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Career Experience

8+ years of leading holistic quality engineering across Web Applications, Mobile Apps (iOS & Android), Relational Databases (SQL), and Microservice APIs — mentoring QA squads, establishing testing standards, accelerating CI/CD pipelines, and driving AI-assisted automation.

AUG 2023 — PRESENT•FULL-TIME · REMOTE
📍London, England (Remote)

Senior SQA Engineer

Shopworks

Leading end-to-end quality engineering, test automation architecture, and deployment sign-offs for an enterprise workforce management SaaS platform.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
  • ✻Led end-to-end QA activities across major enterprise product releases, coordinating manual and automated testing across 5+ feature streams and providing final deployment sign-offs.
  • ✻Architected custom, highly reusable automation wrapper libraries and test components, expanding automated E2E regression test coverage by 60% across complex distributed web platforms.
  • ✻Designed and maintained parallel test execution matrices in GitLab CI using TypeScript, slashing pipeline feedback loops by 45% while managing isolated test state environments.
  • ✻Reduced regression testing turnaround by 40-50% through high-risk scenario identification and strategic automation suite scaling.
  • ✻Stabilized CI automation suites by refactoring legacy tests and improving dynamic synchronization strategies, reducing CI pipeline failures by ~60%.
  • ✻Validated AI-driven workflows and AI-generated outputs against strict business acceptance criteria and system requirements.
  • ✻Conducted comprehensive performance and load testing using Apache JMeter to validate system scalability under peak operational stress.
  • ✻Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI) enabling early defect detection and faster release validation.
  • ✻Maintained and updated automated test cases within existing Testim.io projects, utilizing JavaScript for developing custom steps to handle complex UI logic.
  • ✻Implemented cross-platform mobile automation using Maestro for both iOS and Android to streamline high-velocity UI testing.
Testim.ioJavaScriptTypeScriptMaestroGitLab CIApache JMeterAI QADocker
JUL 2022 — JUL 2023•FULL-TIME
📍Islamabad, Pakistan

QA Automation Engineer (SDET) / SQA Engineer II

Rayn

Directed QA and test automation efforts for multi-platform web and mobile releases, mentoring a team of junior QA engineers in test design techniques and standards.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
  • ✻Directed QA and test automation efforts for multi-platform web and mobile releases, mentoring a team of junior QA engineers in test design techniques and standards.
  • ✻Engineered a modular, cross-platform mobile test automation framework from scratch for React Native applications utilizing Appium, Webdriver.io, and Node.js.
  • ✻Established a Component Object Model (COM) strategy, decoupling UI layers into isolated components to maintain test stability across rapid UI updates.
  • ✻Increased automated regression safety bounds by 50% while cutting test execution cycles in half, achieving a consistent 99% release pass rate.
  • ✻Executed robust API integration and contract testing using Postman and Swagger to validate payload schemas across frontend-to-backend microservices.
  • ✻Identified and resolved critical production defects within 24 hours, driving testing process optimizations that delivered a 20% gain in team efficiency.
  • ✻Managed QA efforts for web and mobile releases, ensuring functional, integration, and regression testing coverage across 3+ product modules.
  • ✻Tracked and managed defects using ClickUp, improving release confidence and defect turnaround.
AppiumWebdriver.ioReact NativeNode.jsPostmanSwaggerClickUpCOM Pattern
JUL 2019 — JUN 2022•FULL-TIME
📍Islamabad, Pakistan

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Aurora Solutions

Owned software quality assurance within cross-functional Agile squads, delivering timely, zero-defect release validation across sprint cycles.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
  • ✻Owned software quality assurance within cross-functional Agile squads, delivering timely, zero-defect release validation across sprint cycles.
  • ✻Built automated E2E test suites for web and mobile applications using Cypress and Flutter Driver, boosting regression test coverage by 50%.
  • ✻Conducted deep-dive performance, stress, and load testing for web applications using Apache JMeter, ensuring optimal responsiveness and a 90% pass rate under load.
  • ✻Maintained rigorous defect tracking and test reporting in Jira, improving resolution visibility and triage for over 100+ reported defects.
  • ✻Researched and integrated modern AI-assisted testing tools into the QA lifecycle to optimize test authoring and exploratory testing efficiency.
  • ✻Provided recommendations to enhance overall user experience, ensuring applications were user-friendly and met accessibility standards.
CypressFlutter DriverApache JMeterJiraAgile / ScrumAI Testing
JUL 2018 — AUG 2019•FULL-TIME
📍Islamabad, Pakistan

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

MFSYS (Pvt.) Ltd.

Performed comprehensive requirement analysis, automated script development, and banking platform quality verification.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
  • ✻Performed comprehensive requirement analysis to derive risk-based functional, boundary, and user acceptance test scenarios for financial software platforms.
  • ✻Developed and implemented custom automated test scripts for web applications from scratch using Selenium WebDriver with Java.
  • ✻Executed full-cycle functional, sanity, regression, integration, and UI compatibility testing across cross-browser environments.
  • ✻Documented, tracked, and verified 100+ defects, compiling regular test status and quality metrics reports for engineering stakeholders.
  • ✻Reconciled automated repayment schedules against backend SQL databases to prevent balance mismatches and ensure audit compliance.
Selenium WebDriverJavaSQLTestNGFinancial QACross-Browser
2014 — 2018•EDUCATION
📍Islamabad, Pakistan

Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES)

Graduated with core foundations in Software Engineering, Algorithms, Database Systems, Computer Networks, and Object-Oriented Programming.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
  • ✻Core focus on Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Distributed Computing, and Data Structures.
  • ✻Engineered academic capstone projects covering automated testing and full-stack software development.
Computer ScienceSoftware EngineeringData StructuresAlgorithmsJavaC++
( education )

Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science

National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES)
2014 — 2018 · Islamabad, Pakistan
( certifications )

Industry Credentials

  • ISTQB Certified Tester - Foundation Level (CTFL)
    ISTQB
    Dec 2022
  • Cypress - Modern Automation Testing from Scratch + Frameworks
    Udemy
    2024
  • Selenium WebDriver with Java - Basics to Advanced + Frameworks
    Udemy
    Apr 2021
  • Testim Fundamentals
    Tricentis
    2024
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