I'm Lavanya Ambiga Mani, a results-driven software test engineer with 8+ years of experience across web applications, telecom APIs, and mobile platforms. I excel in Agile environments, API testing, Salesforce testing, and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, and I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable software with excellent user satisfaction. I'm passionate about applying smart testing techniques to improve performance, data integrity, and overall reliability. I mentor junior testers, thrive on exploring edge cases through exploratory testing, and continually seek opportunities to optimize testing processes and tooling.

Lavanya Ambiga Mani

I'm Lavanya Ambiga Mani, a results-driven software test engineer with 8+ years of experience across web applications, telecom APIs, and mobile platforms. I excel in Agile environments, API testing, Salesforce testing, and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, and I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable software with excellent user satisfaction. I'm passionate about applying smart testing techniques to improve performance, data integrity, and overall reliability. I mentor junior testers, thrive on exploring edge cases through exploratory testing, and continually seek opportunities to optimize testing processes and tooling.

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I’m Lavanya Ambiga Mani, a results-driven software test engineer with 8+ years of experience across web applications, telecom APIs, and mobile platforms. I excel in Agile environments, API testing, Salesforce testing, and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, and I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable software with excellent user satisfaction.

I’m passionate about applying smart testing techniques to improve performance, data integrity, and overall reliability. I mentor junior testers, thrive on exploring edge cases through exploratory testing, and continually seek opportunities to optimize testing processes and tooling.

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Experience Level

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Intermediate
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Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior QA at UNCOR Energy Inc
January 1, 2025 - Present
Led manual and automated testing for Retail Petro Canada Mobile App and related web platforms. Validated RESTful APIs for native Android and iOS apps using Postman and Swagger. Implemented test plans and scripts; identified defects; integrated AWS CloudWatch for monitoring API performance and backend logs; performed data migration validation between on-premise and cloud environments; conducted UAT and production verification; monitored production logs (Firebase, Crashlytics, Splunk) to ensure reliability.
Quality Lead at Wipro Canada Ltd
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Engineered test plans and execution for enterprise service integration, order entry and order management. Mentored junior testers; streamlined bug tracking with Jira; created manual test cases; performed regression testing using Selenium with Python. Improved defect resolution times and facilitated effective communication between development and testing teams.
Software Test Engineer / Level IV at Rogers Communications Inc.
March 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024
Conducted comprehensive manual testing on web-based applications for home security financing; tested migration of phone customers from legacy mainframe to UI START environment; performed API testing for 500+ product/service quotes achieving high pricing accuracy; analyzed invoice details in Billing & Revenue Management, and contributed to performance engineering and test automation initiatives.
Quality Analyst Tester at Alorica Teleservices Inc
May 1, 2020 - March 1, 2022
Reviewed call center application requirements; developed test plans and increased test coverage; performed mobile app testing using AVD and iOS simulators; tracked defects, conducted regression testing, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure data integrity and performance baselines.
Quality Analyst at Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
September 1, 2014 - July 1, 2015
End-to-end QA of Internet Banking and Credit Card applications; executed functional, integration, sanity, and regression testing; validated data consistency with SQL; ensured compliance with security, accessibility, and performance benchmarks for online banking.
Manual Test Analyst at HCL Technologies Ltd
September 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010
Performed performance testing on Smart TVs and Set-top Boxes; developed test strategies, plans, and cases; conducted diverse testing types including stability and aging tests; collaborated on CEC, Wi-Fi Direct, MHL, NFC, and smartphone connectivity issues.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Applications at University of Alagappa
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2008
Diploma in Information Technology at University of Alagappa
August 1, 2004 - August 1, 2007

Qualifications

ISTQB Foundation Level
January 11, 2030 - December 15, 2025
Gen AI from Wipro
January 11, 2030 - December 15, 2025
Internal Quality Audit from HCL
January 11, 2030 - December 15, 2025

Industry Experience

Telecommunications, Software & Internet, Energy & Utilities, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate
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Intermediate
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Intermediate