Soumya Kumaran (QA Team Lead/Senior QA Engineer)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Mob: - |-
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumya-kumaran-/
EXPERIENCE
LIBAS (Ecommerce App – Web, Android & iOS Testing, Freelance, Dubai (Jan 2025 - Present)
QA Test Engineer
• Conduct compatibility testing across multiple devices, OS versions (iOS & Android), and
browsers.
• Validate responsiveness, UI consistency, and user experience across platforms.
• Perform smoke, sanity, regression, system, and exploratory testing.
• Ensure smooth end-to-end order placement, tracking, and cancellation workflows.
• Log defects with clear steps to reproduce, screenshots, and videos where needed.
• Collaborate with the performance testing team to check load times, responsiveness, and app
stability under varying user loads.
HICX SOLUTIONS LTD (SCM - London, Remote job - Nov 2015 – Dec 2024)
QA Team Lead/Senior QA Engineer
• Led a team of 10 QA engineers to implement a comprehensive test automation framework and
reducing release cycles.
• Implemented data-driven testing strategies that improved test coverage and significantly reduced
production incidents.
• Developed and maintained end-to-end automated tests using Selenium and ACCELQ, resulting
in reduction in manual testing efforts.
• Collaborated with product managers to identify and prioritize critical user scenarios, leading to an
increase in customer satisfaction scores.
• Mentored junior QA engineers, providing weekly training sessions that improved the team's
overall testing skills and efficiency.
• Spearheaded the adoption of Agile methodologies within the QA department, cutting down test
cycle time.
• Devised a defect management process that minimized defect leakage into production.
FOX DIGITAL PVT LTD (Ecommerce Website, India, Feb 2014 - Sept 2015)
Senior QA Engineer
• Conducted extensive regression and functional testing, achieving a defect detection rate of 98%
before production releases.
• Led root cause analysis sessions for critical defects, which decreased recurrence of similar
issues.
• Conducted performance and stress testing, identifying key issues that increased system stability
• Developed test plans and test cases for a complex e-commerce platform, ensuring
comprehensive test coverage and quality.
AITRICH TECHNOLOGIES (India, Jan 2013 - Jan 2014)
QA Analyst
• Wrote and maintained comprehensive test cases and scripts based on functional requirements.
• Executed functional tests, regression tests, and UATs, maintaining accurate test coverage.
• Executed test plans and documented results for enterprise-level applications, contributing to a
defect resolution efficiency.
• Collaborated with development and product teams to clarify specifications, increasing test case
accuracy.
EDUCATION
MCA (Master of Computer Applications) – Calicut university, India.
SKILLS
Testing Expertise:
Manual & Automated Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing,
Performance Testing, Sanity Testing, White box Testing, Black Box
Testing, Exploratory Testing, Mobile Device Testing (iOS& Android), API
Testing.
Testing Frameworks:
Selenium, ACCELQ.
Programming Languages: JSON, JavaScript, SQL, C++, Java.
Tools & Technologies:
JIRA, JMeter, Git, Postman, GitLab, GitHub, SAAS, AWS, Bugzilla,
Mantis, Redmine, CI/CD Pipeline, Jenkins, QMetry, Confluence, QTP,
Load Runner.
Methodologies:
Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Waterfall, TDD, BDD, SDLC, STLC.
PROJECTS
➢ Company : HICX SOLUTIONS LTD (SCM - Supply Chain Management projects)
The Supplier Management System provides a centralized platform for suppliers to manage their supplier
data integration of master data, including Supplier Details, Contact Information, Bank Data, Location
Data and ensure all this data gets integrated into the ERP system. The key features include streamlined
supplier onboarding, changing approval workflows & ERP integration.
Few Customers / Projects: MARS, Mondelez, Lenovo, Baker Hughes, Orkla, Cytiva, Sitel, EDF
systems, BAE systems, AutoNation, NGC, Roke, GPI, Unilever, Wabtec.
Responsibilities:
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Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to understand supply chain workflows,
including onboarding, master data management, analytics reporting.
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Develop a comprehensive test plan tailored to the complexities of the SCM system, covering all
modules.
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Define testing strategies for functional, non-functional, and integration testing to ensure seamless
operation across all supply chain components.
➢ Company : FOX DIGITAL PVT LTD (E-Commerce projects)
Aisin: This is an e-commerce website with which a user can purchase products using secure payment
methods. The company has a focus on three different markets: automotive parts, lifestyle and energy
related products and wellness related products. The same client is having 3 sites in which only 1 site
is allowing e-commerce purchase. All the 3 sites can be managed through a single admin side. It’s
developed with PHP, Laravel Frameworks.
➢ Company: Aitrich Technologies (iPad / Mobile Apps)
Thinking Blocks (iPad Application): This iPad application is a problem-solving tool that enables students to
build physical models of math word problems. Thinking Blocks programs include word problems
involving addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, and ratio and algebra. It’s
developed with Objective C, SQLite.
OTHER DETAILS
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Certification:
Certificate Program in Software Testing (CPST), QAI Global Institute from
Vista Systems and Software Solutions, Kerala, India.
UAE Visa status:
Residence Visa, Husband sponsorship.
Personnel Strength: Adaptability, Strategic thinking, Problem solving, Leadership,
Confidence, Hard Working
Nationality:
Indian
Languages:
English, Hindi
Marital Status:
Married
