Junior QA Specialist

Position Title: Junior QA Specialist Location: Habsiguda Hyderabad Job Description: Our client is seeking 4 off-shore Junior QA Specialists to assist in ensuring the quality performance and reliability of our data-driven applications and platforms. This role offers hands-on learning across Snowflake Azure and Selenium alongside developing an understanding of ETL pipelines data validation and continuous integration environments. Key Responsibilities:

•  Execute test cases: Assist in writing and executing test plans for data pipelines APIs and web applications.

•  Run software tests: Conduct functional and regression testing to identify application bugs and system defects.

•  Support test automation: Help maintain automated test scripts using Selenium PyTest or equivalent tools.

• Validate data data: Learn to check data transformations and business rules across Databricks and Azure Data Services.

• Partner with teams: Collaborate with developers data engineers and senior QA members to understand quality standards.

• Track software defects: Log production bugs and assist senior engineers in analyzing root causes.

• Utilize frameworks: Implement existing automated testing frameworks across assigned product pods. 

Required Qualifications:

• 13 years of experience in Quality Assurance or Software Testing (internship experience considered).

• Basic foundational knowledge of front-end testing and UI automation using Selenium/WebDriver.

• Exposure to back-end testing including writing basic SQL queries to validate database tables.

• Familiarity with cloud concepts ideally within Azure Data Services or Snowflake environments.

• Basic understanding of API testing tools like Postman.

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum environments and basic test management tools like JIRA.

• Strong eagerness to learn problem-solving mindset and sharp attention to detail. 

Preferred Skills:

• Basic scripting exposure in Python.

• Familiarity with data visualization platforms like Power BI

Required Skills:

Junior QA SpecialistPythonPower BI