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Kashaf Ali

Lead SQA Automation Engineer
Karachi

Summary

Seeking to contribute as a valuable team member within an organization that values and appreciates my personal and professional skills, with opportunities for career advancement.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
4053
4053
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead SQA & Automation Engineer

Logiciel Services
Karachi, Sindh
01.2023 - Current
  • Lead and manage a team of 8–9 QA engineers across seven products.
  • Oversee and assign tasks for both manual and automation testing within Agile sprints.
  • Review test cases and automation pull requests to ensure quality and adherence to standards.
  • Manage automation framework enhancements and continuous testing execution.
  • Perform web automation testing for web-based products.
  • Create and deliver presentations to showcase achieved goals, department progress, and key documentation.

Senior SQA Automation Engineer

Logiciel Services
05.2023 - 12.2023
  • Established and optimized QA processes and standards to enhance efficiency and quality.
  • Defined and enforced Agile best practices to improve team collaboration and delivery speed.
  • Developed automation and Release process and continuous testing strategies.
  • Designed comprehensive test plans to ensure product quality and reliability.

Manager SQA

TPS Worldwide
01.2022 - 04.2023
  • Leading & Managing team of the Mobile Money Product
  • Responsible of QA procedures
  • Manage & assign team tasks in sprints for both Manual and Automation
  • Understanding and Feature Handover to the team
  • Review test Cases
  • Manage Automation Framework Level tasks and CT execution and Smart Execution

SENIOR SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER II

TPS Worldwide
01.2021 - 01.2022

SENIOR SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

TPS Worldwide
01.2020 - 01.2021

SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

TPS Worldwide
01.2019 - 01.2020

ASSOCIATE SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

TPS Worldwide
01.2018 - 01.2019

Education

MS - Software Engineering (Gold Medalist)

BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
04.2001 - 01.2022

BS - Computer Science

BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

INTERMEDIATE - Pre-Engineering

BAHRIA COLLEGE KARSAZ
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

Skills

  • Microsoft Visual Studio

  • Postman

  • Swagger UI

  • Jmeter (Basic)

  • Linux (Basic)

  • SQL server

  • Azure Devops

  • TFS

  • QA Touch (Test Management)

  • Vansah (Test Management)

  • Jira

  • GitHub

  • Spec Flow

  • Selenium Web driver

  • Rest Sharp / Rest Assured

  • RIDE (Robot Framework)

Accomplishments

  • Designed automation process flow for Jenkins pipelines.
  • Conducted a POC to optimize test case creation and integrated Vansah with Jira.
  • Implemented SMART regression to optimize regression cycle time.
  • Introduced and enforced the Release Branch Mechanism.
  • Successfully automated smoke testing across multiple products.

Timeline

Senior SQA Automation Engineer

Logiciel Services
05.2023 - 12.2023

Lead SQA & Automation Engineer

Logiciel Services
01.2023 - Current

Manager SQA

TPS Worldwide
01.2022 - 04.2023

SENIOR SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER II

TPS Worldwide
01.2021 - 01.2022

SENIOR SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

TPS Worldwide
01.2020 - 01.2021

SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

TPS Worldwide
01.2019 - 01.2020

ASSOCIATE SQA AUTOMATION ENGINEER

TPS Worldwide
01.2018 - 01.2019

MS - Software Engineering (Gold Medalist)

BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS
04.2001 - 01.2022

BS - Computer Science

BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS

INTERMEDIATE - Pre-Engineering

BAHRIA COLLEGE KARSAZ
Kashaf AliLead SQA Automation Engineer