QA Engineer – Manual Testing

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November 20

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Weekday (YC W21)

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Human Resources • SaaS • Recruitment

Weekday is a modern recruitment platform that combines AI technologies with a vast database of potential candidates, aiming to streamline the hiring process for companies in India. They offer various services, including a proactive outreach approach that helps employers connect with top talent, as well as tools for candidates to easily apply for jobs. Weekday's emphasis on candidate engagement through multiple channels, including email, WhatsApp, and phone calls, sets it apart in the competitive landscape of recruitment agencies.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

☁️ SaaS

🎯 Recruiter

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive manual test cases, test scenarios, and test plans based on functional and technical requirements. • Perform functional, integration, system, regression, usability, and exploratory testing to ensure complete test coverage and product stability. • Collaborate with development and product teams during requirement analysis to identify potential gaps, usability issues, and areas requiring clarification. • Conduct rigorous manual testing across web, mobile, and API workflows (as applicable), ensuring all features meet expected outcomes. • Identify, document, and track defects using standard bug-tracking tools, ensuring clear, reproducible, and well-structured defect reports. • Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, review meetings, and retrospectives as part of an Agile/Scrum development process. • Work alongside automation engineers to support test coverage planning, share insights, and help prioritize automation candidates. • Continuously evaluate testing processes and recommend improvements to enhance effectiveness, efficiency, and overall product quality. • Validate fixes and patches, perform impact analysis before releases, and support user acceptance testing (UAT) cycles. • Ensure adherence to QA best practices, standards, and documentation guidelines across all testing activities.

🎯 Requirements

• 5–9 years of hands-on experience in manual software testing within product-based, SaaS, or enterprise applications. • Strong expertise in writing detailed test cases, test scenarios, and test plans based on business requirements and functional specifications. • Proficiency in conducting various testing types: functional, regression, smoke, exploratory, compatibility, and acceptance testing. • Solid understanding of SDLC, STLC, defect lifecycle, and Agile methodologies. • Experience with popular bug-tracking and project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Bugzilla, or similar. • Good exposure to API testing concepts using tools like Postman (basic validation, request/response analysis). • Ability to analyze logs, perform root-cause assessments, and collaborate effectively with engineering teams. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate issues, risks, and test results. • Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a mindset focused on quality and continuous improvement. • Experience testing complex, user-facing applications involving multiple integrations or workflows is preferred. • Familiarity with SQL for validating data flows and backend validation is preferred. • Exposure to automation tools or frameworks is a plus, though not mandatory. • Certification in software testing (e.g., ISTQB) is an added advantage.