Smily Arora

As part of my professional journey, I took the opportunity to work in the manufacturing sector to deepen my understanding of this vital industry, especially since Canada is a global hub for manufacturing excellence. During my time as a welder, I gained hands-on experience with production processes, welding techniques, and quality inspection tools.

This role allowed me to develop a strong foundation in quality assurance, precision work, and safety protocols, while also enhancing my ability to work in dynamic and fast-paced environments.

Company's overview: Briq is a specialized software platform designed for the construction industry, focusing on financial management and project performance tracking. It helps construction companies streamline their budgeting and forecasting processes, offering real-time data insights to monitor project performance effectively. It operates on workflows by integrating with existing ERP and construction management systems. It enhances efficiency through automation and provides robust analytics and customizable dashboards for data-driven decision-making. This enables construction firms to maintain better financial control, increase project visibility, and proactively address issues, ultimately improving overall project outcomes.

My main duties were:

• Maintained traceability between requirements, tests, results and defects in bug tracking system.
• By automating data entry, Briq transforms it into easy-to-understand, actionable insights, enabling you to effectively plan and forecast more reliable business outcome
• Worked closely with developers in troubleshooting complex issues related to software functionality.
• Ensured that all changes made were properly documented throughout the life cycle process.
• Conducted root cause analysis to determine the source of issues found during testing.
• Participated in weekly status meetings with management team regarding progress on QA tasks.
• Analyzed log files from multiple environments for debugging purposes.
• Developed and implemented quality assurance processes to ensure software met customer requirements.
• Developed automated scripts using Cypress for regression testing purposes.
• Evaluated and recommended software for testing and bug tracking.
• Identified, analyzed and documented problems with program function, output, online screen, and content.

About Outgrow.co:
In my role as a Quality Assurance (QA) professional at Outgrow, I played a crucial role in ensuring the high quality and functionality of the platform. I was responsible for validating over pre-optimized templates, but also their in-depth technicalities. Additionally, I focused on testing lead conversion features, personalized responses, and the lead qualification process to guarantee optimal user experience.

My main duties were:
• Conducted regression tests on existing applications after new releases or bug fixes.
• Developed strategies for comprehensive smoke, functional, integration, UAT, performance testing activities.
• Data integration with several CRMs like Mailchimp, Salesforce and Hubspot
• Tested up a ecommerce quiz, and performed integrated testing with shopify, woo-commerce and google sheets
platforms.
• Tested enterprise applications or features.
• Regular project follow-ups from the juniors and provided coaching.
• Maintained up-to-date documentation and testcases regarding the current state of all projects within the QA team's
scope.
• Collaborated with developers and product managers to ensure all features were tested thoroughly before release.
• Reviewed user interface designs for usability issues prior to development efforts beginning.
• Thoroughly tested the applications' GUI using cypress and selenium locators
• Documented results of various tests performed throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle.
• Reported defects found during testing into a bug tracking system such as JIRA and Asana for further investigation by developers.
• Performed automated and manual testing of newly developed web-based software.
• Reviewed user stories, specifications documents and other project documentation to ensure a thorough understanding of requirements prior to initiating tests.
• Collaborated with developers for root-cause analysis to resolve software issues and develop solutions.
• Supported browser and accessibility standards for testing.
• Managed multiple assignments effectively using Project Management Tools to ensure timely completion.
• Analyze business requirements or new changes.
• Identified opportunities for improving the development process through streamlining manual tasks with automation techniques.
• Participated in product design reviewed to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, and potential problems.
• Documented test results to assist in debugging and modification of software.
• Monitored application performance under load conditions using Jenkins.
• Worked in a Agile environment.
• Developed basic automated test scripts in Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG and Maven to test web applications.
• Visited beta testing sites to evaluate software performance.
• Verified applications on virtual environment using Browser Stack and Lambda Test tools for cross web browsers