QA Tester (Automation & Manual)

• Company Description HackerKernel is a technology partner for startups and enterprises, specializing in custom software development and staff augmentation for clients across the US, UK, UAE, and Australia. Founded in Bhopal, India, the company has grown to a team of 120+ engineers delivering scalable web, mobile, AI-powered platforms.

Location: Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh – IT Park

Experience: 5+ Years

Work Mode: Work From Office (WFO)

Employment Type: Full-Time

HackerKernel is looking for an experienced QA Analyst with strong fundamentals in manual testing, test case design, defect management, and software quality assurance. The ideal candidate should be capable of independently testing web applications, validating AI-generated data against source documents, identifying defects, and ensuring that applications meet business requirements.

Experience with AI-powered document processing, financial documents, mortgage applications, or data extraction systems will be an added advantage.

• Analyze business requirements, user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria to prepare test scenarios and test cases.
• Perform manual testing of web applications and validate application behavior from the end user's perspective.
• Validate AI-extracted information against original documents, including payslips, bank statements, tax summaries, and other financial documents.
• Identify data mismatches, extraction errors, UI inconsistencies, functional defects, and critical issues.
• Design and execute positive, negative, boundary, and edge-case test scenarios.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, UI, and exploratory testing.
• Report defects with clear descriptions, screenshots, expected versus actual results, and reproducible steps.
• Use JIRA or similar defect-tracking tools to log, assign, prioritize, track, retest, and close defects.
• Coordinate with frontend and backend developers to investigate and resolve issues.
• Verify bug fixes and perform regression testing before release.
• Participate in requirement discussions, sprint planning, reviews, and other SDLC activities.
• Maintain test documentation, test cases, bug reports, and QA status updates.
• Work independently while coordinating with multiple development teams.
• Identify potential usability, accessibility, performance, and scalability concerns and coordinate appropriate testing.

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Software Testing.
• Strong understanding of manual testing fundamentals and software testing methodologies.
• Experience preparing test scenarios and test cases from requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Hands-on experience with defect tracking and management using JIRA.
• Ability to identify, document, prioritize, and communicate defects effectively.
• Experience with functional, regression, integration, and UI testing.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to understand business requirements and evaluate application behavior from a customer perspective.
• Capability to manage testing activities independently with minimal supervision.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• Experience testing AI-powered applications or machine learning-based products.
• Experience validating data extracted from PDFs, bank statements, payslips, tax documents, and other structured or unstructured documents.
• Exposure to fintech, mortgage, banking, financial services, or document-processing applications.
• Basic knowledge of API testing using tools such as Postman.
• Basic SQL knowledge for data validation.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Exposure to automation testing tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
• Understanding of accessibility and performance testing concepts.

Skills

Manual Testing, Exploratory Testing, Ui Testing, Agile Scrum, Performance Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Regression Testing, Test Case Design, Defect Management, JIRA, Sql