Senior Quality Assurance Engineer Karachi , On-Site

Sindh IT Company · Karachi, Pakistan

FULL TIME

Job Description

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer is a Senior Engineer-level role responsible for taking QA and test work from specification to production independently and repeatedly across SITC systems, mentoring less experienced colleagues, and owning quality outcomes for assigned products from planning through release.

Role overview

Division Product & Technology

Location On-Site, Karachi

Employment type Full Time

About the role

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer will independently own QA and testing activities across SITC systems, taking products from specification through production and ensuring quality throughout the release lifecycle. The role covers manual and automated testing, API testing, defect management, UAT, regression testing, and release readiness. The position will develop test plans and quality documentation, collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Security teams, and mentor junior QA colleagues. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of relevant QA/SQA experience, strong hands‑on expertise across web, API, and mobile testing, and proficiency with tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, and Postman. ISTQB or automation certifications are a plus.

Key responsibilities

Plan and execute manual and/or automated testing for SITC systems, taking test work from specification to production independently and repeatedly.
Prepare test plans, test cases, test reports, defect logs, UAT records, and quality documentation to a professional standard.
Coordinate with Product and Engineering for defect resolution, regression testing, and release readiness, mentoring less experienced QA colleagues.
Support manual testing, automation testing, defect management, and UAT support for assigned products, owning quality outcomes end-to-end.
Use tools such as Postman, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or similar testing tools, applying full technical and functional competence.
Coordinate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Security teams on release readiness and quality risk.

Required skills & competencies

Strong grounding in manual and automated testing methodologies across web, API, and mobile applications.
Hands‑on experience with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.
API testing using Postman or similar tools.
Experience designing test plans, test cases, and traceability matrices.
Defect management and bug‑tracking tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar).
UAT coordination and release readiness sign‑off.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build pipelines.

Qualifications & experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, IT, or a related field, or equivalent hands‑on experience, assessed.

EXPERIENCE

6+ years of relevant QA/SQA experience, taking test work from specification to production independently and repeatedly, and mentoring less experienced colleagues. Full technical competence across manual testing, automation testing, defect management, API testing, and UAT support, applying applied delivery judgement.Certifications : Certifications in Test Automation or ISTQB are a strong plus.

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