QA Engineer, 1

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About People Inc.

People Inc. (formerly Dotdash Meredith) is the largest digital and print publisher in America. More than 175 million people trust us each month to help them find inspiration, make decisions, and take action. People Inc.'s more than 40 iconic brands include PEOPLE, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Better Homes & Gardens, Verywell, Allrecipes, REAL SIMPLE, Investopedia, and Southern Living. People Inc. is based in New York City and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC).

Meredith India Services Private Limited (a People Inc. Subsidiary)

Based out of Bengaluru, Meredith India Services Private Limited (a People Inc. subsidiary) partners across an array of functions. Product & Technology, Analytics, Research, Finance, Operations, HR and Audit are some of our channels in delivering value to enable a scalable component and drive value to millions. Our teams work across disciplines to innovate, challenge status quo and collaborate in fostering an ecosystem that promotes a culture of learning and growth. We strive to drive results for our company, our customers, our audiences and our People

Our Core Values:

Champion Accountability

Respect

Expect Integrity

Act Now, Not Later

Make it Matter

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Perform manual testing of data extraction and transformed data.
• Create, document, and maintain test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for functional, regression, and exploratory testing.
• Collaborate closely with developers and product teams to review requirements, ensuring full test coverage.
• Execute functional and integration testing to validate web applications, APIs, and services.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand product functionality, new features, and resolve issues.
• Identify and log defects with clear and concise documentation, and work with developers to debug and resolve them.
• Track and report on test execution progress, defects, and overall quality, providing input into go/no-go decisions.
• Assist in building basic automated test scripts using Javascript and Cypress/Playwright where needed.
• Participate in peer reviews of test cases, scripts, and overall QA strategy to ensure consistency and completeness.
• Continuously seek to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of testing processes, suggesting automation where applicable.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices in manual and automated testing.
• Participate in daily cross-functional SCRUMs, contributing to sprint planning, bug prioritization, and status reports.
• Identify areas for process improvements and continuously enhance testing methodologies.
• Ensure alignment with company quality standards and best practices in QA.

Mandatory Skills:

• Bachelor in Engineering (B.E./ B.Tech Degree) with 2+ years of experience in Manual and device testing and automated functional tests in Javascript/Typescript.
• Programming Proficiency: Preference is Playwright/TypeScript/Javascript/Cypress; experience in API testing and ETL pipeline validation
• Knowledge of JS/TS and Cypress/Selenium for automation tasks.
• Solid understanding of testing methodologies and practices.
• Expertise in automating complex headless applications and web applications using complex frameworks.
• Experience with test management tools such as TestRail or Zephyr is a plus.Develop, document, and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test data, data validation, harness scripts and automated scripts.
• Familiarity with software configuration management, release management, and database manipulation like git, Bitbucket, Jenkins etc.
• Highly proficient in English with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to deliver and manage deadlines in an agile development environment.
• Experience with AWS cloud services to support testing in distributed and scalable environments is a good to have.

Designation: QA Engineer, 1

Working Hours: 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM IST 

Location: Ecoworld, Bengaluru, Karnataka

It is the policy of People Inc. to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the Company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.