PeopleCap is hiring experienced Quality Engineers for opportunities with a product-based company in Gurugram. The opening is particularly relevant for QA professionals who combine manual testing with API/backend, UI/frontend and automation expertise. Two levels are available: Quality Engineer – L2 for 4–7 years and Senior Quality Engineer – L3 for 7–10 years.
🏢 About PeopleCap
PeopleCap is a specialist talent partner focused primarily on India’s financial-services and fintech ecosystem, supporting technology, product, data, risk, compliance and other specialist hiring. Its technology practice also works with software and fintech firms through dedicated engineering teams. PeopleCap says it uses specialist, assessed shortlists rather than high-volume CV submissions and operates across major Indian technology markets including Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Pune.
For this vacancy, PeopleCap is the recruitment partner; the end product company is not identified in the supplied posting, so candidates should confirm the client name and product domain during the recruitment process.
📌 Job Overview
• Company/Recruiter: PeopleCap
• Role 1: Quality Engineer – L2
• Experience: 4–7 Years
• Role 2: Senior Quality Engineer – L3
• Experience: 7–10 Years
• Location: Gurugram
• Work Model: 4 days from office
• Mandatory Office Day: Wednesday
• L2 Focus: API/Backend, UI/Frontend, Manual Testing, Python automation
• L3 Focus: Full-stack Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Karate Framework
• Important: Product-based company experience is mandatory for both positions
🌟 Why This Role Is Good for Experienced QA Professionals
This opportunity moves beyond execution-focused testing toward full-stack Quality Engineering. L2 candidates can strengthen their backend/API, frontend and Python automation capabilities, while L3 professionals can demonstrate ownership of automation architecture and product quality using Karate.
The product-company requirement is also significant because product environments generally require QA engineers to understand the complete development lifecycle—from requirements and API contracts to automation, regression, release validation and production quality.
For senior professionals, the L3 role can be particularly relevant if they have experience designing automation strategy, reviewing frameworks, mentoring engineers and influencing quality earlier in the SDLC.
🧰 Skills Required
L2: Manual testing, functional testing, regression testing, smoke testing, API testing, backend validation, UI testing, Python, automation frameworks, SQL, JSON/XML, REST APIs, Git, CI/CD and Agile/Scrum.
L3: Full-stack testing, API automation, UI automation, Python or another strong automation language, Karate Framework, REST/JSON, SQL, test architecture, CI/CD, Git, framework maintenance, debugging and quality strategy.
Additional valuable skills: Docker, Jenkins/GitHub Actions, Postman, database testing, contract testing, test data management, cloud testing, performance testing and observability.
🎯 Expected Interview Rounds
- PeopleCap Recruiter Screening – Experience, product-company background, location, notice period, compensation and role alignment.
- QE Technical Round – Manual testing fundamentals, API testing, UI testing, automation concepts, SQL and real project scenarios.
- Automation/Framework Round – Python automation for L2; Karate, API automation and framework architecture for L3.
- Client/Product Engineering Round – Product architecture, debugging, test strategy, release quality and collaboration with developers.
- Managerial/Leadership Round – More likely for L3, covering ownership, mentoring, risk assessment and quality decisions.
- HR/Final Discussion – Compensation, joining timeline, work model and other employment details.
💰 Salary Range
The hiring post does not provide an official salary range. As external market context only, recent Glassdoor submissions show Quality Engineer salaries around ₹9–11 LPA for 4–6 years in Greater Noida, while recent Senior Quality Engineer submissions in the Gurgaon/Noida market vary widely, including approximately ₹7–8 LPA for 4–6 years and ₹19–23 LPA for 7–9 years. These are anonymous market submissions, not PeopleCap or the client’s official compensation bands.
🔥Preparation Tips
For L2: Build strong API-testing scenarios around authentication, status codes, schema validation, negative testing, pagination and data consistency. Revise Python fundamentals and demonstrate how you would build reusable automation rather than writing isolated scripts. Prepare UI-to-API-to-database validation scenarios and be ready to explain defects found across layers.
For L3: Make Karate Framework your priority. Revise feature files, request/response validation, reusable configurations, data-driven testing, assertions, hooks, authentication and CI execution. Prepare an architecture discussion showing how you would structure a scalable API automation framework for a product with multiple services. Also prepare examples where you improved coverage, reduced execution time or prevented production defects.
For both: Practice explaining a complete defect from discovery through RCA, developer collaboration, verification and release closure. Product companies often value the ability to identify quality risks—not simply execute test cases.
📄 Resume Tips
For L2, put Python Automation + API/Backend Testing + UI Testing prominently near the top. Quantify automation coverage, regression reduction, execution-time improvements and defect prevention. Mention the product domain and ownership of testing activities.
For L3, lead with Quality Engineering, Test Automation and Karate Framework. Highlight framework design, API automation, CI/CD integration, test strategy, mentoring and measurable quality improvements. Avoid a generic “Manual + Automation Testing” headline; position yourself as a product-focused QE professional.
Include tools beside actual outcomes—for example, “Built Karate API automation suite integrated with CI pipeline” is stronger than simply listing “Karate.”
📩 How to Apply
📩shruti.gupta@peoplecap.in
Interested candidates can share their updated resume with shruti.gupta@peoplecap.in as specified in the hiring post. PeopleCap also provides a candidate channel for submitting profiles to its talent-acquisition team.
📍 Location: Gurugram
🏢 Work Model: 4 days from office | Wednesday mandatory
🎯 L2: 4–7 years
🎯 L3: 7–10 years
⚠️ Product-based company experience is mandatory.
Final Thoughts
This PeopleCap opportunity is aimed at QA professionals who can operate across the full product quality lifecycle. L2 candidates should emphasize Python, API/backend and UI automation, while L3 candidates should demonstrate deeper QE ownership and Karate-based API automation. Before proceeding, confirm the end-client name, product domain, compensation range and exact interview process with the recruiter.
