I am a software quality assurance professional with about 7.5 years of IT experience, focused on requirement analysis, test case design, and test coverage planning for new features across platforms. I thrive in dynamic teams that value innovation, resourcefulness, and professional growth, and I apply analytical thinking and a collaborative mindset to deliver reliable software.

Maleesha Gunasekara

I am a software quality assurance professional with about 7.5 years of IT experience, focused on requirement analysis, test case design, and test coverage planning for new features across platforms. I thrive in dynamic teams that value innovation, resourcefulness, and professional growth, and I apply analytical thinking and a collaborative mindset to deliver reliable software.

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I am a software quality assurance professional with about 7.5 years of IT experience, focused on requirement analysis, test case design, and test coverage planning for new features across platforms. I thrive in dynamic teams that value innovation, resourcefulness, and professional growth, and I apply analytical thinking and a collaborative mindset to deliver reliable software.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
Sinhala, Sinhalese
Advanced

Work Experience

Associate QA Lead, Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at PetDesk
January 1, 2023 - April 22, 2026
Lead an internal QA delivery team owning end-to-end QA for a SaaS platform, shipping 2–3 releases per month; author release test plans, write and peer-review test cases, execute smoke and regression suites, and sign off on production deployments Maintained and enhanced Selenium-based automation framework built on Python and pytest-bdd framework Investigated and triaged test failures across UI and API automated tests, identifying root causes and coordinating fixes Executed and monitored smoke and regression test suites via Jenkins CI/CD pipelines Specialist in background / scheduled-task and cron-job testing — validating execution, log integrity, feature-flag behavior, and state synchronization across distributed services Validated end-to-end behavior of AWS-based serverless pipelines — including Lambda functions, SQS queues, S3 buckets, and RDS — for transcription, notification, and data-processing workflows Kicked off and contributed to integration test case suites for new product modules, establishing the test case baseline used for ongoing regression cycles Collaborated across multiple squads/teams to align on testing strategy and release readiness Designed and implemented k6 load test scripts in JavaScript to simulate end-to-end booking journeys under concurrent user load Integrated AI tooling into day-to-day QA workflows to improve team productivity and test coverage speed
Quality Assurance Engineer at Vetstoria S.L. (Private) Limited
January 1, 2020 - December 1, 2023
Specialised in requirement analysis, test case design, and test coverage planning for new features across the platform Built deep domain knowledge across the product's critical user workflows and the Collections module in particular Owned regression scope identification, regression execution, status reporting, defect reporting, and test effort estimation across release cycles Embedded in an Agile delivery team — contributed across sprint planning, grooming, standups, reviews, and retrospectives. Performed API testing with Postman, created requests and collections, validated responses, and covered authentication and negative scenarios. Executed cross-browser and cross-device compatibility testing using BrowserStack Hands-on with MySQL for test data setup, back-end verification, and defect root-cause investigation Authored user guides, Practice Management System user guides, and internal knowledge-base articles in Confluence Delivered feature demonstrations to stakeholders and internal teams. Designed test data and applied decision-table techniques for complex business-rule coverage Write and execute SQL queries across MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Redshift, BigQuery, and Snowflake to verify data integrity, validate ETL/ data-pipeline outputs, and confirm application behavior at the database level Drafted release notes and maintained test case prioritization
Associate Quality Assurance Engineer, Trainee Quality Assurance Engineer at Data Management Systems
September 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019
Worked as an Associate Quality Assurance Engineer and a Trainee Quality Assurance Engineer Validation and Verification of all the steps in SDLC until the product is delivered to the customer and continuation of its maintenancee Risk/Criticality Analysis Comment & Review on SRS according to Requirement analysis reviewing & Bug Reporting Performed Integration testing Performed functional testing Involved in production release testing. Performed compatibility testing Testing Web Based/Desktop Enterprise Understanding the URS/SRS and design test cases Comment & Review on SRS/URS according to Requirement analysis Test Plan & Design Test execution reports Test Summary Reports Participate in Business Requirements Analysis and interact with users Tested Oracle Based ERP Systems Mobile Application testing (Android, IOS) Projects worked on Board of investment of Sri Lanka Payroll system, Singer Mobile Field Collections Systems Web & Mobile, Zayed Higher Organization System, Online Beauty Services Web Application, Sri Lanka Police Association Payroll System, Sri Lanka Ports Authority Payroll System

Education

G.C.E Ordinary Level at D.S. Senanayake College
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2011
G.C.E Advanced Level at D.S. Senanayake College
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014
Diploma in Computer System Design at ESOFT Metro Campus
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026

Qualifications

BCS International Higher Education Qualification
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

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