Mid Software QA Engineer

Job Description

The Mid-Level Software Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer is responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of software applications within the airline industry.

This role involves performing both manual and automated testing, developing and maintaining test cases, identifying and reporting defects, and collaborating with developers, business analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

The Mid-Level QA Engineer will contribute to improving QA processes and testing practices, assist in troubleshooting software issues, and support the delivery of high-quality solutions that meet business and airline-specific requirements.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, with hands-on experience in both manual and automated testing.
• Solid understanding of QA methodologies, test planning, test execution, and defect management.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and product teams.
• Experience in the airline, travel, or aviation domain is an advantage, particularly exposure to reservation, ticketing, or airline operations systems.

Technical Skills

• Hands-on experience with test automation tools such as Selenium, Katalon Studio, Cypress, Playwright, or similar.
• Experience with API testing using tools such as Postman, RestAssured, or similar.
• Good understanding of manual testing techniques, including functional, regression, integration, and system testing.
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of performance testing tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner is an advantage.
• Familiarity with CI/CD environments and tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
• Experience with Git or other version control systems.
• Familiarity with cloud-based testing platforms such as BrowserStack or Sauce Labs is a plus.
• Basic scripting/programming knowledge in Java, Python, Groovy, or similar languages for test automation.
• Ability to analyze test results, troubleshoot issues, and provide clear and actionable feedback to development teams.
• Experience in creating and maintaining test cases, test scripts, defect reports, and test documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• ISTQB or equivalent software testing certification.
• Experience testing web and/or mobile applications.
• Experience with API automation and integration testing.
• Exposure to security testing practices.
• Experience working with airline, travel, aviation, or other transaction-intensive systems.
• Knowledge of airline systems such as reservation, booking, ticketing, or passenger service systems is highly desirable.
• Exposure to DevOps practices and automated testing within CI/CD pipelines.