I am a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 14 years of experience in quality planning, testing, and release readiness across enterprise software. I excel at developing QA plans, monitoring quality indicators, supporting audits and escalations, and mentoring QA team members. I’m proficient in cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality, compliant releases while addressing regulatory, privacy, and operational quality needs. Throughout my career, I’ve supported retail workflows and order life cycles, led defect investigations, and acted as a senior QA representative in sprint planning and release discussions. In my current role at Broadcom, I partner with product and engineering, drive risk mitigation, and help teams achieve release readiness through thorough testing, documentation, and post-release verification.

Saher Adam

I am a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 14 years of experience in quality planning, testing, and release readiness across enterprise software. I excel at developing QA plans, monitoring quality indicators, supporting audits and escalations, and mentoring QA team members. I’m proficient in cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality, compliant releases while addressing regulatory, privacy, and operational quality needs. Throughout my career, I’ve supported retail workflows and order life cycles, led defect investigations, and acted as a senior QA representative in sprint planning and release discussions. In my current role at Broadcom, I partner with product and engineering, drive risk mitigation, and help teams achieve release readiness through thorough testing, documentation, and post-release verification.

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I am a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 14 years of experience in quality planning, testing, and release readiness across enterprise software. I excel at developing QA plans, monitoring quality indicators, supporting audits and escalations, and mentoring QA team members. I’m proficient in cross-functional collaboration to deliver high-quality, compliant releases while addressing regulatory, privacy, and operational quality needs.

Throughout my career, I’ve supported retail workflows and order life cycles, led defect investigations, and acted as a senior QA representative in sprint planning and release discussions. In my current role at Broadcom, I partner with product and engineering, drive risk mitigation, and help teams achieve release readiness through thorough testing, documentation, and post-release verification.

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Work Experience

R&D Senior Software Quality Engineer at Broadcom
January 1, 2019 - Present
Developed and implemented comprehensive test plans and cases from PRDs and design mockups. Performed functional, regression, API, database, sanity, and smoke testing for cloud-based applications. Conducted frontend and backend testing, feature validation, and pull request reviews. Collaborated with Product Management, Development, and Support teams for release cycles. Reviewed and approved release notes, performed readiness, patch, and hotfix testing. Created user stories, QA tasks, and test estimations in sprint planning. Led knowledge-sharing sessions and QA process reviews. Maintained QA documentation, test artifacts, and wiki pages. Monitored automation jobs and analyzed failures for root cause analysis. Leveraged AI tools to enhance test efficiency and automate repetitive tasks. Participated in sprint planning & company Innovation Days. After Prod deployment Post-release verification. Handled customer escalations and collaborated for issue resolution. Supported customer queries an
Staff QA Engineer at Symantec
January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2019
Conducted end-to-end, regression, sanity, and smoke testing; validated API, database, frontend, and backend components. Participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies to ensure effective collaboration and planning. Managed test documentation and release sign-off; conducted impact analysis and root-cause analysis. Reviewed UI wireframes (Figma) and contributed to requirements gathering.
Software Quality Engineer at 360Training
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2014
Designed and executed detailed test plans and data-based on product requirements. Performed black-box, functional, integration, GUI, ad-hoc, and regression testing. Validated course content management, user tracking, assessments, and payments. Conducted cross-browser and cross-device testing for user consistency. Collaborated with teams for defect triage and root cause analysis. Verified data synchronization between LMS, LCMS, and dashboards. Supported production deployments through smoke and post-release testing. Contributed to Agile sprints, retrospectives, and process improvements.
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Broadcom
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2026
Developed and executed comprehensive QA plans aligned with product requirements, internal processes, and release cycles. Managed QA deliverables to ensure quality standards, timelines, and stakeholder expectations. Monitored quality indicators through defect trends, test results, and automation outcomes. Prepared QA documentation, reports, and test artifacts to support audits, reviews, and release readiness. Led defect investigations, root cause analysis, and post-release verification activities. Mentored QA engineers and represented QA in sprint planning and quality initiatives.
Senior Software Quality Engineer at Broadcom
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2026
Developed and executed comprehensive QA plans aligned with product requirements, internal processes, and release cycles. Managed QA deliverables to ensure quality standards, timelines, and stakeholder expectations were consistently met. Monitored quality indicators through defect trends, test results, and automation outcomes. Prepared QA documentation, reports, and test artifacts to support audits, reviews, and release readiness. Supported operational teams by handling customer and production escalations and driving cross-functional resolution. Identified quality risks early in the life cycle and collaborated with leaders on mitigation strategies. Led defect investigations, root cause analysis, and post-release verification activities. Acted as a senior QA representative in sprint planning, release discussions, and quality initiatives. Mentored QA engineers through knowledge-sharing sessions, process reviews, and technical guidance.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Karachi
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011
Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Karachi
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011
Bachelor of Computer Science at University of Karachi
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2011

Qualifications

AI Training from Google
January 11, 2030 - December 23, 2025
BDD Cucumber Framework (Gherkin)
January 11, 2030 - December 23, 2025
Playwright for Automation
January 11, 2030 - December 23, 2025
Cursor AI for Automation
January 11, 2030 - December 23, 2025
n8n AI Workflow Automation
January 11, 2030 - December 23, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Computers & Electronics, Professional Services, Retail