This is a remote position.
Key Responsibilities
- Understand and contribute across the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), including requirement analysis, test planning, test case design, execution, defect management, and reporting.
- Design, develop, maintain, and execute UI automation scripts using Java and Selenium.
- Develop and execute API automation for REST/SOAP services and validate responses, data, and integrations.
- Perform database testing, including SQL queries, data validation, CRUD operations, joins, and backend data verification.
- Identify suitable candidates for automation and contribute to automation framework development and maintenance.
- Integrate automation suites with CI/CD pipelines and support scheduled/regression test execution.
- Analyze test failures, identify root causes, and work with development teams to resolve defects.
- Leverage AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Claude, and similar GenAI tools for test case generation, automation code assistance, test data creation, failure analysis, and productivity improvement.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with QA, development, BA, and other stakeholders.
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience in Java and Selenium WebDriver.
- Good understanding of STLC and software testing fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience in UI and API automation.
- Strong SQL and database testing skills.
- Experience with automation frameworks such as TestNG/JUnit, Maven, Cucumber/BDD is preferred.
- Good understanding of Git and CI/CD concepts.
- Practical experience using AI/GenAI platforms such as ChatGPT or Claude for software testing and automation.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
- Good communication and collaboration skills.
Skills Required
- Hands-on experience with Java and Selenium WebDriver
- Understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle and software testing fundamentals
- Hands-on experience with UI and API automation
- Strong SQL and database testing skills
- Experience with TestNG or JUnit
- Experience with Maven
- Experience with Cucumber or BDD
- Understanding of Git and CI/CD concepts
- Practical experience using AI or GenAI platforms such as ChatGPT or Claude for software testing and automation
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills
- Good communication and collaboration skills
What We Do
Kumaran Systems is an IT Services Company with imprints in three countries. The past two decades has seen us provide our global clientele with high-end IT services that include migration support, system integration and infrastructure management solutions, providing one-stop-solution to all your IT demands. Our expertise and in-depth knowledge of businesses help us cater to a variety of industries. Our team strives to know your industry better, by observing current trends and the way it works, to tailor-make our solutions to your needs.With over 20 years of customer orientation, over 2000 engagements across Telecom, Education and Banking & Financial services spread across the globe, Kumaran stands as a key advisor to some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in their business driven technology enablement drive. Kumaran System's Customer Orientation is driven by a global delivery business model giving its customers to choose between an Onshore-Offshore mix. The delivery models enable multilevel touch points between the client, partner networks and Kumaran thereby enabling business driven customer sensitivity and agility. ENGAGE, EMERGE AND EXCEL Involving ourselves in a purposeful action, using our abilities to its maximum, helps us feel positive about ourselves. Such positivity gives raise to positive thinking and positive ideas. Ideas evolve into vision and set our aim! Our aspirations engage us with the incentive of sweet success! Every endeavor has its own pitfalls. Perseverance helps us emerge a successful entrepreneur after any deterrent. In our attempt to achieve our aim, we keep upgrading our knowledge and skill, to surface successful! A genius mind does not work to excel, but excels in work! We challenge ourselves with every next step! We change every deterrent to a stepping stone to success. We essentially, engage, emerge and excel
