Senior QA Engineer - Manual Testing
First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026.
Role :
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior QA Engineer with strong expertise in Manual Testing and hands-on exposure to AI-assisted QA workflows and tools.
In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of web and mobile applications while leveraging AI-powered tools to improve testing efficiency, coverage, and productivity.
You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to identify issues, streamline QA processes, and contribute to delivering high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced agile environment.
Responsibilities :
- Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scenarios.
- Identify critical test coverage areas and ensure end-to-end validation of applications.
- Perform functional, regression, integration, exploratory, and user acceptance testing.
- Utilize AI-powered QA/testing tools to accelerate test case generation, bug analysis, documentation, and testing workflows.
- Leverage AI tools to improve productivity, defect prediction, and testing efficiency.
- Identify, document, prioritize, and track defects using tools such as JIRA or similar platforms.
- Collaborate closely with development teams to ensure timely issue resolution.
- Work with product managers, developers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and define effective test scenarios.
- Validate application compatibility across browsers, devices, operating systems, and screen sizes.
- Perform API testing using tools such as Postman or SOAP UI.
- Validate backend data using SQL queries and database testing techniques.
- Conduct usability, exploratory, and basic performance testing to enhance user experience and application reliability.
- Contribute to improving QA methodologies, documentation standards, and testing best practices.
- Explore innovative AI-assisted QA approaches for process optimization.
- Mentor junior QA engineers and support the team in adopting efficient testing practices and tools.
- Collaborate effectively within agile teams and participate in sprint ceremonies.
Qualifications :
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Manual Software Testing.
- Practical experience using AI tools such as Copilot, Gemini, Cursor, or similar AI-assisted productivity/testing tools.
- Strong experience testing web and mobile applications.
- Hands-on experience with API testing and database validation.
- Understanding of how AI can improve QA efficiency, test generation, debugging, and documentation.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and debugging skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, and detail-oriented environment.
- Basic understanding of automation testing tools such as Selenium or Cypress.
- Exposure to security testing concepts and vulnerability identification.
- Contributions to QA best practices and process improvement initiatives are preferred.
- Understanding of AI-driven testing frameworks or intelligent test automation concepts is an added advantage.
Skills
Software Quality Assurance, Testing, Manual Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, API Testing, POSTMAN, Automation Testing, Automation Testing Tools, Selenium, Cypress