• Bachelor’s in Mathematics or Computer Science/Applications or a similar field
• Experience coding in Java AND/OR mobile languages
• Understanding of Software QA methodologies, tools, and approaches (black box and/or automated testing) in a software company with short-release cycles
• Experience in writing test cases and automating them, covering both sanity and in-depth testing including and not limited to boundary, negative, compatibility, and concurrency tests
• Relevant work experience, including software development and/or software test automation
• Curiosity and ability to quickly learn new technologies
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven leadership/mentorship experience that will take you further in your career path

Desirable

• Create testing-related documentation, including test plans, test cases/scripts, and bug reports assessing quality and associated risk
• Automate and work closely with the automation group to automate features for better regression coverage
• Triage and/or assist with triaging of automation results
• Develop deep expertise in the product
• Conduct QA tests and verify outcomes within schedules/timelines
• Work with software engineers, product managers, and other QA testers in an Agile team environment
• Operate at architecture and code level, driving technical discussions during design/implementation reviews
• Be the technical QA expert in functional areas and influencing decisions that will help build quality into the product
• Be comfortable providing technical leadership to junior teammates, enabling them to achieve targeted goals
• Conduct POCs and make recommendations that would help raise the quality bar
• Enhance your knowledge of code coverage tools and metrics
• Work with QA management to come up with new processes and roll them out across the organization
• Become a technical contributor, a product expert, and a team project manager and support your QA manager as and when you work on the product