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Shahryar Abbas

@shahryarabbas

Senior QA Engineer at Searchie who caught silent data loss in an AI transcription pipeline and built self-healing Playwright tests.

Pakistan

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking for full-time, part-time, or contract remote QA work, with overlap for US and EU hours.

At Searchie, I led end-to-end, regression, and exploratory QA for an AI-powered video platform and its iOS and Android apps. I caught a transcription race condition that silently dropped user data, and stress-tested the AI Lead Magnet Builder before launch.

I built and maintained a self-healing Playwright suite using Claude Code in VS Code, with TestRail reporting and automated Slack updates. I also raised usability and accessibility issues with side-by-side evidence.

At innRoad, I defined the QA strategy, rolled out TestRail for test case management, and led defect tracking across releases. Across my work, I test web, mobile, and AI/LLM products with manual and automated methods, validate REST APIs, and use real iOS and Android devices.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

QA Engineer (Contract)

Dismantly

Feb 2026 - Sep 2026 (7 months)

Tested mobile builds through TestFlight before each release and verified every fix on real devices before sign-off. Owned defect reporting across core modules and ran daily QA status reports tied to Linear ticket IDs.

TestFlight Mobile Testing Defect Reporting Linear Slack

QA Engineer (Contract)

US FinTech Startup (Confidential)

Jul 2025 - Aug 2026 (1 year 1 month)

Delivered manual functional and regression testing across core fintech web flows. Reviewed requirements from a product view and flagged usability and edge-case risks before release.

Manual Testing Regression Testing Fintech Requirements Review Defect Documentation

QA Engineer (Contract)

Searchie

Dec 2023 - Oct 2025 (1 year 10 months)

Led end-to-end, regression and exploratory QA across the web platform and iOS and Android apps. Built and maintained a self-healing Playwright suite and owned QA on AI features, including finding a transcription race condition causing silent data loss.

Playwright Claude Code TestRail Slack AI LLM Testing Mobile Testing React Native Exploratory testing Regression Testing

Senior QA Specialist (Contract)

myCloudGrocer

Jul 2023 - Apr 2024 (9 months)

Defined and ran the test strategy for web and mobile commerce, covering product, cart and checkout flows end to end. Ran cross-browser and cross-device testing on real devices plus BrowserStack, and owned post-release regression.

Test Strategy Ecommerce Cross Browser Testing Cross device Testing BrowserStack Regression Testing