Photon is hiring a Manual Test Engineer with strong API testing experience for a Chennai-based opportunity! This role is suitable for professionals with 4โ6 years of experience, at least 2 years of hands-on API testing using Postman, and a career focused entirely on software testing. Candidates should be comfortable working five days a week from the office and should preferably be immediate joiners. Strict eligibility requirements apply to educational qualifications, career background and notice period, so review the details carefully before applying.
๐ข About the Company โ Photon
Photon is a technology services company known for helping businesses build and modernize digital experiences and applications. Its work spans digital engineering and enterprise technology solutions, where application reliability, integration quality and user experience can be important priorities. For a QA professional, a role involving manual and API testing can provide opportunities to validate application behaviour beyond the user interface. API testing helps teams identify issues involving data exchange, authentication, business rules, error handling and integration between services.
๐ Job Overview
- Company: Photon
- Job Title: Manual Test Engineer โ API Testing
- Job Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Experience Required: 4โ6 years
- Work Mode: Work from office, five days per week
- Joining Preference: Immediate joiners preferred
- Notice Period: Immediate joiners or candidates serving an official notice period of up to 15 days may be considered
- Mandatory API Experience: At least 2 years of hands-on API testing using Postman
- Core Skills: Manual Testing, API Testing, Postman, REST/SOAP APIs, SQL and JIRA
- Email: vignesh.ravichandran1@photon.com
- Career Background: Candidates must have started their careers directly in IT after graduation; candidates who transitioned from non-IT backgrounds are not eligible for this project
๐ผ Why Is This Role Good for Experienced Professionals?
- Specialised API testing experience: The requirement for two or more years with Postman makes this relevant to testers who have handled API validation in real projects.
- Strong manual testing foundation: Candidates can showcase test design, functional validation, defect investigation and regression testing skills.
- REST and SOAP exposure: Experience with both API styles can demonstrate versatility when working with different integration patterns.
- Database validation: SQL knowledge helps testers verify backend records and investigate mismatches between API responses and stored data.
- Defect tracking with JIRA: Experience reporting, prioritising and tracking defects through resolution is valuable in collaborative QA teams.
๐ ๏ธ Skills Required for the Photon Manual Test Engineer Role
- Manual Testing: Test scenarios, test case design, functional testing, negative testing, regression testing and defect lifecycle management.
- API Testing with Postman: Creating requests, managing environments and variables, validating responses, using collections, writing basic test scripts and running collections.
- REST APIs: HTTP methods such as GET, POST, PUT, PATCH and DELETE; status codes, headers, query parameters, request bodies and JSON response validation.
- SOAP APIs: XML request/response structures, SOAP envelopes, namespaces and fault messages.
- SQL: SELECT queries, WHERE conditions, JOINs, aggregate functions and database validation.
- JIRA: Defect creation, severity and priority, evidence attachment, workflow tracking and retesting.
๐ฏ Preparation Tips
1. Practise an end-to-end Postman workflow. Create a collection for a sample login, customer creation or payment API. Validate status codes, response fields, response time and error messages. Be ready to explain how you organise requests and reuse environment variables. 2. Prepare negative API test scenarios. Explain what happens when mandatory fields are missing, authentication tokens are invalid, data types are incorrect, duplicate requests are sent or unsupported methods are used. 3. Revise REST versus SOAP. Understand their message formats, request structures, common use cases and error handling. Practise explaining how you would validate a SOAP XML response compared with a REST JSON response. 4. Combine API and SQL validation. For a sample create-customer API, explain how you would validate the response and then query the database to verify that the record was stored correctly.
๐งโ๐ป Expected Interview Rounds at Photon
- Round 1 โ Recruiter Screening: Experience, educational qualification, career history, Chennai work-from-office availability, CTC and notice period.
- Round 2 โ Manual Testing Technical Interview: Test case design, defect lifecycle, regression testing, severity versus priority and scenario-based questions.
- Round 3 โ API Testing Practical/Technical Round: Postman collections, REST/SOAP, status codes, authentication, request/response validation and negative testing.
- Round 4 โ SQL and Project Discussion: Database queries, backend verification, JIRA usage and examples from previous projects.
- Round 5 โ Managerial or Client Discussion: Communication, ownership, troubleshooting approach and readiness to join. These are likely preparation areas, not verified Photon-specific interview rounds. The actual process may vary by project.
๐ฐ Expected Salary Range
The hiring post does not disclose the compensation budget. As a rough, unofficial estimate, a manual QA professional with 4โ6 years of experience and strong API testing skills in Chennai might explore โน7โ14 LPA, depending on experience, project requirements and current compensation. This is not a confirmed Photon salary range; verify the offered CTC directly with the recruiter.
๐ Resume Tips for This Vacancy
- Highlight Postman experience prominently, including the number of years and types of APIs tested.
- Show manual testing as your core strength, with relevant functional, regression and integration testing examples.
- Mention REST and SOAP separately if you have hands-on experience with both.
- Include SQL validation examples that demonstrate how you verified backend data.
- Quantify achievements honestly, such as test cases executed, defects identified or regression effort reduced.
- Keep your education and career timeline clear, ensuring the stated eligibility criteria are met.
- State your notice period and last working day accurately to address the immediate-joining requirement.
๐ฉ How to Apply
๐ฉvignesh.ravichandran1@photon.com
Eligible candidates should email their updated resume to vignesh.ravichandran1@photon.com and include the following details:
- Total Experience:
- Manual Testing Experience:
- API Testing Experience:
- Postman Experience:
- Highest Qualification:
- Current CTC:
- Expected CTC:
- Current Location:
