Software and Product Innovation - Quality Engineering - Associate - CS – G

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives.

As a business application consulting generalist at PwC, you will provide consulting services for a wide range of business applications. You will leverage a broad understanding of various software solutions to assist clients in optimising operational efficiency through analysis, implementation, training, and support.

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Job Description & Summary: Software and Product Innovation - Quality Engineering - Associate - CS – G

Level: Associate

Location: Bangalore

LOS: Advisory Corporate

Competency: Advisory Corporate

Skill: QA Functional, API, and Database Testing

Job Position Title: Software and Product Innovation - Quality Engineering - Associate - CS – G

Responsibilities:

Ensure product quality by designing and executing functional, API, and database tests. - Collaborate with product, engineering, and DevOps to deliver reliable, testable features. - Own test planning, data setup, execution, defect management, and reporting.

Mandatory skill sets:

· Analyze requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria; identify testable scenarios and risks. · - Design, review, and execute test cases for web/mobile applications and back-end services. · - Perform API testing for REST/GraphQL: request/response validation, authentication, headers, status codes, payloads, and schema. · - Create and manage test data; validate business rules across UI, API, and DB layers. · - Write and run SQL queries to verify data integrity, transformations, and calculations. · - Perform integration testing across services; validate end-to-end flows. · - Log clear, reproducible defects; drive defect triage and closure with dev/PO. · - Track test progress and coverage; deliver test reports and sign-offs. · - Participate in sprint ceremonies (planning, grooming, stand-ups, reviews, retros). · - Support regression, smoke/sanity, and UAT cycles. · - Contribute to test process improvements and best practices. · - Optional: contribute to lightweight automation (API/DB/critical flows) as a plus. · Should have experience in the below tools: · Test management/ALM: Jira/Xray, Azure DevOps, TestRail (any). · API: Postman, Swagger/OpenAPI, curl; (nice-to-have: Newman, REST Assured). · DB: MySQL/PostgreSQL/SQL Server/Oracle; client tools (DBeaver, SQL Developer, pgAdmin). · Version control: Git/GitHub/GitLab. · Logs/monitoring: browser dev tools, Kibana/CloudWatch (nice-to-have). · ·

Preferred skill sets:

· Functional testing: test design techniques (boundary value, equivalence class, decision tables, state transitions, exploratory). · - API testing: REST/GraphQL, JSON/XML, auth (OAuth 2.0, JWT, API keys), status codes, contract/schema validation, error handling.

· - Database testing: strong SQL (joins, subqueries, aggregations, window functions), data reconciliation across systems, stored procedures/functions validation. · - Test documentation: clear test cases, traceability, and reporting. · - Understanding of SDLC/STLC, Agile/Scrum, CI/CD basics.

Years of experience

required:

4 to 8 years

Education qualification:

BE/B.Tech/MBA/MCA

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Degrees/Field of Study required: Master of Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering

Degrees/Field of Study preferred:

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Java

Optional Skills

Accepting Feedback, Accepting Feedback, Active Listening, Analytical Reasoning, Application Software, Business Data Analytics, Business Management, Business Technology, Business Transformation, Communication, Documentation Development, Emotional Regulation, Empathy, Implementation Research, Implementation Support, Implementing Technology, Inclusion, Intellectual Curiosity, Optimism, Performance Assessment, Performance Management Software, Problem Solving, Product Management, Product Operations, Project Delivery {+ 11 more}

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Not Specified

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

No

Job Posting End Date