Test Engineer roles and responsibilities- Job description and Salary

          Test Engineer roles and responsibilities

Test Engineer plays a very crucial role in production process. Its responsibility of tester to test the application thoroughly and give sign off before it goes into production. A Test Engineer should have good communication skill, sound knowledge of Software testing concepts, ability to design test cases and scenarios, etc. We will discuss in detail about Test Engineer roles and responsibilities below:

Test Engineer Roles

• Test Engineer should first understand the application requirements by referring RTM( Requirement traceability matrix) or discuss with clients or BA to have complete understanding of the product.
• Once the requirements are clear, he/she should design test suites, create test scenarios and write test cases to test the functionality of application under test.
• After writing test cases, he/she should execute those test cases and verify whether the expected and actual results are same.
• Should have logical and analytical skills with the help of which he/she can test an application with different permutation and combination.
• Should be able to find defect and report it.
• Should define severity and priority of defect and also provide steps to reproduce the defect.
• Should carry out regression whenever any defect is fixed.
• Should have knowledge of different testing tools like bug tracking tool, test management tool, etc.
• Should have knowledge on different testing techniques and its approach to be followed.
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• Should have knowledge on different phases of Software testing and how testing should be carried out in each phase.
• Should participate in walkthroughs of testing procedures.
• Should attend daily standups and agile ceremonies.
• Should ensure that all testing related activities are carried out as per product compliance.

Test Engineer Job description

• Test Engineer job would require analytical thinking, problem solving attitude.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Should have knowledge of creating test scenarios and test cases
• Should have knowledge on Agile methodology and Agile ceremonies
• Should have knowledge of Web and Mobile testing
• Should have strong Software testing concepts
• Should have knowledge of creating and logging defect
• Should have knowledge on Defect life cycle
• Should have knowledge of SDLC and STLC
• Should have basic knowledge of Database
• Should have knowledge of Automation testing tools and different testing frameworks.
• Good to have: Knowledge on API testing and Performance testing

Test Engineer Salary

As per research and study, I believe if you are graduate from IIT or one of the top institute then it will be above 12+ LPA.

However, if you are graduate from Private college or good Autonomous college then you can get it 6+ LPA.
Above data is for fresher and I have quoted it based on my research. Data may vary depending on Market conditions.

Note: Salary would vary for Manual and Automation Test Engineer. As Automation Test Engineer has huge demand in the market.

Test Engineer Job and Scope

I have seen lot of people saying that "Testing will be dead soon". Also people say that there is no scope or future in Testing profile.
Let me tell you with all my experience and knowledge in this field, Software Testing  is an evergreen field. Without testing, no software can sustain. Test Engineers are the one who make sure that the application is stable and bug free. People have misconception that Test Engineer earn very little. 
That was past, now test engineer earn almost equal or sometimes more than developers.
Time has changed, now sky is the limit for Software tester, provided you have to keep updating yourself with upcoming technologies and tools in the market.

Conclusion

The success of any product depends on the quality of the product. That is why Test Engineer plays a major role in Software industry to maintain quality and stability of the product