Quality Analyst (QA)

Job description:

Role Overview

We’re hiring a hands-on QA Engineer with strong QA Automation and API Security expertise. You’ll own the end-to-end testing process for a modern web-based SaaS product—designing test strategies, automating critical flows, and ensuring that APIs are both reliable and secure.

-- Key Responsibilities

✅ QA / Testing & Automation

• Create and execute detailed test plans and cases for frontend (React) and backend (Node.js APIs)
• Perform functional, regression, and smoke testing on dev/staging environments
• Design, implement, and maintain automated test suites using Cypress or Playwright
• Use Postman for API validation, test scripting, and collection automation
• Verify database operations and data integrity (MongoDB)
• Log and track defects clearly in ClickUp/Jira with screenshots and detailed steps

- API Security

• Conduct API security testing (authentication, authorization, rate-limiting, and vulnerability checks)
• Validate secure data transmission and encryption standards
• Collaborate with developers to remediate security gaps and retest fixes
• Stay updated on OWASP API Security Top 10 and integrate best practices into test plans

-- Must-Have Skills

• 3+ years in a QA or QA Automation role for web-based SaaS applications
• Hands-on experience testing REST APIs (Postman, Insomnia, or similar)
• Strong background in API security testing and vulnerability assessment
• Proficiency with Git/GitHub and CI/CD pipeline basics
• Solid debugging and troubleshooting abilities
• Comfortable working in fast-paced release cycles

--Good to Have

• Experience with Node.js or React development environments
• Knowledge of security tools such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, or similar
• Familiarity with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6)
• Understanding of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) for QA environments

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹20,000.00 per month

Expected hours: 20 – 24 per week

Benefits:

• Work from home

Application Question(s):

• How many years of experience do you have in software testing or QA roles?
• How Many years you have worked with the API testing?
• How Many years you have worked with the Security testing?
• This is Part time opportunity need to be available for 4 hours daily. Are you comfortable?