Manushree Gangadhar

QA professional with 5 years of experience in software quality assurance, mobile application testing, QA leadership, Agile/Scrum delivery, and software testing. Experienced as a QA Lead with strong expertise in manual testing, functional testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, UAT, API testing, defect management, test case design, requirements analysis, and release validation. Experienced in testing iOS and Android mobile applications and partnering with Product, Development, Business, and QA teams throughout the SDLC.

Successfully supported 50+ production releases and mentored/onboarded 35+ resources.

QA Lead - CARELON GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - Bangalore, Karnataka

(2023-01)

• Led QA activities within an Agile/Scrum environment across requirement analysis, test planning, test execution, defect management, UAT, and production releases.
• Reviewed requirements and acceptance criteria to identify gaps, ambiguities, dependencies, risks, and quality concerns before development and testing.
• Designed and reviewed test scenarios and test cases based on functional requirements and expected product behavior.
• Performed and coordinated functional, regression, exploratory, accessibility, and UAT testing for mobile applications.
• Supported 50+ production releases, contributing to release readiness, validation, defect prioritization, and post-release quality verification.
• Managed defects throughout the defect lifecycle using Jira, including identification, documentation, prioritization, retesting, and closure.
• Collaborated with Product, Development, QA, and business stakeholders to resolve defects and clarify requirements.
• Participated in sprint planning, backlog grooming, story refinement, release planning, and Agile/Scrum ceremonies.
• Performed API validation using Postman and log verification using AWS CloudWatch.
• Mentored and onboarded 35+ resources through structured end-to-end knowledge-transfer sessions; conducted technical interviews and supported hiring/onboarding.

Software Test Engineer - CARELON GLOBAL SOLUTIONS - Bangalore, Karnataka

(2021-01 - 2023-01)

• Analyzed business and product requirements and converted them into test scenarios, test cases, and acceptance-focused validations.
• Performed manual testing of mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms.
• Executed functional, regression, exploratory, accessibility, and UAT testing.
• Designed and executed detailed test cases covering positive, negative, boundary, and end-to-end scenarios.
• Identified, documented, tracked, and retested defects throughout the software testing lifecycle.
• Collaborated with developers and stakeholders to clarify requirements, investigate issues, and resolve product defects before release.
• Participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and contributed to sprint deliverables, beta/TestFlight validation, and production readiness.
• Used Jira, qTest, Postman, and AWS CloudWatch throughout the end-to-end testing and software delivery lifecycle.

B.E. - Computer Science Engineering - Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore (2021)

II PUC - MGM PU College, Udupi (2017)

10th Standard - Kuvempu High School, Hosanagara (2015)