Manual Testing
Functional, smoke, sanity, regression, retesting, exploratory and negative testing.
Software QA Engineer · Kathmandu, Nepal
Software QA Engineer
who thinks beyond the happy path.
I’m a QA Engineer who enjoys exploring applications, uncovering hidden issues, and turning quality challenges into better user experiences. I’m passionate about learning, problem-solving, and growing with every project I work on.
01 / About Me
Quality is more than finding bugs.
Hello! My name is Sandhya Pandey. I’m a passionate QA Engineer who enjoys turning complex applications
into reliable, user-friendly experiences. My journey in technology
started with PHP development, which gave me a strong understanding
of application logic and later led me to discover my passion for
software quality and testing.
Today, I work across manual, automation, API, and performance testing,
using tools such as Cypress, Postman, Bruno, JMeter, and JIRA.
I enjoy exploring applications, finding what others might miss,
and working closely with developers to turn defects into better solutions.
I’m always curious to learn new technologies, improve my testing skills,
and take on challenges that help me grow as a QA professional.
Manual
Functional + Regression
API
REST + JWT
Automation
Cypress + Selenium
02 / Skills
My QA toolkit.
Practical testing skills across application, API, performance and quality workflows.
API Testing
REST APIs, status codes, JSON, authentication, JWT and request/response validation.
Automation
Growing practical experience with Cypress and Selenium for maintainable E2E tests.
Performance
JMeter load testing, response-time checks and performance investigation.
SQL & Data
Backend validation and investigating differences between UI behavior and stored data.
Browser Testing
Cross-browser checks, responsive testing, DevTools and BrowserStack workflows.
Defect Management
Reproducible steps, expected vs actual behavior, evidence and retesting.
Agile Collaboration
Requirement analysis, test planning, execution, reporting and release validation.
03 / Process
How I approach a feature.
01
Understand
Requirements & business rules
02
Design
Positive & negative scenarios
03
Execute
Test, investigate & document
04
Verify
Retest fixes & regression
04 / Selected work
QA case studies.
Anonymized examples of the type of quality work I do. Proprietary company information is excluded.
01
WEB APPLICATION
Enterprise Web Application Testing
Validated complex workflows, business rules, UI behavior, permissions, calculations and regression scenarios across enterprise web applications.
Functional
Regression
Jira
02
API
REST API Testing
Executed API collections and validated HTTP methods, status codes, request/response data, authentication, negative scenarios and backend behavior.
Postman
Bruno
REST
JWT
03
MIGRATION
Web Forms → MVC Validation
Compared migrated pages against established behavior to verify business rules, field labels, UI elements, permissions and functional consistency.
MVC
Business Rules
Regression
04
PERFORMANCE
Performance Testing
Investigated response times and system behavior under load and used performance results to identify areas requiring further analysis.
JMeter
Load Testing
Analysis
05
AUTOMATION
End-to-End Automation Learning Lab
Building automation skills with Cypress and Selenium, focusing on stable selectors, waits, reusable structure and maintainable E2E scenarios.
Cypress
Selenium
E2E
06
QUALITY ENGINEERING
Defect Investigation & Release Validation
Reproduced defects, documented expected and actual behavior, verified fixes, performed regression and communicated release findings.
RCA
Retesting
Regression
MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
Professional Journey
A timeline of my career path, where I've grown, learned and contributed to building better digital experiences.
Working as a Software QA Engineer, testing web applications, APIs and business workflows to ensure quality, identify defects and support reliable releases.
Manual Testing
API Testing
Cypress
SQL
Jira
Agile
Worked on quality assurance and testing activities for web applications, identifying issues, creating detailed test cases, tracking defects and collaborating with development teams to improve product quality.
Quality Assurance
Test Assurance
Regression Testing
Test Cases
Bug Reporting
Developed and maintained web applications using PHP and Laravel, working with application logic, databases and front-end technologies to build and maintain web solutions.
PHP
Laravel
JavaScript
HTML/CSS
MySQL
06 / Contact
Let's build better software.
Open to connecting with QA professionals, recruiters, developers and teams building reliable products.