● MANUAL QA / PRODUCT QUALITY MUMBAI · INDIA  |  OPEN TO FREELANCE PROJECTS
01 / Senior Test Engineer · Freelance Manual QA

I test the product.
Not just the happy path.

I’m Prathamesh Pawar, a Senior Test Engineer with 5 years of software testing experience. I combine structured test design with exploratory thinking to uncover the issues real users are likely to hit.

Quality is a system, not a final checkbox.

I bring a repeatable manual QA process to web products — from understanding the flow to documenting evidence a developer can act on.

01 / FUNCTIONAL

Does it work?

Business workflows, validations, navigation, positive paths and alternate user journeys.

02 / ADVERSARIAL

What breaks it?

Negative inputs, edge conditions, unusual sequences and boundary-focused testing.

03 / EXPLORATORY

What did we miss?

Unscripted exploration designed to expose behavior that planned cases don't anticipate.

04 / REGRESSION

What changed?

Rechecking critical journeys after changes and looking for unintended side effects.

05 / DEFECTS

Can it be fixed fast?

Precise reproduction steps, expected vs actual results, severity, priority and evidence.

06 / DOCUMENTATION

Can the work be trusted?

Traceable QA documentation that makes the testing process transparent to clients and teams.

From requirement to evidence — without losing the thread.

Every stage creates an output. Every failure has traceability. Every conclusion is backed by what was actually tested.

My QA pipeline

Input → Coverage → Evidence → Decision

01

Understand

Requirements, users, risks and business intent.

02

Plan

Scope, priorities, environments and coverage.

03

Design

Scenarios, cases, data and expected behavior.

04

Explore

Execute, challenge flows and follow observations.

05

Report

Defects, screenshots, severity and traceability.

06

Conclude

Retest, assess risk and communicate quality.

One deep case study. More on the way.

I’d rather show one thoroughly tested product than a page of shallow demo projects. This case study is the first piece of a growing QA portfolio.

Case Study 01 · E-commerce Web Application

Manual QA from plan to final quality assessment.

A structured end-to-end testing exercise covering test planning, scenario design, detailed test cases, negative and edge testing, exploratory testing, defect reporting, evidence collection and a final test summary.

Test scenarios106designed for coverage
Test cases218detailed manual cases
01Test Plan
02Test Scenarios
03Test Cases & Execution
04Bug Reports
05Evidence
06Test Summary
07Negative Testing
08Exploratory Testing

PLATFORM: SAUCEDEMO · PROJECT NAME IS INTENTIONALLY KEPT GENERIC ABOVE

Practical testing knowledge, backed by real QA work.

Manual QA toolkit

  • Functional & end-to-end testing
  • Smoke, sanity & regression testing
  • Exploratory, negative & edge-case testing
  • Test scenario & test case design
  • Defect lifecycle & severity / priority
  • Evidence-based QA reporting

Broader engineering context

  • API testing with Postman
  • Security testing knowledge
  • Agile / Scrum delivery environments
  • ISTQB CTFL & CTAL-TAE
  • Certified Ethical Hacker
  • AI-assisted QA learning & workflows

I care about the bugs users discover first.

I’m a Senior Test Engineer with 5 years of software testing experience. My strength is combining disciplined test coverage with the curiosity to ask, “What happens if a real person does this differently?”

Prathamesh Pawar

I’m building this portfolio deliberately: one substantial case study at a time, with more projects to follow. The goal is simple — give prospective clients a clear view of how I think, test, document and communicate.

DETAIL-ORIENTED RISK-AWARE EVIDENCE-DRIVEN CLIENT-FOCUSED

Have a product that needs a second pair of eyes?

Tell me what you're building, where you are in the release cycle, and what you want tested. I can help turn that into a focused manual QA engagement.