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 principlesundefined
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
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