Virat Shinde

Experienced Game QA Test Engineer with 4+ years of dedicated quality assurance experience executing meticulous test plans, identifying critical edge-case defects, and collaborating across multi-functional development teams. Highly adaptable to STLC and Agile testing methodologies, with technical proficiency in Unity and Blender to bridge functional QA testing, defect tracking, and game production pipelines. Proven expertise in configuring Jira infrastructure, creating Confluence documentation, and coordinating multi-platform game production lifecycles.

Senior Game QA Test Engineer - Electronic Arts

(2022-09)

• Led a specialized squad of junior testers; coordinated daily QA workflows, task assignments, and chaired Marketplace strategy alignment meetings.
• Structured and executed comprehensive test plans containing baseline and intricate edge test cases for cross-platform builds across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms.
• Oversaw full defect management lifecycles—discovering, profiling, and tracking high-priority bugs within Jira while auditing verification reports submitted by testing personnel.
• Conducted rigorous smoke testing, sanity testing, black-box testing, and ad-hoc exploratory test sequences to map stability and visual fidelity across target hardware tiers.
• Utilized Blender and Adobe Photoshop to build custom operational game assets, streamline production-to-QA handoffs, and audit community-created environments for seamless asset integration.

QA Test Engineer - Codemasters

(2021-09 - 2021-12)

• Performed exhaustive functional test workflows and smoke testing ensuring highly immersive, seamless player tracking metrics specific to fast-paced racing simulations.
• Designed data-driven test suites covering complex system boundaries and physical edge-case behaviors using industry-standard testing tools.
• Partnered with engine programmers during bug triage to quickly document, escalate, and resolve architectural regressions discovered during pre-release agile sprints.

.NET Developer Intern - C3IT Software Solutions

(2022-01 - 2022-05)

• Programmed scalable backend code adhering strictly to corporate .NET framework design principles.
• Formulated functional script testing to parse core requirements, identify architectural logic gaps, and optimize application performance.

MCA - Master of Computer Applications - Savitribai Phule Pune University (2020 - 2022)

B.Sc. - Computer Science - Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (2016 - 2020)