Neha Pandya

Associate QA Manager with 7 years of experience in Quality Assurance. I have domain expertise in Capital Markets and Banking, with hands-on experience in applications like Appreciate and MSME. I am proficient in Manual Testing, with strong command over API Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Functional Testing, Regression Testing, and foundational knowledge of Automation using Selenium, along with other QA methodologies. Testing Expertise: Proficient in Manual and Automation Testing, with hands-on experience in API Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, End-to-End Testing, UAT, Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing, Integration Testing, and System Testing. Test Strategy & Planning: Skilled in designing detailed test cases and test plans. Actively involved in sprint planning and contributing to defining testing strategies aligned with business goals. Team Management & Leadership: Experienced in leading QA teams of 6–7 members. Mentored junior QA engineers, conducted performance reviews, and led projects across web and mobile platforms, including Investment Trading (iOS/Web), B2B, and BF portals. Assisted in debugging and resolving customer-reported issues, ensuring minimal downtime. Conducted exploratory testing sessions to assess manual performance and device compatibility. Stakeholder Communication: Effective collaboration with cross-functional teams including developers, product managers, and business analysts to ensure quality deliverable. Process Improvement: Advocate of best QA practices, shift-left testing, pairwise testing, and continuous process improvement. Experienced in working in fast-paced Agile and startup environments. Conducted exploratory testing sessions to assess manual performance and device compatibility. Domain Knowledge: Deep interest and expertise in Capital Markets and Fin-tech applications. Tested applications related to both Indian and US stock markets. Tools & Technologies: Expertise in JIRA for bug tracking and reporting. Experience with basic SQL, Postman for API Testing, and beginner-level knowledge of performance testing using J Meter. Basic automation knowledge using Selenium and experience in functional automation for Investment Web Portal and BF Portal Environment & Testing Scope: Conducted testing across multiple environments: UAT, Pre-Prod, and Production. Familiar with back-end testing using feature flags and exploratory testing practices. Additional Skills: Strong in test data creation for various business scenarios. Experienced in writing robust test scripts with a focus on identifying critical bugs before deployment. Passionate about delivering bug-free, high-quality software using diverse testing strategies. Technical Skills Testing Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Zypher, Postman. Project & Automation Tools: IntelliJ IDEA, Appium Inspector, Android Studio Databases: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB