Senior Software Engineer in Testing

About the Role:

We are seeking a passionate Senior Software Engineer in Testing with 4-7 years of experience to join our dynamic team in Chennai. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality of our cutting-edge software solutions by focusing on both manual and automation testing strategies. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a fast-paced, innovative environment at Freshworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to planning meetings, providing accurate testing estimations for manual and automation efforts.
• Collaborate closely with product stakeholders to analyze requirements, design comprehensive test plans, and create detailed test cases for execution.
• Gain a deep understanding of code flow and component interactions to ensure optimal test coverage.
• Develop and execute robust automation scripts for new features, ensuring high quality and efficiency.
• Enhance the existing automation framework to meet evolving feature testing requirements.
• Monitor automation test results diligently, identifying and resolving any random or flaky test failures.
• Proactively identify potential cross-browser and cross-platform impacts during the planning phase to guarantee extensive test coverage.
• Identify gaps in our quality assurance processes and propose actionable improvements.
• Ensure zero defect leakages into production environments.
• Contribute to non-functional testing, including performance, security, and translation testing.
• Work collaboratively with the development team to achieve high code coverage for all delivered code.
• Implement test hooks to improve overall testability and automation coverage.
• Actively participate in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Qualifications:

• 4-7 years of hands-on experience in automation and functional testing.
• A genuine passion for Quality Assurance and a knack for uncovering software defects.
• Solid understanding of software testing concepts and methodologies.
• Familiarity with web fundamentals including HTML, JavaScript, CSS, server-side programming, and databases.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Ruby, Python, Node.js, or JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts.
• Experience with various test automation approaches and frameworks.
• Hands-on expertise with Selenium for UI automation and API automation tools.
• Knowledge of performance and security testing principles.
• Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter, LoadRunner, or Gatling is a plus.
• Understanding of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices.