Manual Test Engineer

We are looking for a strong Manual Test Engineer who can take ownership of end-to-end product quality, develop comprehensive test scenarios, execute functional and regression testing, identify defects, and work closely with developers and product teams to ensure high-quality releases.
Responsibilities:
Understand business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product specifications.
Create detailed test scenarios, test cases, test data, and test execution plans.
Perform functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
Validate end-to-end workflows across web/API-based applications.
Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects with clear reproduction steps.
Work closely with developers, product managers, business stakeholders, and other QA engineers to resolve defects.
Participate in requirement discussions and identify potential quality risks early in the development lifecycle.
Perform API testing using tools such as Postman or similar tools.
Validate backend responses, data integrity, and application behavior.
Execute regression suites for new releases and enhancements.
Support release validation and ensure applications meet defined quality standards.
Investigate production issues and contribute to root-cause analysis.
Maintain test documentation, test reports, defect reports, and QA metrics.
Collaborate with the engineering team in an Agile/Scrum environment.
Ensure comprehensive coverage of critical business and customer journeys.
Contribute to improving QA processes, testing standards, and overall product quality.
Requirements:
Strong hands-on experience in manual testing/software testing.
Good understanding of SDLC and STLC.
Strong knowledge of test case design and defect life cycle.
Experience with functional, regression, integration, smoke, sanity, and exploratory testing.
Good experience with API testing and tools such as Postman.
Understanding of REST APIs, HTTP methods, status codes, and JSON.
Experience working with Agile/Scrum development methodologies.
Good knowledge of SQL/database validation is preferred.
Experience with defect management tools such as Jira or similar.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good communication and collaboration skills.
Ability to work independently and take ownership of testing activities.
Preferred Candidate Background:
Candidates from product companies, GCCs, startups, good service companies, or service companies working with strong product-based clients.
Candidates with experience working on financial technology, trading, crypto, payments, banking, or other transaction-heavy products would be an advantage.
Strong ownership of end-to-end testing and quality rather than only test execution.
Immediate joiners or candidates serving notice are preferred.

Experience
2-6 yrs