Ashmita Maharjan
Verified Expert in Engineering
Manual QA Developer
Denver, CO, United States
Toptal member since February 24, 2026
Ashmita is a dedicated QA engineer with 5+ years of experience in web application testing and automation. She has a proven track record of developing robust automation frameworks, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to efficient release cycles. Ashmita is passionate about continuous improvement, quality engineering, and delivering reliable, high-performance applications.
Portfolio
Experience
- Website QA - 5 years
- Agile - 5 years
- Manual QA - 5 years
- TestRail - 5 years
- Jira - 5 years
- Agile QA - 5 years
- Automation - 3 years
- Cypress - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Cypress, GitLab, Postman, Apache JMeter, TestRail, Jira, Microsoft Word, Confluence, Microsoft Excel, MySQL
The most amazing...
...contribution I've made was improving test coverage and minimizing critical production issues.
Work Experience
Automation Engineer
Pyxis Consulting/State of Alabama
- Automated end-to-end SNAP and TANF eligibility workflows, covering scenarios from user authentication and case initiation through Interview Wrap Up using Selenium-based automation frameworks.
- Leveraged existing page objects, reusable utilities, and test data management approaches to develop and maintain stable automation scripts for complex public benefits workflows.
- Collaborated with business analysts and team members to understand eligibility rules, application flows, and validation requirements, ensuring accurate test coverage of critical case processing scenarios.
- Executed, debugged, and stabilized automated test suites, identified defects, and improved test reliability by handling dynamic elements, synchronization issues, and application changes.
QA Engineer
Houzz
- Designed structured test plans and test summary reports to improve release visibility and stakeholder communication.
- Improved defect reporting clarity by standardizing reproduction steps, expected against actual results, and severity classification.
- Collaborated with developers through Jira to track defect lifecycle from discovery to resolution, ensuring 100% traceability.
- Implemented regression testing cycles before each deployment, reducing post-release defects by approximately 30%.
- Improved regression efficiency and reduced release cycle time through parallel execution.
- Maintained and enhanced a test harness to detect defects missed during sprints by regularly running automated scripts in staging and production environments.
- Worked closely with product, technology, and QA teams to expedite root cause analysis and resolution of defects in both production and sprint cycles.
QA Engineer
LIS Nepal Pvt
- Validated adherence to financial compliance rules by cross-checking transaction data, audit logs, and user access levels against defined regulatory requirements.
- Participated in writing user acceptance test cases according to scenarios and design documents in an Excel sheet.
- Assisted QA leads in developing test estimates, scopes, and UAT test plans.
- Provided daily test execution status, test coverage status reporting, and metrics for the monthly release.
- Ensured that the software delivered met all requirements and expectations of the final UAT test plan.
QA Engineer
Leapfrog Technology
- Handled the validation of AI chatbots for a healthcare project.
- Participated in the development of a digital health platform to early diagnose maternal mental health on both mobile app (iOS/Android) and website environments.
- Conducted manual user acceptance testing extensively.
- Trained and researched on manual feature testing, UI testing, regression testing, smoke testing, sanity testing, performance testing, and user acceptance testing.
- Participated in Agile ceremonies and sprint planning as part of the software team.
- Documented technical specifications and user guides for internal tools.
Experience
Caterpillar Game
This project helped me understand event handling, game loops, collision detection, screen boundaries, object movement, and score tracking in Python.
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Avila University - Kansas City, MO, USA
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering
Nepal College of Information Technology - Nepal
Certifications
Test Automation Engineer (CT-TAE)
ISTQB
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Playwright, React, NumPy, Pandas, Turtle
Tools
TestRail, Jira, Microsoft Word, Postman, GitLab, Apache JMeter, Confluence, Microsoft Excel, Jenkins
Paradigms
Manual Testing, Automated Testing, Functional Testing, Object-oriented Programming (OOP), Automation, Agile
Languages
Java, JavaScript, Snowflake, Python, TypeScript
Frameworks
Cypress, Appium, Selenium
Storage
MySQL
Other
Agile QA, Manual QA, Website QA, Regression Testing, Smoke Testing, Sprint Planning, Test Management, Testcase Creation, Quality Assurance (QA), QA Automation, Mobile UI, CI/CD Pipelines, SDET, Mobile App Testing, MobileQA, Data Science, Machine Learning, Python GUI, Event Handling, Game Logic, Graphic Module, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Case Development, QA Testing, Test Cases, Test Planning, Software QA, Integration Testing, System Testing, Validation, Web App Testing, APIs, Performance Testing
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