About

Hey I am Irfan, Software Quality Leader with 12+ years experience enabling teams to deliver quality in their software with speed, security and on the scale.

Being a full stack developer worked on web , mobile and backend but focused on software quality who likes experimenting with the latest in tech and tools i call myself a software critic.

I also started checkops which is largest directory of software testing tech. and tools with a weekly newsletter to help developers find and stay updated with the latest in testing tools and tech.

Below is my professional timeline to give you an idea of my journey so far. Or you can check my LinkedIn for more details.

Professional Timeline

2023-Now

Sr. Engineering Manager at upGrad

Head of Test Engineering and Cross Team Initiatives with Focus on Test Automation, Performance Testing and Security Testing.

2020-2023

QA Engineering Manager at upGrad

Managing Test Engineering across all Projects and Cross Team Projects Delivery.Leading 20+ members team across projects.

2018-2020

Release Manager at upGrad

Owner for all releases , testing and delivery practices of all tech. teams deliverables.Leading 12+ members team.

2016-2018

Software QA Lead at upGrad

Joined as first Test Engineer and started test team, automation and grown to the team to 5 members until 2018.

2015-2016

Software Quality Engineer at TinyOwl

Quality ownership for a one product line (order management) from test design,execution to test automation and support.

2014-2015

Senior Software Engineer at Amdocs

Managing enhancements and reporting with Inhouse Test Automation for Desktop UI & SQL workflows on CSM/CRM Products .

2012-2014

Software Engineer at Amdocs

Joined system testing team - Scripting, execution of the test automation scripts on Amdocs Products Ensemble.