Quality Assurance- Engineer

FanCode is India’s premier sports destination committed to giving fans a highly personalised experience across content and merchandise for a wide variety of sports. Founded by sports industry veterans Yannick Colaco and Prasana Krishnan in March 2019, FanCode has over 100 million users. It has partnered with domestic, international sports leagues and associations across multiple sports. In content, FanCode offers interactive live streaming for sports with industry-first subscription formats like Match, Bundle and Tour Passes, along with monthly and annual subscriptions at affordable prices. Through FanCode Shop, it also offers fans a wide range of sports merchandise for sporting teams, brands and leagues across the world.
Technology @ FanCodeWe have one mission: Create a platform for all sports fans. Built by sports fans for sports fans we cover Sports Live Video Streaming, Live Scores & Commentary, Video On Demand, Player Analytics, Fantasy Research, News and very recently e-Commerce. We’re at the beginning of our story and growing at an incredible pace.
Our tech stack is hosted on AWS and is built on Amazon EC2, Cloudfront, Lambda, API Gateway. We have a micro-services based architecture based on Java, Node.js , Python, PHP, Redis, MySQL, Cassandra and Elasticsearch as our end to end stack serving product features. As a data-driven team, we also use Python and other big data technologies for Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics. Besides these, we heavily use Kafka, Spark, Redshift and other cutting edge tech to keep improving FanCode's performance.
Quality Assurance at FanCodeThe test engineering team’s responsibility is to help engineering teams move fast without breaking often. Reducing testing bottlenecks through test automation, setting up feedback loops to learn about defects in production and discovering new ways of reducing them are some of the things that the test engineering team does.
As part of the Test Engineering team  you will be responsible for maintaining the software excellence and streamline testing processes.  You will be  playing a key role in balancing speed with stability, ensuring our software meets high-quality standards while maintaining rapid delivery cycles. Your expertise will help shape the quality assurance practices and contribute to delivering exceptional user experiences.
If you have a good programming experience and are passionate about software testing, continuous delivery and solving problems with a very customer focussed team, we’d love to hear from you. Your Role:

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scenarios
• Perform thorough manual testing including functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing
• Create and maintain automated test scripts using industry-standard testing frameworks
• Identify, document, and track software defects using bug tracking systems
• Work closely with developers to resolve issues and validate fixes
• Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on testability
• Analyze test results to ensure existing functionality and evaluate quality metrics
• Support continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes
• Document testing procedures and maintain test documentation
• Mentor junior QA team members and share best practices

Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in software quality assurance
• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience with test automation frameworks and scripting languages (e.g., Selenium, TestNG, JUnit)
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript)
• Experience with bug tracking and test management tools (e.g., JIRA, TestRail)
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities

Good to have:

• ISTQB certification or similar QA certifications
• Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., Gatling, Locust)
• Knowledge of API testing and tools like Postman or SoapUI
• Experience with mobile application testing
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git)
• Experience with continuous integration tools (e.g., Jenkins, Github actions)