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Subash Acharya

@subashacharya1

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Seasoned QA Lead and Automation Specialist driving reliable software and ML model quality through automation.

Nepal

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior QA/automation role where I can lead teams, scale test automation and ML validation, integrate with CI/CD, and mentor engineers.

I am a QA Lead and Automation Specialist with 11+ years of experience designing automation frameworks, leading QA teams, and integrating testing into CI/CD pipelines. I specialize in Cypress, JavaScript, Postman, Docker, and Kubernetes, and have a strong track record reducing manual testing and raising coverage.

I have extensive experience testing machine learning models, creating training and validation datasets, and developing methodologies to detect bias and edge-case failures. I am a Certified Scrum Master who mentors engineers, establishes QA standards and KPIs, and delivers reliable software in Agile environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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QA Lead

Current

Identv LLC

Sep 2018 - Present (7 years 6 months)

Led a cross-functional QA team and architected a Cypress/JavaScript automation framework achieving over 80% test coverage, reduced manual testing time by 40%, and integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.

Cypress JavaScript Postman CI CD Docker Kubernetes Test Automation Jira

Project Lead Academics

Itahari International College

Jul 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Supervised IT department faculty, developed and delivered technical training on software engineering and OOP, and coordinated assessment quality and faculty performance improvements.

Technical Training Curriculum Development Software Engineering OOP Assessments Mentoring

Lecturer

Softwarica College of IT

Dec 2016 - Dec 2018 (2 years)

Taught software engineering, OOP, and design patterns to undergraduates, supervised student projects, and evaluated academic performance and assessments.

Teaching Software Engineering OOP Design Patterns Student supervision Assessment Design

QA Engineer / Project Manager

OliveMedia Pvt Ltd

Jul 2013 - Jul 2018 (5 years)

Developed and executed manual and automated test suites for web and mobile apps, implemented Agile practices to improve delivery, and created test documentation and version-controlled automation frameworks.