Adeel Bashir
Dubai
Summary
Results-driven QA Lead with over 8 years of expertise in manual and automation testing, specializing in web, mobile, and API-based applications. Proven success in leading teams, optimizing QA processes, and delivering high-quality software in Agile and DevOps environments. Proficient in tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and JMeter to enhance test coverage and accelerate release cycles. Certified ISTQB professional with a strong track record across diverse sectors including fintech, healthcare, e-commerce, AI, IoT, banking, and ETL.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LEAD QA ENGINEER
SOFTOO PVT LTD - PRETTY LITTLE THING (UK CLIENT)
01.2021 - Current
- Spearheaded a team of 4 QA Engineers, ensuring the successful delivery of multiple e-commerce applications, including BoohooMan and KarenMillen, from development to production.
- Managed Regression and Smoke automation test suites on Jenkins for biweekly releases, analyzing failure reports and overseeing critical payment gateway testing (PayPal, Apple Pay, Klarna).
- Collaborated with developers and Product Owners in an Agile environment, implementing KPIs to track junior QA performance and optimize testing processes.
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
GRID SYSTEMS (PVT) LTD (SUBSIDIARY OF GLOBAL RESCUE LLC)
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Designed and executed test plans for web and mobile applications, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Developed automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver with C# .NET and Java, leveraging frameworks like POM and Cucumber.
- Conducted API testing to validate backend functionality and data integrity, while logging and tracking issues via Mantis.
Education
BACHELOR'S IN SCIENCE - MAJORS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Capital University of Science And Technology (C.U.S.T)
10-2016
Skills
- Automated testing with Selenium WebDriver
- API functionality testing
- Agile project execution
- Automated deployment strategies
- Development of test frameworks
- CI/CD pipeline management
- SQL data analysis
- Database functionality testing
- Performance testing
- Mobile software testing
- Effective leadership
- Supporting team growth
- Team collaboration
- JIRA workflow coordination
- Issue resolution coordination
- Cucumber
- Gherkins
- Penetration testing
- Power BI
- ETL process validation
- Test strategy formulation
- Cross-platform playwright
- Proficient in Splunk
- Manual testing
- Sanity testing
- Stress testing
- Test case design
- Comprehensive testing
- Automation testing
- Functional testing
- Regression testing
- Smoke testing
- Test automation frameworks
- Black box testing
- Cross-browser testing
- Data validation
- Database testing
- User acceptance testing
- Defect tracking
- Process validation
- Software development life cycle
- Integration testing
- System testing
- Non-functional testing
- Test planning
- Usability testing
- Technical documentation
- Agile methodologies
- White box testing
- Gray box testing
- Performance testing
- Mobile testing
- Load testing
- Security testing
- Test-driven development
- Exploratory testing
- Continuous delivery
- Creation of test scripts
- Continuous integration
- Quality assurance processes
- Defect response
- Requirement analysis
- Bug tracking tools
- Version control systems
- API testing
- CI/CD implementation using Jenkins
- Risk management
- End-to-end testing
- Test plan development
- Attention to detail
Certification
ISTQB Foundation Level Certification
Timeline
LEAD QA ENGINEER
SOFTOO PVT LTD - PRETTY LITTLE THING (UK CLIENT)
01.2021 - Current
QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER
GRID SYSTEMS (PVT) LTD (SUBSIDIARY OF GLOBAL RESCUE LLC)
01.2019 - 01.2021
BACHELOR'S IN SCIENCE - MAJORS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE
Capital University of Science And Technology (C.U.S.T)