Self-reported as: “Can work in English - Advanced or Bilingual”

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Job type

Consulting, Freelance / Independent, Full-time

Company size / type

Growth-stage startup (21-200), Social/Environmental Impact Company

Culture

Growth-stage startup (21-200), Large Company

Industries

Business Consulting

Hours

EST business hours

Remote experience

For USA, Croatia, India, and Canada

Salary context

Benchmarks for SMB non-tech role · Senior (7+ yrs).

US figures from BLS OEWS 2024 + Glassdoor; India figures from US SMB offshore vendor pricing. Adjusted for the candidate's seniority.

Work experience

1. Manual QA Engineer · Coorva (Navigating Cancer)

   Aug 2024 — Present

   - Executed standard manual QA activities, including test case creation, execution, and reporting, ensuring alignment with project requirements and functional specifications. - Collaborated closely with product and dev teams to perform thorough…

2. QA Lead · Rokolabs

   Mar 2023 — May 2024

   - Enhanced Testing Efficiency Developed comprehensive test plans and strategies in Confluence, covering 100% of functional requirements and streamlining the testing process with xRay, resulting in a 20% reduction in testing time - Improved Team…

3. QA Lead/Sr Manual QA Engineer · iDocket

   Mar 2022 — Nov 2022

   - Empowered and Led QA Teams: Using tools like Sort Site, Taba11y, and Browser Stack, I managed and trained QA teams during the development, execution, and accessibility testing phases to guarantee complete compliance with WCAG 2.0 requirements. …

4. Senior Manual QA Engineer · Bitgo / Intive

   Jan 2022 — Mar 2022

   - Testing and Reporting Conducted thorough testing of policies, rules, webhooks, and transaction accuracy on cryptocurrency projects involving Solana and Algorand, while generating detailed status reports and defect logs - Enhanced User Experience…

5. QA Engineer · Pulse-Ivanti - Incluit / Simtlix

   Jun 2021 — Dec 2021

   - VPN Feature Testing Conducted manual QA across various Pulse VPN features, including VPN Tunneling, Proxy, and Captive Portals, ensuring robust security and functionality, which led to a 30% reduction in post-deployment issues - Advanced…

6. Accessibility Tester · Jam3

   May 2021 — Aug 2021

   - Web Accessibility Testing Expertise Conducted thorough web accessibility testing following WCAG 2.0 Level AA Standards, ensuring compliance and inclusivity - Detailed Test Case Creation Developed accessibility-focused test cases in Excel…

7. QA Lead · Clinify Health

   Oct 2020 — Jun 2021

   - Streamlined QA Processes and Documentation Designed essential QA documents, including Master Test Plan, Test Plan, Use Case templates, and Traceability Matrix Plan, which standardized the testing process and improved overall project organization…

8. Senior QA · Scopic Software

   Sep 2018 — Nov 2019

   - Ensured Seamless Migration to Web-Based Platform Played a critical role in assuring the successful migration from Flash to a web-based platform for a medical-oriented software, preventing potential issues and ensuring a smooth transition - UAT and…

9. Senior QA Engineer · Consumer Affairs

   Sep 2016 — Jul 2019

   - Managed the Bug Channel on Slack, efficiently resolving reported issues from the Client Success team and ensuring final users remained satisfied with the functionality, leading to an improved user experience and higher client retention - Performed…

10. SQA Lead / Business Analyst · ISU Corp

    Feb 2013 — Aug 2015

    - Comprehensive QA Cycle Execution Played a key role in a Utility Billing Project by performing all QA activities within an Agile methodology, ensuring high-quality software delivery through rigorous testing and defect tracking using Rally, which…

11. QA Engineer · Total Performance Consulting LLC

    Jan 2011 — Feb 2013
    USUS company · remote

    - End-to-End QA Cycle Execution in Agile Environment Played a vital role in an Insurance Project, executing all QA activities within an Agile framework, utilizing tools like HP Mercury Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, and LoadRunner to…

Education

1. Systems Engineering · Universidad Tecnologica Nacional

   2000—2000
   AR

Achievements

• Collaborated closely with product and dev teams to perform thorough requirements analysis, improving test coverage by 30% and reducing early-stage bugs.
• Supported test automation efforts by creating reusable test components in AccelQ, enhancing regression efficiency by 20%.
• Enhanced Testing Efficiency Developed comprehensive test plans and strategies in Confluence, covering 100% of functional requirements and streamlining the testing process with xRay, resulting in a 20% reduction in testing time
• Improved Team Performance Led and supported the QA team with tools like xRay, boosting team productivity by 25% and improving defect detection rates, leading to higher-quality deliverables
• Created detailed QA Final Status Reports in Confluence, providing clear summaries of project activities and outcomes, which improved decision-making and project transparency by 40%
• Contributed to a 25% reduction in backend-related issues by verifying APIs through comprehensive testing with Swagger and Postman across all projects, ensuring reliable API performance.
• Led a team Directed a team of QA engineers in the creation and execution of comprehensive testing strategies, achieving a 25% increase in defect detection rate, and reducing production bugs by 30% through methodical use of automated testing tools such as Robot framework and Selenium
• Validated and Optimized Testing Processes: Reviewed SQL queries and executed database statements, ensuring 100% alignment with business rules. Created modular test case libraries, which boosted testing efficiency by 40%
• Directed a Team of QA Engineers Led a team of 5 QA engineers in implementing comprehensive test plans, identifying and resolving 95% of critical software defects before production release, utilizing tools such as JIRA and TestRail
• End-to-End Test Management Created and executed test plans, sets, cases, and flows for each story using JIRA Xray, and manually tested key functionalities, ensuring a 95% accuracy rate in high-quality deliverables
• VPN Feature Testing Conducted manual QA across various Pulse VPN features, including VPN Tunneling, Proxy, and Captive Portals, ensuring robust security and functionality, which led to a 30% reduction in post-deployment issues
• Security and Compatibility Assurance Performed security testing, role mapping, and traffic enforcement, along with testing on different MacOS versions, guaranteeing cross-platform compatibility with a 99% compliance rate
• Streamlined QA Processes and Documentation Designed essential QA documents, including Master Test Plan, Test Plan, Use Case templates, and Traceability Matrix Plan, which standardized the testing process and improved overall project organization by 30% using Jira
• Enhanced Test Coverage and Accuracy: Developed and executed functional and regression test scenarios for a web-based medical application, ensuring 100% test coverage and strict adherence to acceptance criteria, utilizing tools like Jira, TestRail, and Cypress for automation.
• UAT and Defect Management Actively participated in the UAT process by retesting defects, updating Jira with client feedback, and meeting all acceptance criteria, leading to a 20% improvement in final product quality
• Performed quality assurance testing, identified code areas needing improvement, and flagged potential risks early, which reduced critical defects by 20% and maintained high standards in deployed applications and patches, using automated test scripts to increase efficiency by 25%.
• Streamlined projects to meet changing needs, developed process maps and flowcharts, and identified areas for business improvement, resulting in a 15% increase in operational efficiency and better alignment with client requirements
• Comprehensive QA Cycle Execution Played a key role in a Utility Billing Project by performing all QA activities within an Agile methodology, ensuring high-quality software delivery through rigorous testing and defect tracking using Rally, which contributed to a 30% reduction in production defects