Leah Njuguna
Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Nairobi
Summary
Dedicated and detail-oriented Manual Software Tester with over 3 years of hands-on experience in quality assurance and software testing. Proven expertise in designing and executing comprehensive test plans, creating detailed test cases, and identifying software defects. Possesses a solid understanding of manual testing methodologies, regression testing, and a track record of contributing to the overall improvement of software quality. Committed to delivering reliable and user-friendly software solutions through meticulous testing processes. Seeking to leverage testing expertise in a dynamic and challenging environment
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Engineer-L2
Wasoko
03.2022
- Creating detailed test cases for API testing, covering positive and negative scenarios, boundary conditions, and error handling
- Reading and understanding API specifications, including documentation provided by developers
- This involves comprehending endpoints, request methods, parameters, expected responses, and authentication mechanisms
- Sending requests to APIs using different input data and validating that responses conform to expected outcomes
- This includes checking status codes, response data, and headers
- Testing how well APIs handles errors and exceptions
- This includes verifying that appropriate error codes and messages are returned to clients
- Maintaining comprehensive documentation of test cases, test results, and testing activities
- Collaborating with developers, product managers and other team members to understand software requirements and address identified issues
- Participating in requirements and design reviews to ensure testability and quality considerations are addressed early in development lifecycle
- Conducting exploratory testing to identify additional issues that may not be covered by formal test cases
- Identifying and document defects, inconsistencies, and issues in software
- Reporting defects to development team with clear and concise descriptions, steps to reproduce, and supporting documentation
- Conducting regression testing to ensure that new code changes do not introduce new defects or negatively impact existing functionality
- Creating detailed test cases based on software requirements and specifications
- Executing test cases to verify functionality and performance of software.
Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
Wasoko
05.2020 - 03.2022
- Maintaining comprehensive documentation of test cases, test results, and testing activities
- Updating test documentation based on changes in software requirements and features
- Collaborating with developers, product managers and other team members to understand software requirements and address identified issues
- Participating in regular team meetings to discuss testing progress, challenges, and solutions
- Conducting exploratory testing to identify additional issues that may not be covered by formal test cases
- Providing feedback on user interface and user experience aspects of software
- Identifying and document defects, inconsistencies, and issues in software
- Reporting defects to development team with clear and concise descriptions, steps to reproduce, and supporting documentation
- Conducting regression testing to ensure that new code changes do not introduce new defects or negatively impact existing functionality
- Creating detailed test cases based on software requirements and specifications
- Executing test cases to verify functionality and performance of software
- Reading and understanding API specifications, including documentation provided by developers
- This involves comprehending endpoints, request methods, parameters, expected responses, and authentication mechanisms.
Quality Assurance Engineer-Intern
Wasoko
01.2020 - 04.2020
- Maintaining comprehensive documentation of test cases, test results, and testing activities
- Updating test documentation based on changes in software requirements and features
- Collaborating with developers, product managers and other team members to understand software requirements and address identified issues
- Participating in regular team meetings to discuss testing progress, challenges, and solutions
- Conducting exploratory testing to identify additional issues that may not be covered by formal test cases
- Providing feedback on user interface and user experience aspects of the software.
Education
Academic Qualification -
LinkedIn Learning
Online 07.2022 - 07.2022
Introduction to Coding -
SheCodes
Online 06.2022 - 06.2022
Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA -
LinkedIn Learning
Online 01.2021 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science(Upper Class Division) -
Karatina University, Nyeri County, Kenya
Nyeri,Kenya 11.2016 - 11.2016
Skills
Understanding the basics of mobile testing principlesUnderstanding of API testing conceptsUser Experience (UX) Testing
Defect Tracking and Reporting
Collaborative Team Player
Manual Testing
Test Plans and Test Methodologies
Agile Best Practices
Defect Monitoring
Software Development Tools: JIRA, Confluence
Bug Tracking and Resolution
Black Box Testing
Web and Mobile Application Testing
Requirements Analysis
Scrum Methodology
Continuous-Integration Testing
References
- Kennedy Mwangi, QA Lead, kenmwas7@gmail.com, +254726156420
- Damaris Higi, QA Engineer, higidamah@gmail.com, +254708634222
- John Muchangi, Software Engineer, jmuchangi06@gmail.com, +254715451056
Timeline
Academic Qualification -
LinkedIn Learning
07.2022 - 07.2022
Introduction to Coding -
SheCodes
06.2022 - 06.2022
Quality Assurance Engineer-L2
Wasoko
03.2022
Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA -
LinkedIn Learning
01.2021 - 01.2021
Junior Quality Assurance Engineer
Wasoko
05.2020 - 03.2022
Quality Assurance Engineer-Intern
Wasoko
01.2020 - 04.2020
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science(Upper Class Division) -
Karatina University, Nyeri County, Kenya
11.2016 - 11.2016