RANJU R
QA Engineer Web & Mobile Testing Manual & API Testing
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QA Engineer currently working as Senior Software Tester on a live travel-booking platform (flights, hotels and payments) used across iOS, Android and Web. Hands-on in functional, regression, smoke, sanity, exploratory and end-to-end testing, API validation with Postman, test planning and RTM preparation, and full defect life cycle ownership in Agile teams. Also handles day-to-day task allocation as Assistant Project Manager. Currently building automation skills in JavaScript and Playwright.
Technical Skills
• Testing: Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Re-testing, Exploratory, End-to-End, UI/UX, Cross-browser, Positive
& Negative, Risk-based, Release Testing
• Test Design: Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis, Decision Tables, Error Guessing, Test Scenarios
& Test Cases
• Process: SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Test Planning, RTM, Defect Life Cycle, Test Closure
• API Testing: Postman, REST APIs, Request/Response, Status Code & JSON Validation
• Platforms: Web Applications, iOS & Android Mobile Apps, Payment Gateway Flows
• Tools: Jira, GitLab, GitHub, Postman, MS Excel, ChatGPT / Claude (test case drafting)
• Learning: JavaScript, Playwright (beginner), SQL (basic), HTML/CSS Professional Experience
Senior Software Tester Assistant Project Manager August 2025 – Present Tathkarah Travel and Tourism Pvt. Ltd. – Kuwait-based online travel platform
• Lead manual testing of the Flight and Hotel booking engines on Web, iOS and Android, covering search, filters, seat selection, fare calculation, booking confirmation and payment gateway integration.
• Write and execute test scenarios and test cases from requirements, applying Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence Partitioning to fare, date and passenger-count rules.
• Own the complete defect life cycle: log defects with clear reproduction steps, severity and evidence, retest fixes and close issues before release.
• Run regression, smoke and sanity cycles after every feature deployment, and perform UI/UX and cross-browser checks across the full booking journey.
• Validate booking and payment REST APIs in Postman (status codes, request/response and JSON data) ahead of each release.
• Prepare test plans and Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) to ensure full coverage of booking APIs and payment flows.
• As Assistant Project Manager, allocate daily tasks, lead team stand-ups, track progress in GitLab/GitHub and the in-house PM tool, and prioritise Head Office requests to keep releases on schedule.
• Use AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude) to speed up test case drafting, then review and refine cases against requirements. Senior Placement Coordinator (Software Testing Focus) August 2023 – July 2025 Packapeer Academy Private Limited
• Tested student-built web projects for functionality, UI and navigation, including login, sign-up and core page flows.
• Performed smoke, sanity, regression and re-testing on live project links; reported broken or incomplete submissions.
• Took part in technical interviews to assess candidates’ skills and coordinated project status with Corporate Relationship Officers.
Projects
Migrant Job Point – Job Portal (Training Project) Techmasters, Kochi Model: Waterfall Tools: Jira, Excel
• Analysed BRS documents to capture business requirements before test design.
• Designed and executed test cases for registration, job search and application flows; reported bugs in Jira with impact and reproduction steps.
• Participated in peer review of test cases for accuracy and completeness. Training
Software Testing Course (Manual Testing, API Testing, Agile) – Techmasters, Kochi January 2025 – July 2025 Education
B.Tech, Information Technology – APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (CGPA 6.64) 2016 – 2019 Diploma, Computer Hardware and Maintenance – JDT Islam Polytechnic College (CGPA 7.32) 2013 – 2016