Nithya Kalyani Jayakumar
Experienced Quality Assurance Specialist | Software Testing Expert | Proven Track Record
16 yrs experience · <10 hrs/week
About
I am a passionate and results-oriented software testing professional with over 14 years of experience in ensuring the quality and functionality of diverse applications. My expertise spans various methodologies, including functional, UI, regression, integration, end-to-end, and exploratory testing. I am adept at both web and mobile testing, having tackled projects ranging from e-commerce and gaming to social networking and critical systems (911 services). My true passion lies in uncovering the root cause of bugs, and I thrive on delivering high-quality software through meticulous testing practices. Beyond individual contributions, I also possess experience in managing QA teams, fostering collaboration with stakeholders, and ensuring project
Skills
Experience
- Quality Assurance Specialist · Topcoder07-01-2013 – 11-01-2022
• Performing Exploratory Testing and reporting exploratory notes • Providing detailed Bug reports with screenshots, screencasts, crash logs and console logs • Creating and installing builds for Android and iOS and testing on emulator/simulator • Setting up QA/Dev env locally for testing the build and troubleshoot when necessary • Performing Cross Browser/ Cross Platform testing to ensure it works in all platforms • Reproducing hard to reproduce scenarios by experimenting various scenarios • Verifying Bug fixes by pulling MR/PR from Github/Gitlab • Managing Testing Team and reviewing and triaging bugs • Creating Test Summary report and handing over the test deliverables
- Senior Test Engineer · Prodapt02-01-2010 – 05-01-2013
Analysing the Requirement documents and preparing Understanding document • Preparing Test Scenario Document, Test case Document and reviewing • Executing functional and regression test manually and using SOAP UI • Reporting Bugs using Jira • Running Automation Test Script using QTP and monitoring Test results
- Programming Analyst · Atos Syntel08-01-2006 – 02-01-2010
• Analysing the Business/Functional Requirement documents • Writing test cases and executing them • Participating in Status review meeting with the customer • Working with development team to ensure testing issues are resolved • Extensively involved in training and guiding the new team members
Education
- University of MadrasMCA (Masters in Computer Application), Computer Science
- Tirupur Kumaran College for WomenBSc in Mathematics with Computer Application, Mathematics and Computer Application
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