Search Test Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.

QA Lead focusing on functional testing and search quality for Caterpillar. Ensuring release readiness and validating search-driven user experiences across platforms.

Posted 5/26/2026full-timeChennai • 🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Accountable for end-to-end quality outcomes across functional testing and search-driven user experiences
Ensure release readiness across Dev → QA → Stage → Prod
Validate headless search / Query API behaviour and downstream integrations
Support migration/parity testing when moving platforms (e.g., Lucidworks Fusion → Coveo) to maintain functional parity
Validate search analytics and success metrics (e.g., zero-results rate, CTR, conversion signals) and partner with Search/Product on tuning opportunities
Validate index & data integrity across environments (Dev → QA → Stage → Prod) and support promotion readiness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in enterprise eCommerce or platform-based applications
Experience in migration/parity testing for search platform replatforming (Lucidworks → Coveo or similar)
Exposure to API testing and performance considerations for search endpoints
Familiarity with search analytics, experimentation (A/B), and relevance tuning workflows

Benefits

Comp & perks

Professional growth opportunities
Leadership programs

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Hard Skills & Tools

functional testingmigration testingAPI testingsearch analyticsA/B testingrelevance tuningdata integrity validationperformance considerationsquery API validationsearch-driven user experiences