Quality Assurance Test Engineer

About the Role

Wualt is seeking a hands-on QA / Test Engineer to own quality across its personal-safety platform and enterprise manufacturing platform. This role involves both manual and automated testing, from test plan creation to building automation and CI checks. Correctness and reliability are critical due to the safety-oriented nature of the Wualt product.

Key Responsibilities

• Own test strategy and coverage across mobile apps, web consoles, back-end APIs, and real-time flows for both Wualt and Nexus.
• Ensure quality of real-time, safety-critical flows, including live location and audio, and associated alerts.
• Develop clear test plans and cases from product requirements.
• Perform exploratory, functional, and regression testing manually.
• Build and maintain automated tests:
• API and end-to-end suites.
• Mobile and web automation.
• Integrate automation into CI.
• Test device integration flows, including Bluetooth ring pairing and on-device behavior.
• Manage the bug lifecycle end-to-end: reproduce, isolate, report with evidence, prioritize, and verify fixes.
• Conduct release QA, including build sign-off, regression cycles, and quality tracking.
• Perform data-privacy and security checks, ensuring personal data is handled in line with the DPDPA.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Solid QA experience across manual and automated testing of shipped software.
• Experience with mobile app testing (ideally React Native).
• Experience with web application testing.
• Experience with API testing (e.g., Postman or a REST client).
• Understanding of how the back end fits together.
• Hands-on experience with at least one automation stack:
• Appium or Detox for mobile.
• Playwright, Cypress, or Selenium for web.
• pytest or similar.
• Comfort with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions.
• Experience with bug tracking tools such as Jira or Linear.
• Strong attention to detail and methodical testing discipline.
• Clear documentation skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience testing real-time or streaming systems.
• Experience with performance or load testing (e.g., JMeter or k6).
• Experience with security or privacy testing.
• Familiarity with the DPDPA.
• Experience testing IoT, BLE, or wearable-connected products.
• Experience testing enterprise or ERP systems.
• Scripting in Python or JavaScript beyond test frameworks.

Work Environment

• Full-time, on-site in Chennai.
• Some inter-site travel between Wualt and CF sites.

Application Instructions

• Apply through the LinkedIn posting.
• Email resume to [email protected].
• A short note on a tricky bug caught, how it was found, and how it would have been automated is welcome.

Compensation

• Rs 35,000 to Rs 45,000 per month, based on experience.