Quality Assurance Engineer
Sutherland22 hours ago
Chennai, IndiaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design and execute functional, integration, regression, and performance test plans across backend, frontend, and pipeline components.
- Build load-testing harnesses using k6, JMeter, or Locust to exercise upload-to-download pipelines at and beyond expected production volume.
- Validate chunked and resumable pipelines under simulated crash and restart conditions and stress-test multi-user concurrency, locking, expiry, and force-release flows.
- Author test plans and traceability matrices linking requirements to test cases and evidence artifacts.
- Triage defects, write defect reports, verify fixes, and track issues through closure.
- Coordinate external penetration testing, triage findings, and track remediation.
- Build a performance regression gate in continuous integration to detect latency and throughput regressions before merge.
- Collaborate with developers throughout the build phase to validate features before release and improve testing practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 3 years of functional, integration, and performance quality assurance experience for enterprise web applications.
- Hands-on experience with load-testing tools such as k6, JMeter, or Locust.
- Working proficiency in API testing using Postman, REST Client, or similar tooling.
- Proficiency in SQL for state verification and test data setup.
- Experience writing test plans, traceability matrices, and enterprise software defect reports.
- Comfort with browser developer tools, network inspection, and basic JavaScript debugging.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for defect reports, test summaries, and cross-team collaboration.
- ISTQB certification is a strong plus.
- Experience with Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Burp Suite, or audit evidence preparation for regulated platforms is advantageous.
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About Sutherland
Sutherland provides IT services and business process outsourcing that design, run, and automate customer experience and back-office operations for enterprises in healthcare, financial services, telecom, retail, and travel. Its offerings include managed contact-center platforms (e.g., Cisco UCCE/CUCM), cloud and analytics solutions, and process consulting delivered through global service centers. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Pittsford (Rochester), NY, it is privately held.