Quality Assurance Engineer (Manual + Automation)

About the role

iLabs, a global software product engineering company based in Sri Lanka, is hiring a Quality Assurance Engineer who combines manual and automation testing. The position is on-site in Battaramulla, with a shift from 9am to 6pm on Sri Lankan days.

Key responsibilities

• Provide QA support for sprint activities and weekly production releases.
• Review business requirements, technical specifications and design documents to prepare test plans, test cases and testing effort estimates.
• Execute manual testing of web applications, APIs and system integrations.
• Design, develop, run and maintain automated test scripts using Playwright.
• Identify, document, prioritise and track defects, and run regression tests on resolved issues.
• Improve QA processes, test strategies and automation frameworks, and raise quality risks during requirement and design reviews.
• Collaborate with developers, DevOps engineers, UI/UX designers and product stakeholders throughout the SDLC.
• Use approved AI tools to support test scenarios, test data, automation scripting and defect analysis, validating AI-generated output first.

Required profile

• BSc in Computer Science/Engineering or a special diploma in Software Quality Assurance.
• 2-4 years of QA experience with hands-on manual and automation testing.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills with attention to detail.

Required skills

• Playwright for automated test scripts.
• Test plans, test cases and test scenarios; functional, regression, integration and UAT testing.
• API testing and defect tracking tools.
• Advantage: Git, CI/CD pipelines, performance and security testing, and exposure to testing AI or LLM-powered features.