Hello, I'm Bushra Shahzadi, a Senior SQA Engineer and Team Lead with 7+ years of delivering quality across web, mobile, API and IoT platforms. I specialize in Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium and BDD/Cucumber, and I routinely integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines. I'm passionate about shift-left testing and mentoring junior engineers to build quality-first cultures. I'm currently open to Senior SQA Engineer, QA Lead or Test Automation roles across the UK, and I was honored with the Quality Champion 2023 award at vFairs for outstanding engineering quality contributions. I love solving complex testing challenges, reducing regression times and improving system reliability.

Bushra Shahzadi

Hello, I'm Bushra Shahzadi, a Senior SQA Engineer and Team Lead with 7+ years of delivering quality across web, mobile, API and IoT platforms. I specialize in Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium and BDD/Cucumber, and I routinely integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines. I'm passionate about shift-left testing and mentoring junior engineers to build quality-first cultures. I'm currently open to Senior SQA Engineer, QA Lead or Test Automation roles across the UK, and I was honored with the Quality Champion 2023 award at vFairs for outstanding engineering quality contributions. I love solving complex testing challenges, reducing regression times and improving system reliability.

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Hello, I’m Bushra Shahzadi, a Senior SQA Engineer and Team Lead with 7+ years of delivering quality across web, mobile, API and IoT platforms. I specialize in Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium and BDD/Cucumber, and I routinely integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines. I’m passionate about shift-left testing and mentoring junior engineers to build quality-first cultures.

I’m currently open to Senior SQA Engineer, QA Lead or Test Automation roles across the UK, and I was honored with the Quality Champion 2023 award at vFairs for outstanding engineering quality contributions. I love solving complex testing challenges, reducing regression times and improving system reliability.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

Urdu
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Senior SQA Team Lead & Project Assistant Manager at Innovation Insight
February 1, 2022 - Present
Led QA across 6+ concurrent projects; architected Playwright, Selenium and BDD/Cucumber frameworks with CI/CD integration; delivered 147 test cases for GetZeuss; built 100+ Playwright E2E tests and 145 Vitest unit tickets; mentored 5 junior QA engineers to grow automation coverage from 30% to 75%.
Senior Software QA Engineer at DigiFirst - vFairs
September 1, 2021 - February 29, 2024
Built Selenium + BDD/Cucumber web suite; implemented REST Assured + TestNG API automation; configured Jenkins CI nightly regression; awarded Quality Champion 2023; reduced production defect leakage by 35% via shift-left testing.
SQA Engineer at DevStudio
July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022
Authored 75 test cases across 8 modules for Dalua IoT Android app; tested 16 APK releases; managed complete Jira QA workflow end to end.
Research Officer / Web Developer / SQA at KICS — Al-Khawarizmi Institute, UET Lahore
May 1, 2019 - June 30, 2021
Security tested IoT platforms (ThingzFirewall, ThingzAnalyzer, ThingzEye) focusing on SQL injection and MQTT attacks; JMeter load testing improved IoT gateway scalability by 50%; tested Smart Home scheduling, HVAC, and remote access.
SEO Expert at Solutions Hut
November 1, 2015 - August 31, 2018
SEO strategy, keyword research, metadata optimization and cross-browser quality assurance for client websites.

Education

MRes Cyber Security at University of Wolverhampton
January 1, 2025 - May 19, 2026
MSc IT at Virtual University of Pakistan
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2015
B.Ed at Allama Iqbal Open University
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2013
B.Sc at Government Islamia College Cantonment, Lahore
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2011

Qualifications

Oxford ELLT certificate
January 11, 2030 - May 19, 2026
Quality Champion Award — vFairs Annual Fiesta 2023
December 1, 2023 - May 19, 2026
Emerging Security Challenges in IoT
October 1, 2019 - May 19, 2026
Web Design & Development
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018
Professional Graphic Designer
June 1, 2016 - May 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services