios, and security risks.
- Create and manage detailed Jira defects with proper evidence.
- Own the defect lifecycle from reporting to closure.
- Collaborate with developers and Product teams to resolve issues.
- Participate in test planning, requirement analysis, and release validation.
- Improve automation coverage, test quality, and QA processes.
Requirements
- Automation Coding: Writes automated tests from scratch (Cypress/Playwright/Selenium) using code, strictly avoiding codeless record-and-playback tools.
- API Proficiency: Independently tests REST APIs, validates JSON payloads, and verifies backend data states using Postman or REST Assured.
- CI/CD & Git Literacy: Confidently manages test scripts via Git and easily executes or debugs test suites within CI/CD pipelines.
- Exploratory Thinking: Proactively hunts for negative scenarios, security gaps, and complex edge cases that developers didn't anticipate.
- Bug Lifecycle Ownership: Writes airtight Jira tickets with precise reproduction steps and network logs, collaborating closely with devs until resolved.
- Bachelors or masters degree in computer science, information technology or a related field
Skills
Required
- Collaboration with development teams
- Proactive thinking
- Ownership of defect lifecycle
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Selenium
- Postman
- REST Assured
- Git
- CI/CD pipelines
- Jira
- REST APIs