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Pirajeev Srikandarajah

Montreal,Canada

Summary

Dynamic QA leader with a proven track record at Alice & Smith Metalab, where I established a QA department from scratch, enhancing efficiency and team capability. Expert in Jira and team management, I excel in mentoring and streamlining processes, significantly contributing to project success and stakeholder satisfaction.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of QA

Alice & Smith Metalab
12.2022 - 01.2024
  • Built QA department in the first year from the ground up which included:
  • Building a core QA team of manual and Automation analyst
  • Implementing QA processes and workflow
  • Researched and implemented tools to support our QA work
  • Teaching project managers what we do in QA and how to integrate us within projects
  • Setup QA onboarding documentation and training
  • Put together weekly reports for Key Stakeholders
  • Setup bug entry and life cycle process
  • Setup Team building events both virtual and in person
  • Spent a lot of time helping the QA team to become better and more efficient at testing, which allowed us to take on more work with the same amount of people
  • Leveraged AI to help build and refine our tests
  • Built a QA roadmap for XR server as no QA was ever done on the product
  • Guided and managed QA team to setup Feature Documentation, Manual and Automated Tests
  • Setup a Release process to ensure Quality was met, and completing submission deadlines
  • Collaborated with Key Stakeholders to build and improve product through Monthly Retros, 1on1 to discuss more specific issues with timelines, blockers and other pain points that came up
  • Worked with Clients and internal team build Tests and processes that supported the project timeline
  • Provided feedback to improve the feature implementations based on my product knowledge
  • Flagged issues and blockers
  • Supported in bringing best practices over from project to project to ensure a smooth development process
  • Built Reporting and bug templates for the QA team to use
  • Put together test plans for each project we worked on

QA Dev Lead

Square Enix Montreal
03.2022 - 12.2022
  • Team size 8 Analyst (Manual QA)
  • Building QA roadmap and live-ops release cycle process
  • Updating producers and stake holders on QA progress
  • Mentoring Lead and QA analysts to be more autonomous
  • Continuous refinement of processes and procedures to meet project scope and needs
  • Risk assessment of new features

Production Assistant

Keywords Studios
02.2021 - 03.2022
  • Team Size 140 (8 Leads, 8 Senior QA, 124 Manual QA)
  • Admin tasks – monthly client invoicing, scheduling, hardware request
  • Mentoring leads and seniors through bi-weekly feedback and quarterly evaluations.
  • Organizing Team building activities and events
  • Managed 4 projects simultaneously
  • Standardized daily reporting, bug entry, QA execution and releases testing across all projects.
  • Setup Monthly QA meeting to learn from each other and have QA discussions.

FQA Lead

Keywords Studios
02.2016 - 01.2021
  • Lead variety of projects, with varying team sizes, and project scope
  • Monthly and Quarterly evaluation of Senior and Manual QA
  • EOD Reports, vetting, test case writing, and supporting department initiatives

Education

Intro to Macro Economics, Intro to Micro Economics, Intro to training and Development

Condordia University
Montréal
01.2015

MD - Pre-med program, Clinical Rotations

All Saints University - School of Medicin
Dominica
01.2012

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Playfab
  • Postman
  • Jira
  • Github
  • Testrail
  • CRM Tools
  • Google docs
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Playstation consoles
  • Xbox Consoles
  • Browsers
  • PC
  • Problem Solver
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Troubleshooting
  • Conflict resolution
  • Efficiency expert
  • Great communication
  • Mentoring
  • Team management
  • Decision-making

Websites

Affiliations

  • Collecting Transformers toys
  • Video Games
  • GYM
  • Wrestling

Timeline

Head of QA

Alice & Smith Metalab
12.2022 - 01.2024

QA Dev Lead

Square Enix Montreal
03.2022 - 12.2022

Production Assistant

Keywords Studios
02.2021 - 03.2022

FQA Lead

Keywords Studios
02.2016 - 01.2021

Intro to Macro Economics, Intro to Micro Economics, Intro to training and Development

Condordia University

MD - Pre-med program, Clinical Rotations

All Saints University - School of Medicin

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