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Experienced Senior QA professional with 9+ years of experience across capital markets (bond trading) / AI validation Platform, US Banking/ open banking, and marketplace platforms (Car Rental Domain). Proven track record of building QA functions from scratch, leading high-performing teams, and delivering stable releases in regulated financial systems. Expertise in API automation, AI model validation, exchange integrations, and cloud security testing. Recognized for reducing production defects and improving release quality through data-driven testing strategies.
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QA Engineer
Harmoney
Mar 2023 - Nov 2025
Early QA team member for a B2B bond trading platform integrated with NSE & BSE exchanges; built QA processes from scratch including test strategy, regression governance, release sign-offs, and defect management. Owned end-to-end testing of the complete bond trade lifecycle – RFQ/Quote flow, live trade execution, trade closing, exchange reporting, settlement validation across NSE & BSE systems, chat application and external APIs. Validated trade settlement & clearing processes, ensuring accurate exchange reporting, compliance checks, and settlement status tracking; reduced production defect leakage by ~60% within six months. Led Back-office validation covering offline trade reporting, UCC (Unique Client Code) creation & maintenance, payment-to-bond settlement workflows, and inventory/portfolio management. Performed trade and accounting reconciliation by comparing internal system data with NSE/BSE exchange records, identifying mismatches in quantity, settlement value, brokerage, and statutory charges. Led QA for MIND AI analytics platform; built prompt-driven automation framework using Google ADK, Python API automation, and Arize Phoenix to validate model accuracy and detect hallucinations, reducing manual AI validation effort by 50%. Conducted AWS cloud security testing (S3 access control, IAM roles, IP whitelisting) and API performance testing using JMeter to ensure system stability under peak trading loads. Executed API performance testing using JMeter, identifying bottlenecks and validating system stability under peak trading load. Shared performance reports with engineering to optimize response times and throughput. Built and mentored QA team, introduced structured regression cycles, release sign-offs, and defect triage processes, improving team productivity by 70%.
Sr Software Engg
Finicity, a Mastercard Company
Mar 2015 - Dec 2020
Handled multi-role responsibilities including project management, QA leadership, and stakeholder communication. Led a 30-member team across multiple financial products. Built large-scale API automation validating transaction history, account data, statements, and ACH verification, while owning full-cycle testing for the Mvelopes platform (100K+ users) across mobile and web. Developed robust regression suites for bank sync, transaction classification, and PDF validation, and identified a critical onboarding defect that significantly improved partner activation and platform adoption. Led API testing for transaction aggregation, ACH verification, account history. Validated integrations for 10,000+ banks including BofA, Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi, Capital One, and Morgan Stanley. Developed 3000+ automation scripts using an internal framework to fetch banking data, validate responses, and store results in databases. Automated regression coverage across 10,000+ banks, supporting institutions with 50,000+ users each. Set up live monitoring operations using Nagios and Tableau, reducing downtime detection time by 40%. Acted as Scrum Master managing sprint planning, estimation, and releases. Regularly worked with US stakeholders to resolve partner issues.
QA Engineer
Drivelah
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Built QA operations from scratch for C2C car rental platforms across Singapore (Drivelah) and Australia (Drivemate) covering Android app, iOS app, web, KYC, Insurance and browser plugins. Owned testing for Stripe payment gateway and promotion/coupon engines, validating transaction flows, refunds, discount logic, and edge cases. Executed cross-device testing using BrowserStack and different physical devices to ensure compatibility across OS versions and browsers. Automated critical regression flows using Katalon Studio, improving release confidence and reducing manual effort. Introduced structured release certification and regression strategy, resulting in ~60% reduction in customer-reported defects.
Education
BE in Computer Engineering - PVPPCOE
- 2014 · Afghanistan
Diploma in Computer Engineering - K J Somaiya Polytechnic
- 2011 · Afghanistan
S.S.C. - K B Vira High school
- 2008 · Afghanistan
Certifications
Generative AI Foundations Certificate
Upgrad & Microsoft · 2026
ISTQB CTFL Foundation
· 2021
Scrum foundation Professional certificate
CertiProf · 2021
The complete 2020 software testing bootcamp, Agile Crash Course: Agile project management, Agile Delivery Postman API testing
Udemy · 2020
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