Software QA Engineer with experience in manual and automation testing. Seeking opportunities to ensure software quality, improve user experience, identify defects, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable products. Interested in continuous learning and professional growth in quality assurance.
Saurav Silwal
@sauravsilwal
Automation-focused QA Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing and maintaining UI and API test automation frameworks, stabilising regression pip
What I'm looking for
Automation-focused QA Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing and maintaining UI and API test automation frameworks, stabilising regression pipelines, and driving defect escape reduction in Agile/Scrum teams. Proficient in Playwright, Selenium (Java/TestNG), Cypress, Postman, JMeter, SQL, and CI/CD (Bamboo). SAFe 6 Practitioner with a track record of improving release confidence through shift-left testing and quality gates.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Software QA Engineer II
Infinite Nepal (Cotiviti Nepal)
Jul 2023 - Present (2 years 11 months)
Architected a Playwright UI automation framework to catch critical UI regressions and improve production UI reliability. Integrated regression suites into Bamboo CI/CD pipelines, increased release confidence for bi-weekly deployments, and reduced production/staging MTTR through standardized debugging and root-cause workflows.
QA Engineer I
Young Innovations
Apr 2022 - Apr 2023 (1 year)
Created test plans and cases, supervised a QA intern, and coordinated QA activities with developers and PMs to protect delivery timelines. Built a maintainable Selenium (Java/TestNG) automation suite using Page Object Model and data providers, and performed Postman API testing with JSON Schema validation while managing defect lifecycle in Jira/GitHub.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Scrum Alliance
Certified Scrum Master, Scrum
2024 - 2024
Earned the Certified Scrum Master certification from Scrum Alliance in 2024.
National College of Computer Sciences (NCCS)
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
2018 - 2022
Grade: 3.0
Activities and societies: Runner-Up, NCCS Hackathon (as listed in awards & recognition).
Completed a B.Sc. in Computer Science at NCCS from 2018 to 2022.
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
SAFe 6 Practitioner, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Earned the SAFe 6 Practitioner certification (Scaled Agile Framework).
Udemy
Agile Scrum Foundation, Agile Scrum
Completed the Agile Scrum Foundation course on Udemy.
Udemy
Xray Test Management for Jira, Test Management
Completed the Xray Test Management for Jira course on Udemy.
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