Dentsu – Senior QA Analyst – Software Testing

July 2, 2025
9 ₹ LPA - 15 ₹ LPA / year

Job Description

Role: Senior QA Analyst – Software Testing
Company: Paragon
City: Chennai / Bengaluru
Exp: 3+ Years

Dentsu is looking for a Senior QA Analyst to join our growing QA team. If you are a detail-oriented manual tester with a foundational understanding of automation tools, we want you! This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a dynamic Agile environment, enjoys uncovering bugs before users do, and is motivated to push quality standards forward. You’ll be working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the robustness and performance of software products that impact thousands of users.


🧠 Key Responsibilities:

🔍 Manual Testing:

  • Execute functional, regression, and integration testing based on detailed test plans and acceptance criteria

  • Perform exploratory testing to identify edge cases and usability flaws

  • Log, track, and verify defects through tools like JIRA or TestRail

  • Work collaboratively with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure thorough test coverage

  • Conduct sanity and smoke tests before deployments

🤖 Basic Automation:

  • Assist in developing and maintaining automated regression test scripts (Selenium, Cypress preferred)

  • Execute and monitor existing automation test suites

  • Collaborate with the automation team to integrate automated tests within CI/CD pipelines

📝 Test Documentation & Process:

  • Write and maintain test cases, test plans, and test reports

  • Review feature specifications and user stories to develop appropriate test strategies

  • Participate in all Agile ceremonies including scrum meetings, sprint planning, and retrospectives

💬 Collaboration & Communication:

  • Work across QA, development, and product teams to improve software quality

  • Proactively share testing insights and enhancement recommendations

  • Maintain visibility on testing progress and risk reporting


🛠 Required Skills & Experience:

  • Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in manual testing

  • Solid grasp of software testing life cycle (STLC) and QA best practices

  • Basic experience with automation tools like Selenium, Cypress, etc.

  • Experience with defect tracking tools (JIRA, TestRail)

  • Familiarity with version control systems like Git

  • Excellent analytical, communication, and teamwork skills


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines

  • Basic SQL for backend validation

  • Agile/Scrum environment experience

  • Exposure to Git or other VCS tools

  • Strong sense of ownership and commitment to quality


💰 Salary Expectations:
Based on the industry data and role-specific benchmarks in Chennai and Bengaluru, the estimated salary range is:
₹6,50,000 – ₹10,00,000 per annum, depending on experience, automation knowledge, and project exposure.