Junior QA Engineer

About Pulse iD:

Pulse iD is a dynamic fintech start-up servicing clients globally. Our mission is to empower financial institutions and merchants to accelerate revenue growth through innovative loyalty experiences and solutions—from AI-powered rewards to card-linked offers and gamification elements. a focus on APAC and the Middle East. We are a geographically distributed team committed to integrity, innovation, and value creation.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a JuniorTechnical Quality Assurance Engineer with a strong foundation in both manual and automated testing, including API and end-to-end (E2E) testing using tools such as Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium. The ideal candidate should possess strong analytical and communication skills, a proactive mindset, and a passion for learning, including the ability to leverage AI tools to improve QA workflows.

You will be a critical member of our QA team, collaborating closely with developers, product managers, and support teams to ensure high product quality and fast, reliable delivery.

Your responsibilities include:

• Participate in storyboarding and solution design, and grooming sessions to understand the requirement and provide feedback
• Analyze business requirements, perform static reviews, and compile QA test checklists for new product features and functionalities.
• Derive high-level test scenarios/detailed test cases by applying appropriate test design techniques and ensure test cases maintain traceability to requirements.
• Contribute in building both API and UI automation frameworks and maintaining the automated regression test suite.
• Troubleshoot and perform initial investigations of support tickets; provide timely responses to customers or escalate to relevant internal teams as needed.
• Define test approach, derive well-structured test plans, and coordinate test activities.
• Execute quality assurance test cases, manual and automated. Ensure that developed functionality satisfies requirements and aligns with specifications.
• Track and record test execution results. Interpret results and get more insights. Publish results and communicate test execution status clearly with relevant stakeholders.
• Work closely with the development team to research and resolve issues found during the testing phase.
• Create and maintain performance test scripts conduct performance tests on demand
• Perform other Non-Functional testing (Security,Accessibility)
• Identify challenges and discrepancies and provide insights to improve Quality Process

What do you need to have?

• At least 3+ years of experience in Quality Assurance
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in Web application and API automation
• Strong knowledge of software testing processes, practices, and test design techniques.
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases and preparing defect reports.
• Expert knowledge of quality engineering methodologies, automated testing tools (Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium), and continuous integration systems and build tools.
• Knowledge in API testing frameworks: (REST Assured, Karate, Postman)
• Prior experience with Git, CI/CD processes, and Bash scripting.
• Prior experience in using Jira/Confluence for ticket and document management.
• Ability to maintain high-quality standards by balancing quality, flexibility, and timely delivery.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
• ISTQB foundation-level qualification will be an added advantage.
• Experience with performance testing tools, JMeter and Gatling will be an added advantage.
• Experience in any application security testing and tools like Burp Suite would be an added advantage.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or other cloud service providers will be an added advantage.

What we offer:

• The opportunity to work within a global, high-growth, dynamic business with an innovative and entrepreneurial culture
• A friendly, respectful and positive work environment
• We encourage innovation right across the business
• Flexible and remote work offering