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 .