Associate Quality Assurance Engineer

Job description

**About Vista Equity Partners** Vista Equity Partners is a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on enterprise software, data, and technology-enabled businesses. With over $100B in assets under management and a portfolio of 90+ software product companies worldwide, Vista accelerates growth through operational excellence, shared expertise, and long-term partnership. In India, Vista’s presence continues to expand with 45+ portfolio companies employing more than 17,000 professionals across technology, product, customer success, and operations — reinforcing India’s strategic role as a hub of innovation and talent within the Vista ecosystem. Through its Agentic AI Factory, Vista is embedding Generative AI across its global portfolio — enabling companies to integrate intelligent, responsible AI into products, operations, and decision-making. This initiative is strengthened through portfolio-wide learning programs, leadership workshops, and AI hackathons that foster innovation, build fluency, and accelerate practical AI adoption across teams. **About Amtech** Amtech is a leading provider of enterprise software solutions for the packaging, printing, and manufacturing industries. Our integrated systems streamline order management, production planning, scheduling, inventory, and business analytics — empowering customers to drive efficiency, reduce costs, and improve operational performance. With a strong commitment to innovation and customer success, Amtech delivers reliable technology backed by deep industry expertise. **Our Employee Value Proposition** At Amtech, our people are our greatest differentiator. We create an environment where you can: **Purpose** Shape the future of manufacturing and supply chain operations by delivering mission-critical enterprise software used by industry-leading organizations. **Growth** Access continuous learning, leadership development, and cross-portfolio opportunities through Vista’s global network — accelerating both technical and managerial career paths. **Culture** Work in a collaborative, transparent, and people-first environment where values, accountability, and integrity guide every decision. **Innovation** Engage with cutting-edge technologies, including AI-driven automation, and contribute to modernizing financial systems and operational processes across the business. **Role Description** Amtech is seeking an Associate QA Engineer to join its Quality Engineering team. This entry-level role is designed for an individual who is passionate about software quality and interested in developing strong capabilities across manual testing, test automation, Agile delivery, and AI-assisted testing. The Associate QA Engineer will work closely with experienced Quality Engineers, developers, product owners, and business analysts to validate well-defined product features, execute manual and automated tests, document results, and report software defects. The role provides hands-on exposure to Playwright automation, API and database testing, Scrum practices, and modern AI-enabled testing techniques. **Key Responsibilities** - Review assigned user stories, acceptance criteria, product requirements, and designs to understand expected system behavior. - Create, update, and execute manual test cases for functional, regression, smoke, integration, usability, and exploratory testing. - Prepare test data and maintain clear test evidence for completed testing activities. - Identify, document, and track defects with accurate reproduction steps, expected and actual results, screenshots, logs, and supporting evidence. - Retest resolved defects and support regression and release-readiness testing. - Develop and maintain basic automated tests using Playwright under the guidance of senior team members. - Learn and apply JavaScript or TypeScript fundamentals for test automation. - Perform basic API validation using tools such as Postman and database validation using SQL. - Participate in Agile and Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. - Communicate progress, testing risks, blockers, and defects clearly and promptly. - Use approved AI-assisted testing tools for test-case ideas, test-data generation, exploratory-testing support, and defect summarization. - Review and validate all AI-generated outputs before incorporating them into testing activities. - Follow established quality, coding, security, data-protection, documentation, and automation standards. - Seek feedback, raise questions early, and demonstrate increasing ownership of assigned tasks. **Skills & Qualifications** - Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. - Typically, 1–2 year of software testing experience, including internships or academic projects. - Basic understanding of software testing principles, SDLC, STLC, defect lifecycle, and test-design techniques. - Foundational understanding and knowledge of manual, functional, regression, smoke, and exploratory testing. - Basic understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies. - Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, or a similar work-management and defect-tracking platform.