QA Engineer

Quality Engineering professionals looking for an opportunity to work on cutting-edge cybersecurity products now have an exciting career opportunity with Checkmarx. The company is actively hiring talented QA Engineers to join its Research & Development team in Pune. If you are passionate about software quality, automation testing, cloud technologies, API testing, and modern AI-powered quality engineering practices, this role offers an excellent opportunity to work on innovative products used by organizations worldwide.

Analyze business and technical requirements. Design comprehensive test plans and test strategies. Create effective test cases covering functional and non-functional requirements. Ensure complete quality coverage throughout development cycles. Participate in quality reviews and planning sessions. Design and develop scalable automation frameworks. Build and maintain automated test suites using Python. Implement Playwright-based UI automation solutions. Develop reusable and maintainable test components. Improve automation efficiency and execution reliability. Validate REST APIs and backend services. Perform integration testing across services and platforms. Verify API responses and business workflows. Ensure reliability of backend systems and integrations. Support end-to-end testing scenarios. Test cloud-native applications deployed on AWS, Azure, or GCP. Validate distributed architectures and microservices-based systems. Ensure stability and scalability of cloud environments. Collaborate with DevOps teams to maintain deployment quality. Investigate customer-reported issues. Perform root cause analysis of defects. Collaborate with development teams for issue resolution. Validate bug fixes before release. Improve product reliability through proactive testing.

Strong understanding of QA methodologies. Expertise in STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle). Strong knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). Experience working in Agile environments. Understanding of quality engineering best practices. Strong programming experience in Python. Ability to develop automation frameworks. Test script development expertise. Automation debugging and maintenance skills. Hands-on experience with Playwright. UI automation framework development skills. End-to-end automation testing expertise. Browser automation knowledge. Cross-platform testing experience. REST API testing. Backend service validation. API workflow testing. Integration testing expertise. Request-response analysis. Continuous Integration pipelines. Continuous Delivery practices. Automation integration within CI/CD workflows. Release validation processes. DevOps collaboration. Experience using AI productivity tools. Familiarity with LLM-powered applications. AI-assisted testing workflows. Prompt engineering awareness. AI quality assessment methodologies.