Hi I am Kulsum!

a Senior Software QA Engineer

with 10 years experience currently

working at CHEQ, a Cantaloupe Platform

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WORK EXPERIENCE

01st October 2025 – Present

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer, CHEQ, a Cantaloupe Platform

20th April 2024 – 30th
September 2025

Software Quality Assurance Engineer, CHEQ, a Cantaloupe Platform

17th April 2020 – 11th June 2021

Quality Assurance Engineer, GrooveDigital LLC

11th August 2021 – 19th April 2024

Assistant Vice President(Quality Assurance Tester), Green Delta Insurance PLC

24th March 2016 – 13th November 2016

Web Developer, NextDot

19th February 2017 – 31st May 2020

Assistant Systems Engineer, Digi Jadoo Broadband Limited

ABOUT ME

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer | Certified ScrumMaster | Tech Mentor

Senior SQA Engineer and former AVP with nearly 10 years of experience establishing robust QA methodologies that significantly reduce bug leakage. As a Certified ScrumMaster and Scrum Developer, I specialize in building automation frameworks using Webdriver.io, Cypress, and Selenium to optimize regression cycles by up to 20%. My technical foundation in TypeScript, Java, and PHP is complemented by a deep commitment to mentorship, having coached over 30 engineers within the tech community. I am dedicated to bridging the gap between technical execution and strategic leadership to deliver high-performance, reliable software products.

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SKILLS

  • QA Automation – Webdriver.io, Cypress, Selenium (IDE & WebDriver), TestCafe, Katalon Studio, Ghost Inspector
  • Testing Strategy – Test Plans & Cases, Regression Testing, Blackbox Testing, UAT Monitoring, API Testing (Postman/Swagger)
  • Leadership – Team Leadership, Mentoring & Coaching, Stakeholder Requirement Gathering, Training Junior Members
  • Languages & Tech – TypeScript, JavaScript (Vanilla), Java, PHP (Laravel, Symfony, Codeigniter), REST API, WordPress
  • Languages & Tech – TypeScript, JavaScript (Vanilla), Java, PHP (Laravel, Symfony, Codeigniter), REST API, WordPress
  • DevOps & Tools – Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), Jira, MantisBT, Confluence, Cacti, Nagios, Red Hat Virtualization
  • Soft Skills – Critical Thinking, Problem-solving, Attention to Detail, Cultural & Emotional Intelligence

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Scrum Developer (CSD), Scrum Alliance

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Scrum Alliance

Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL), ISTQB

EDUCATION

January 2017- December 2018

Master of Science in Computer Science, AIUB
Majored in Information Science & Technology

May 2012 – December 2015

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Engineering, AIUB

June 2009- June 2011

A Level, International Turkish Hope School

June 2007- June 2009

O Level, International Turkish Hope School

My Blogs

  • Kulsum Siddique

    Use of Case() in MySQL

    A few days back while I was solving a problem at LeetCode, came across this problem Swap Salary. The problem was interesting when I have written an if-else condition like I do while coding. I never came across this type of interesting MySQL problem neither I had any…

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