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Isha Tamrakar

@ishatamrakar

I lead end-to-end QA for payments, banking, healthcare, and telecom platforms across web, mobile, APIs, and backend systems.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for a full-time role where I can apply my payments and BFSI QA experience while growing into payments consulting and business analysis, with opportunities to work on SWIFT, ISO 20022, API testing, and AI-assisted QA practices.

I've led end-to-end QA for Cashrich Fintech's mutual fund platform transformation across Android, iOS, web, and mobile, reducing regression testing time by 30% through streamlined test planning. I owned the Master Test Plan, migration and rollback strategy, production readiness, UAT sign-off, and requirement-to-defect traceability through go-live.

Across IBM, Infrasoft Technologies, and freelance BFSI engagements, I've tested payment lifecycles, corporate banking, card networks, FATCA compliance, cross-border payments, treasury operations, trade settlements, and healthcare claims. My work spans business and regulatory requirement analysis, functional, integration, UAT, regression, API, and SQL-based backend testing.

I'm ISTQB-certified and currently building AI-assisted testing workflows with Claude AI while deepening my knowledge of SWIFT messaging, ISO 20022, and modern payment systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior QA Analyst

Current

Planned Maternity Leave

Apr 2022 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Engaged in freelance payments testing projects and explored AI-assisted testing workflows using Claude AI. Upskilled in modern QA practices, payment systems, SWIFT messaging, ISO 20022, and API testing.

AI assisted Testing Claude AI Payments Swift ISO 20022 API Testing

Senior QA Consultant / QA Lead

Cashrich Fintech India Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 2019 - Apr 2022 (3 years 2 months)

Led QA for the end-to-end transformation of the Cashrich Mutual Fund platform, reducing regression testing time by 30%. Owned the Master Test Plan, directed testing for onboarding, KYC, SIPs, and API testing, and managed defect lifecycle in JIRA.

QA Leadership Test Planning Regression Testing API Testing Postman MySQL Jira UAT Mutual Funds KYC SIP

Senior QA Analyst – Freelance Projects

Freelance

Mar 2016 - Feb 2019 (2 years 11 months)

Worked selectively on freelance BFSI software testing projects during a planned career break. Maintained domain currency in payments and banking QA practices.

BFSI Payments Banking QA

Senior Software Tester

Infrasoft Technologies Ltd.

Apr 2015 - Mar 2016 (11 months)

Contributed to end-to-end functional testing of FATCA compliance workflows, including customer classification, indicia checks, and regulatory reporting. Performed backend validation via SQL Server and supported 20+ releases.

FATCA Functional Testing SQL Server Regulatory Compliance

Associate Software Test Engineer

Centurylink Technologies Ltd.

May 2012 - Aug 2012 (3 months)

Performed functional and regression testing for telecom billing and provisioning workflows, validating order management and service activation scenarios. Executed test cases for OSS/BSS integration points.

Telecom Testing Billing Provisioning Order Management OSS BSS Regression Testing

Software Tester

IBM

Nov 2011 - Apr 2012 (5 months)

Played a key role in functional testing across multiple payment solutions covering the full payment lifecycle. Validated domestic and cross-border payment processing, FX conversion, and Nostro/Vostro account transactions.

Payment Testing Nostro Vostro

Software Tester (Fresher)

IBM

Nov 2010 - Oct 2011 (11 months)

Performed functional testing of claims adjudication workflows for Medco Technology (USA), validating claim intake, eligibility checks, and benefit calculation. Executed test cases for claim status updates and denials.

Healthcare Claims Claims Adjudication Functional Testing SQL