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Iris Pokharel

@irispokharel

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QA Automation Engineer and Project Manager specializing in AWS-enabled test automation.

Nepal

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles leading QA automation and cloud testing initiatives in Agile teams that value mentorship, measurable quality improvements, and scalable AWS-enabled solutions.

I am a QA Automation Engineer and Project Manager with over five years of experience delivering automation, cloud, and project leadership across eCommerce, Healthcare, Travel and Social Networking domains. I blend technical expertise in Selenium, Appium, Cypress and Java with business-focused leadership to build scalable, customer-centric software solutions.

My hands-on accomplishments include designing company-standard automation frameworks, reducing release-cycle defects by 30%, and creating cross-platform automation strategies that cut project delays by 40%. I have managed AWS accounts and supported infrastructure planning (EC2, Lightsail, Route53, EBS), working directly with hundreds of clients to optimize solutions and reduce churn.

I work well in Agile teams, mentor junior engineers, and prioritize aligning testing with business goals through clear requirement analysis, prototypes and user documentation. I seek roles where I can drive quality, automation maturity and cloud adoption to accelerate time-to-market and improve customer outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

QA Automation Engineer

Current

Freelancer

Jan 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Led end-to-end QA and automation projects for global clients, implementing Selenium, Appium, Cypress and Java frameworks to improve test coverage and accelerate delivery. Streamlined workflows with JIRA/ClickUp/Trello and cross-browser/mobile testing (BrowserStack, Kobiton).

Selenium Appium Cypress Java BrowserStack Kobiton Jira ClickUp Test Automation

Software Engineer

Deerhold Org.

Jan 2020 - Oct 2022 (2 years 9 months)

Delivered automation and manual testing across domains, developing Selenium-Java and BDD (Cucumber) frameworks that reduced release-cycle defects by 30%. Conducted API testing with Postman and REST Assured and mentored junior QA engineers.

Selenium Java Cucumber Rest Assured Postman)API Testing Regression Testing BDD Mentoring

QA Engineer

Kindship

Nov 2021 - Aug 2022 (9 months)

Performed manual and automated testing, regression and bug tracking to ensure product quality and accessibility for family support users, and improved workflow visibility through ClickUp board management.

Manual Testing Test Automation Regression Testing ClickUp Accessibility Testing Mobile Testing Collaboration

AWS Consultant

Genese Business Solution

Mar 2020 - Mar 2021 (1 year)

Managed relationships with 800+ AWS clients, supported architecture planning (EC2, Lightsail, Route53, EBS) and deployed CRM feature enhancements to improve client management and reduce churn.

LightSail AWS EC2 Lightsail Route 53 EBS S3

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Ace International Business School

Master of Business Administration, Business Administration

2024 - 2025

Master of Business Administration with specialization in Global Business Leadership & Sustainability; dissertation on IT sector brain drain in Nepal and retention strategies.

Deerwalk Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science and Information Technology

2015 - 2019

Activities and societies: Club President (Deer Express Club); Core Member (Everestlist.org); Organizer of DWIT Job Fair 2018.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology focusing on OOP, data structures, networks and a final-year ML project on Nepali news classification.