# Shaheem Shaikh

Shaheem Shaikh is a remote worker on Himalayas, Quality Assurance Advisor at WTW, based in India.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@shaheemshaikh

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I’m a QA Advisor delivering end-to-end quality, RTM traceability, and automation for UK pensions and fintech.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | India |
| Authorized to work in | India |
| Job categories | Quality Assurance Advisor, Software Testing, Quality Assurance, Testing Engineering, Software Development Project Management, Quality Assurance Advisor, Software Tester, Manual Tester, Automation Testing, Software Quality Assurance Advisor, QA Consultant, Quality Assurance Consultant, QA Consulting, Quality Assurance Consulting |
| Skills | Software Testing, software quality, Testing, Test Case Generation, Test Case Optimization, Requirements Management, Vendor Management, Team Management, Software Project Management, E Commerce Testing, Test Engineering, Manual Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), UI Testing, Ad Hoc Testing, AI Automation, Functional Testing, Black Box Testing, API Testing, Acceptance Testing, Sanity Testing, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Instabug, Mantis Bug Reporting Tool, Jira, qTest, Confluence, Postman, Web Application Testing, Mobile Application Testing, Playwright, Bruno, SQL, Database Testing, Test Planning, Quality Defect Reports, SDLC, Scrum, Selenium, TestNG, Figma, Android, Black, Mantis, SAFe, Windows, iOS, Agile, Prompt Engineering |

## What I'm looking for

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I’m looking for a QA/automation role where I can own end-to-end testing, build RTM traceability, and modernize workflows with Playwright and AI-assisted test design in close collaboration with product and engineering teams.
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## About

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I’m a QA Advisor with nearly 3 years of experience steering end-to-end quality roadmaps, defining test methodologies, and generating Requirements Traceability Matrices (RTM) across complex domains. My strengths span UK Pension (DB/DC), FinTech, and InsurTech, with a consistent focus on quality assurance that’s both structured and practical.

In my current role, I acquire deep domain expertise in UK pensions by analyzing and verifying DB (Defined Benefit), DC (Defined Contribution), and DB core schemes. I execute core QA activities with manual test execution and API automation, and I modernize how teams work by using AI-driven Copilot prompt engineering to accelerate test case creation. I’ve also initiated API automation frameworks using Playwright and progressively integrated agentic AI capabilities to enhance automated testing workflows.

Previously, as a Software Testing Executive, I handled end-to-end testing from scratch as a Software Tester, including creating test plans, scenarios, and cases, executing tests, and reporting defects. I led a team of 5 junior software testers, managed NLP-based automation testing, and worked across 4 crucial institutional projects. I also audited Figma documents before development to support smoother QA validation.

Outside core employment, I’ve done freelance testing work where I handled requirement gathering, delivery timelines, and team coordination for a restaurant application. I contributed to testing and automation using Selenium and TestNG, while working with a stack including React (frontend) and Node.js (backend). I bring an execution-first mindset—clear traceability, strong defect lifecycle discipline, and continuous workflow improvement.
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## Experience

### Quality Assurance Advisor (current)

[WTW](https://himalayas.app/companies/wtw). May 2025 - Present

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QA Advisor for UK pension schemes (DB, DC, DB core), performing manual test execution and API automation across institutional projects. Implemented AI-driven Copilot prompt engineering for test case creation and built Playwright-based API automation frameworks.
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Skills: Prompt-Engineering, Manual-Testing, API-Testing, Automation, Playwright, AI-Automation, Test-Planning, Black-Box-Testing, Regression-Testing, Smoke-Testing, Agile, Scrum, SQL

### Software Test Engineer (current)

[WTW](https://himalayas.app/companies/wtw)

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Conducted business acceptance testing and improved software features through detailed observation and better implementation. Coordinated with a vendor (Mind craft), worked across e-commerce, insurance, and investment domains, and led a team of 4 people.
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Skills: Software-Testing, software-quality, Testing, Test-Case-Generation, Test-Case-Optimization, Team-Management, Software-Project-Management, Test-Engineering

### Software Test Engineer

Finhaat. Apr 2024 - May 2025

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1. Handled the requirement along with managing the vendor Mind craft.
2. My role required business acceptance testing, enhancing the features by making detailed observation and make implementation better,
3. Handle a team of 4 people
4. Worked in e-commerce domain, Insurance domain, Investment domain.
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Skills: Software-Testing, software-quality, Testing, Test-Case-Generation, Test-Case-Optimization, Team-Management, Software-Project-Management, Test-Engineering

### Software Testing Executive

Finhaat Technologies. Apr 2024 - Apr 2025

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Software Testing Executive performing end-to-end manual testing including test plan/scenario/case creation, execution, and defect reporting. Led a team of 5 junior testers and handled NLP-based automation testing on institutional insurance-related projects.
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Skills: Manual-Testing, UAT, Functional-Testing, Test-Planning, Test-Case-Creation, Team-Leadership, Verifying-Figma-Designs, UI-Testing, Regression-Testing, Smoke-Testing, Black-Box-Testing, Jira, qTest, Confluence, Postman

### Freelance QA - E-commerce Testing

Innovant Solutions

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Freelance testing for an e-commerce (Swiggy-like) restaurant application, including automation using Selenium and TestNG. Conducted application testing and contributed to automated test coverage.
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Skills: E-Commerce-Testing, Selenium, TestNG

### Freelance Tester - Chulli

Yugantar Innovations

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Freelance QA support including requirement gathering and delivery/deadline coordination for a restaurant application named Chulli. Worked with a small team including a React frontend and Node.js backend engineers.
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Skills: Requirements-Gathering, Task-Coordination, Manual-Testing

## Education

### Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering

Bachelors of engineering. 2017 - 2020

### Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering. 2017 - 2020

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Earned a Bachelor of Engineering from Lokmanya Tilak College of Engineering from 2017 to 2020.
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## Tech stack

- Postman
- DB
- Gmail
- Figma
- Jira
- Mantis
- Instabug
- iOS
- Windows
- SQL
- Playwright
- Score
- Black
- Make
- Bruno
- Task
- SAFe
- Check
- Android

To contact Shaheem, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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