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Pratiksha Hamal

Kathmandu, Nepal

Summary

Results-driven QA Engineer with extensive experience at Sand Console Pvt Ltd, skilled in automation development and risk management. Proven track record in enhancing software quality through effective test planning and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Adept at utilizing tools like Jira and Zephyr Scale to streamline testing processes and improve productivity.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

QA Engineer

Sand Console Pvt Ltd
10.2024 - Current
  • Developed and maintain test documents for functional and regression testing.
  • Prepared test plan, test case, test strategy, test estimation and test cycle management.
  • Client management, handling testing related task in organized and comprehensive manner.
  • Worked directly with Developer and Product Manager to investigate and fix software bugs and deficiencies based on testing result.
  • Utilized Jira for project management and Zephyr Scale for tracking test case progress.
  • Participated in sprint planning and retrospectives to analyze the product health and enhance testing procedure fostering transparency between teams.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Devwals | Australian Company
01.2023 - 09.2024
  • Interact with Project Managers to develop project schedule and resource allocation for QA projects.
  • Conducted in the Daily Defect's Status Meetings along with QA team and Development team.
  • Develop test plans, QA processes and test cases for product management and software development teams.
  • Completed functional, end-to-end, regression and
    verification tests on various software applications and
    platforms.
  • Analyze, troubleshoot and correct production issues and respond to customer escalations.
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.
  • Tested software to assess optimal in-project deployment.

QA Trainee

COTIVITI Nepal
11.2022 - 01.2023
  • Learned new materials, processes and programs quickly.
  • Attended training courses to build understanding of processes, techniques and industry.
  • Increased training efficiency by working closely with supervisor and coworkers, asking questions, and giving honest, detailed feedback.
  • Maintained high levels of efficiency during training by taking detailed notes and asking questions.
  • Manual Testing
  • Basic Q.A automation (Selenium with Java)
  • Writing test cases and scenarios
  • SQL
  • U.S Health Care

QA Internship

Meowork IT Solution
07.2022 - 11.2022
  • Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets and reports.
  • Analyzed problems, identified solutions and made decisions.
  • Completed research, compiled data, updated spreadsheets and produced timely reports.
  • Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
  • Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete on every release and well-organized sprints.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Kantipur Engineering College
Lalitpur, Nepal
08-2022

High School - Science

Hetauda School of Management & Social Sciences
Hetauda, Nepal

Skills

  • Quality assurance processes with basic Quality Assurance Automation
  • Software Documentation Reviews
  • Risk Management
  • Automation Development
  • Selenium Web driver
  • UI Testing
  • SQA Tools & Best Practices
  • Prepare Test Cases, Plans, Scripts and cycle management
  • Defect & Bug Discovery
  • System & Unit Testing, Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, White box Testing
  • Security testing, load testing, performance testing, smoke and regression testing
  • Quality Assurance: Understanding of QA terms and terminologies
  • Programming Languages: Basic Java, C, JavaScript
  • Different tools like Jira for project management and Zephyr scale

Timeline

QA Engineer

Sand Console Pvt Ltd
10.2024 - Current

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Devwals | Australian Company
01.2023 - 09.2024

QA Trainee

COTIVITI Nepal
11.2022 - 01.2023

QA Internship

Meowork IT Solution
07.2022 - 11.2022

Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering

Kantipur Engineering College

High School - Science

Hetauda School of Management & Social Sciences
Pratiksha Hamal