QA Tester

Date live:
**09/05/2025**

Business Area:
**Fraud Analytics Strategy Technology**

Area of Expertise:
**Technology**

Contract:
**Permanent**

Reference Code:
**JR-0000023575**

Join us as QA Tester in Barclays, your prime job is to design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability.

To be successful as a QA Tester, you should have experience with,
- Strong knowledge of functional, API Testing. Tools like Postman, Karate ( Automation Tool) should be added advantage.
- Good hands-on experience on Java language, and Selenium automation, SQL.
- Good awareness and understanding of CI CD pipeline, Jenkin, Git, Git hub, Cucumber and Maven tools.
- Experience with Banking domain with Cards area is nice to have part.
- Development and implementation of comprehensive test cases scenarios and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
- Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested.
- Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
- Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing. Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to.
- Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation, and codes of conduct.
- Maintain and continually build an understanding of how all teams in area contribute to the objectives of the broader sub-function, delivering impact on the work of collaborating teams.
- Make judgements based on practice and previous experience.
- Build relationships with stakeholders/ customers to identify and address their needs.

Some other highly values skills include:

- Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Project Documentation, following processes, and best practices for the team.
- Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical skills to address complex challenges. Self-driven, proactive and demonstrates initiative with strong problem-solving abilities.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based out of Pune.

**Purpose of the role**

To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability.

**Accountabilities**
- Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
- Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues..
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested.
- Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
- Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
- Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

**Analyst Expectations**
- To meet the needs of stakeholders/ customers through specialist advice and support
- Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard which will impact both the role itself and surrounding roles.
- Likely to have responsibility for specific processes within a team
- They may lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. They supervis