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Erika Nicole Patalud

@epatalud

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Senior QA Engineer focused on manual testing, quality assurance, and driving product excellence.

Philippines

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a fast-paced, innovative environment where I can ensure product excellence, mentor teams, and improve QA processes.

I am a detail-oriented Senior QA Engineer with over nine years of hands-on experience in manual testing, quality assurance, and agile development practices. I specialize in creating and maintaining test plans, test cases, and requirements traceability matrices to ensure thorough test coverage.

I have led testing efforts across mobile platforms (iOS, Android, J2ME) and web applications, performing functional, regression, exploratory, usability, integration, and system testing. I collaborate closely with developers, product owners, and UX teams to analyze root causes, verify fixes, and prevent recurrence.

Throughout my career I have owned test strategies, executed UAT with end users, and provided regular status updates to stakeholders and management. I have experience mentoring and motivating teams, establishing testing entrance and exit criteria, and implementing quality process improvements focused on defect prevention.

I am proficient with tools and technologies such as Jira, Azure DevOps Server, Confluence, Katalon Studio, Postman, SQL, Java, and JavaScript, and I bring strong analytical thinking, communication, and leadership skills to help deliver high-quality products in fast-paced environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior QA Engineer

Current

Tagit Philippines Inc

Feb 2022 - Present (4 years 1 month)

Create and maintain test plans and traceability matrices, perform functional, regression, exploratory, and usability testing across mobile platforms, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to triage defects and maintain regression coverage.

Manual Testing Test Planning Regression Testing Exploratory testing Agile Scrum Test Estimation

Quality Assurance Analyst II

Vertere Global Solutions Inc

Aug 2019 - Jan 2022 (2 years 5 months)

Designed and executed manual, functional, regression, system, integration, and exploratory tests, authored test strategies and plans, and conducted UAT with end users to obtain final approval and stakeholder signoff.

Test Strategy Functional Testing Regression Testing Integration Testing UAT

QA Specialist

Amdatex Services Corp

May 2018 - Jul 2019 (1 year 2 months)

Tested applications using appropriate tools and methods, monitored application performance, managed defect reporting and liaison with developers, and recommended quality process improvements focused on defect prevention.

Functional Testing Performance Monitoring SQL Process Improvement Risk Analysis

Software Quality Analyst

Digital Services Cambridge Ltd

Aug 2016 - May 2018 (1 year 9 months)

Created test plans, cases, and scripts, ensured test environment and coverage met requirements, executed manual/automated tests, and guided team members while coordinating regression and production validation tasks.

Test Planning Test Automation Regression Testing Test Execution Entrance Exit Criteria

Technical Consultant

Global Sapphire Filipinas Inc

Jun 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 1 month)

Performed database installation, configuration, migration, backup/recovery, Oracle RAC and Data Guard setup, and prepared system documentation for new systems and deployments.

Database Migration Backup Database Installs Documentation Configuration

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

iACADEMY

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering

2011 - 2015

Activities and societies: Academic Scholar (1st–2nd year, A.Y. 2011-2012; 4th year, A.Y. 2014-2015); Dean's Lister (3rd year, A.Y. 2013)

Completed Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in Software Engineering; held academic scholarships and made the Dean's List during the program.