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Ralston Fernandes

@ralstonfernandes

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Quality assurance engineer focused on reliable testing and defect prevention.

India

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking QA roles where I can lead testing efforts, improve test automation, collaborate closely with product teams, and contribute to quality processes and reporting in a growth-oriented, collaborative environment.

I am a motivated Quality Assurance professional with extensive experience in manual and automated testing across web and mobile platforms. Over an 11-year tenure as a Software Test Engineer I designed test plans, built and executed test suites, tracked defects using JIRA and GitHub, and contributed to reporting tools and dashboards to improve product quality and performance.

Previously I worked as a Research Analyst managing ad campaigns and optimizing domain performance for premium sites. I bring strong knowledge of SDLC/STLC, API testing, Maven and Jenkins integrations, cross-platform testing, and hands-on experience with Selenium WebDriver and Postman to quickly integrate with engineering teams and drive continuous improvement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Software Test Engineer

Media.Net

Jan 2016 - Jul 2024 (8 years 6 months)

Led manual and automated QA for ad tech products, designing test plans and executing integration, regression, and UI tests that improved defect detection and release quality over an 8+ year tenure.

Manual Testing Selenium Webdriver Java Jira API Testing Postman Regression Testing

Research Analyst

Media.Net

Oct 2012 - Dec 2015 (3 years 2 months)

Managed and optimized ad campaigns for premium sites (Forbes, MSN, Meredith), improving portfolio performance and reporting campaign ROI through daily optimization and stakeholder coordination.

Ad Operations Campaign Optimization performance reporting Data Analysis ROI

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

St Andrews College of Arts Science & Commerce

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

2010 - 2012

Grade: 3.85

Activities and societies: 3-year undergraduate degree focused on software, databases, networking, and programming, providing practical skills for the tech industry by blending theory with hands-on training

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology between 2010 and 2012.