QA Engineer – Manual Testing & Dataset Benchmarking

• Role: QA Engineer (Manual)
• Exp: 6 months - 2 years
• Shift time: 10am - 8pm / 12pm-10pm IST
• Work Mode: Work from Office ( Mohali, PB)

Job Role & Responsibilities

We are hiring a QA Engineer – Manual Testing to ensure the quality, accuracy, reliability, and functionality of our AI-powered recruitment products. The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of manual testing methodologies, test case design, defect reporting, and product validation.

The primary focus of this role will be manual functional testing, including API testing, regression testing, integration testing, and validating product behavior across different datasets and real-world scenarios. Knowledge of test automation will be an added advantage but is not mandatory.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform manual testing of web applications, APIs, and AI-powered recruitment products.
• Understand product requirements and prepare detailed test scenarios, test cases, and test data.
• Execute functional, regression, integration, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
• Identify, document, report, and track software defects using JIRA or similar tools.
• Validate API requests, responses, status codes, and error handling using tools such as Postman.
• Test product functionalities using different datasets, edge cases, and real-world scenarios.
• Prepare, organize, and maintain test datasets for product validation and accuracy benchmarking.
• Perform document testing across multiple file formats, including PDF, DOC, DOCX, RTF, and TXT.
• Validate Resume Parsing and Job Description Parsing accuracy across different document formats, layouts, and industries.
• Test Search & Match functionality to verify the relevance and accuracy of matching results.
• Compare expected and actual outputs to identify functional defects, data extraction issues, and accuracy gaps.
• Prepare test execution reports, defect summaries, and product accuracy benchmarking reports.
• Perform defect retesting and regression testing to verify fixes and ensure existing functionality remains unaffected.
• Collaborate with developers, product managers, and other QA team members to improve overall product quality.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum activities and contribute to continuous QA process improvements.
• Required Skills and Qualifications
• Good understanding of software testing fundamentals, SDLC, and STLC.
• Hands-on experience in manual testing of web applications and APIs.
• Experience in writing and executing test cases, test scenarios, and test plans.
• Knowledge of functional, regression, integration, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
• Experience with defect tracking and reporting tools such as JIRA.
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, JSON, and API testing using Postman.
• Basic SQL knowledge for database validation.
• Ability to analyze requirements, identify edge cases, and validate expected versus actual results.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Attention to detail and the ability to document issues clearly.
• Good to Have
• Basic knowledge of test automation tools such as Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Familiarity with Java or Python for test automation.
• Exposure to API automation using REST Assured or similar frameworks.
• Understanding of automation frameworks such as TestNG, JUnit, or Pytest.
• Experience with AI/ML product testing, data validation, or accuracy benchmarking.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience with test management tools such as TestRail or Zephyr.
• Exposure to recruitment technology, ATS platforms, Resume Parsing, or Search & Match products.

Role Expectations

The candidate should be comfortable performing hands-on manual testing, identifying functional and data accuracy issues, preparing meaningful test datasets, and ensuring product quality across releases.

Qualification Required