Akshay Goel

QA Manager

Delhi, India9 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led a QA team achieving 90% pass rate in regression cycles.
  • Implemented automation strategy increasing coverage from 40% to 85%.
  • Trained junior engineers, enhancing overall team performance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Engineer with expertise in mobile and web applications in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationAgile Methodologies

Other Skills

Test PlanningREST APIsDocumentationJenkinsScrumAnalytical SkillsSystem TestingQA EngineeringSkills AnalysisSkills TestingMobile TestingComputer Science EducationiOS TestingQA AutomationStandards Alignment

About

Aspire to achieve the best standards in the field of software testing in the corporate sector through a continuous process of learning, innovation, integrity, determination and hard work with a view to contributing to the success of the organization. • Expertise in Manual Testing using Black Box Technique. • Skilled in Requirement Analysis, Creating a Test Scenario, Test cases and Execution of Test cases. • Excellent in Functional, Integration and System testing. • Experience in Smoke testing, Sanity testing, Regression testing, Retesting. • Performed Usability, Reliability, Recovery and browser compatibility testing. • Defect Reporting and Tracking using Bug tracking tools JIRA, Zoho. • Experience in mobile app testing, Android & iOS. • Well acquainted with Software Development Life Cycle(SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle(STLC). • Prepared Traceability Matrix to ensure the test case coverage for all requirements. • Coordinating with the Development team for bug fixing. • Strong Team player to find defects in software application against Requirement specifications. • Commitment to co-operative Teamwork and involved in delivering a high-quality product to clients.

Experience

9 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Paytm

4 roles

Lead QA Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

Test PlanningREST APIsDocumentationJenkinsAgile MethodologiesScrum+3

Senior QA Engineer

Apr 2023Apr 2024 · 1 yr

Test PlanningREST APIsDocumentationJenkinsAgile MethodologiesScrum+3

QA Engineer

Jan 2019Apr 2023 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Testing optimization and base functionality a variety of popular apps on developing devices prior to production releases;
  • Penetration and deep testing of superlative apps prior to press releases;
  • Compatibility and cross-device testing;
  • Collecting and analyzing iOS logs;
  • Conducting testing cycles for various long term projects;
  • Providing in scope and out of scope information for QA teams;
  • Supporting testing process by eliminating blockers of any kind;
  • Bug triaging, test case writing and execution verification via Jira.
  • Collecting and analyzing Android logs via ADB;
  • Collecting and analyzing network logs via Charles Proxy;
  • Test case execution;
  • Bug reporting.
Scrum

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Jan 2019Apr 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • Designed and executed manual and automated test plans, identifying and resolving 40+ critical product issues pre-release.
  • Developed a test methodology later adopted company-wide as a QA best practice.
  • Implemented data-driven testing with TestNG, improving regression reliability by 35%.
  • Partnered with DevOps to integrate automation tests into build pipelines, cutting testing cycle time by 40%.
  • Trained junior QA engineers on automation frameworks and debugging, enhancing overall team performance.

Paytm (one97 communications)

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer

Apr 2022Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Lead 7-member QA team across web and mobile testing, ensuring 90% pass rate in regression cycles and on-time release delivery.
  • Spearheaded automation strategy using Selenium, Appium, and TestNG, increasing automation coverage from 40% to 85%.
  • Standardized QA processes and reporting, reducing system errors by 25% and defect leakage by 30%.
  • Built and managed CI/CD-integrated testing pipelines using Jenkins, enabling faster feedback and reduced release turnaround.
  • Monitored production performance using Firebase & Kibana dashboards, improving cross-device stability by 20%.
  • Collaborated with developers, product, and design teams to ensure alignment of QA standards with business goals.

Appster

3 roles

Associate Software QA Engineer

Promoted

Dec 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr

  • > Geenie | iOS | Australia (12/2017 – 09/2018)
  • A platform that enables the users to book for a service and choose the best price from the bids placed by local service provider.
  • Did root cause analysis on the low business registration - Introduced dispute management through Stripe.
  • Only QA in this project, perform end to end testing of iOS application along with Admin web portal.
  • Logged Bugs and Improvements in JIRA
  • > TrapEd | Global Education Quiz | Australia (08/2018 – 10/2018)
  • The game application that will help the students to learn by participating in the quiz with their friends or a solo quiz. Also. one school is associated with multiple suburb so students can play the game by selecting their respective school and play the game globally.
  • Perform in-depth testing of major critical scenarios in iOS app along with 3 different web portals.
  • Logged Bugs and Improvements in Zoho.
  • > Bazar | Marketplaces | Australia (09/2018 – Present)
  • Shopping app where buyer or seller can register themselves and shop many products anywhere, anytime. Quickly search,get product details, read reviews. Upload or Purchase many product at a time.
  • Perform in-depth testing as a buyer or seller and tested multiple critical scenario at a particular time.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Dec 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr

  • Performed end-to-end testing of mobile and web applications for Australian and US clients.
  • Sole QA engineer for Geenie (Service Marketplace App) — developed automated test cases for H5 widgets and ensured cross-platform functionality.
  • Conducted root cause analysis on low registration rates, leading to a dispute management feature via Stripe that improved conversion by 15%.
  • Managed client demos and QA documentation, ensuring clear communication and issue traceability.

Trainee Software Engineer

Dec 2017Jun 2018 · 6 mos

  • Preparation of High Level Test Scenarios and providing the QA Estimates.
  • Performed Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Retesting, UI and Regression testing.
  • Preparing, Reviewing and Execution of Test Cases.
  • Writing the selenium test cases using Selenium standalone script and executing the script
  • Analyzing and reporting the defects using Defect Tracking Tool JIRA.
  • Coordinating with UAT team and also handling some modules in UAT Phase.
  • Interaction with clients on daily scrums with Product Owner and Defect call Meetings.
  • Generating project summary reports for the module and Post Release documents.

Microsoft

Student Partner

Aug 2015Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

  • The MSP program is active around the world to college and university level student Microsoft chooses one skilled student from each institution at a time to serve as representatives. Worked on DreamSpark Account.
  • I was actively involved in student technical clubs, societies, and organizations, preferably in leadership roles. I actively participated in online communities, academic or professional. Examples include blogs, newsgroups, forums, online clubs, and related.

Ritusha consultants pvt ltd

Java Trainee

Jun 2015Jul 2015 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

Education

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

B.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering

Jan 2013Jan 2017

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi

Bachelor of Technology — Computer Engineering

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