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title: "Utsav Kumar Lakshya - Associate Software QA Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Utsav Kumar Lakshya, QA Engineer | Mobile Game Testing · Ad SDK Validation · API Testing (Postman) | Android · iOS · Console | TestRail · Jira · MySQL · MongoDB based in Bengaluru."
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# Utsav Kumar Lakshya on Tal

## Headline

QA Engineer \| Mobile Game Testing · Ad SDK Validation · API Testing \(Postman\) \| Android · iOS · Console \| TestRail · Jira · MySQL · MongoDB

## About

QA Engineer with 3\+ years shipping live mobile games and validating ad network SDKs across Android and iOS\. Zero critical defect escapes across 10\+ production releases\. Skilled in TestRail, Jira, Postman, MySQL, MongoDB — with hands\-on A/B test validation and third\-party vendor auditing across 4 ad networks\. What I test: Mobile games \(Android 6\.0–14, iOS 12–17\), PlayStation \(PS4/PS5\), Xbox \(One/Series X\), PC — across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, GUI, integration, exploratory, UAT, performance \(FPS/RAM/battery\), API, and ad compliance testing\. I own end\-to\-end test coverage from acceptance criteria review through backend data validation\. What I use: TestRail · Jira · Confluence · Postman · MySQL · MongoDB · Selenium WebDriver · TestNG · Android Studio \(device logs\) · Xcode \(device logs\) · Excel · Google Sheets · Python validation scripts Results I've delivered: → Zero critical defect escapes across 10\+ sprint releases and 5\+ hotfix cycles → Reduced production incidents by 20%\+ through structured P0/P1 defect triage → Improved release stability by \~25% via shift\-left testing — flagging defects 2–3 days earlier per cycle → Validated 8\+ A/B experiments — variant rendering, feature flags, user segmentation, event data → Audited 4\+ ad network SDK integrations — preventing revenue\-impacting misconfigurations pre\-launch → Maintained 100% backend data accuracy across all feature releases via MySQL and MongoDB queries → Triaged and resolved 50\+ P0/P1 defects with structured escalation workflows → Authored and maintained 500\+ test cases mapped directly to product acceptance criteria → Sustained 95%\+ defect reproduction accuracy across 200\+ bug reports at PTW India → Contributed to 18% reduction in crash/load\-time incidents at Bandai Namco console project Currently open to: QA Engineer · Game QA · Mobile QA · Quality Analyst roles in Bengaluru, Gurgaon, Noida or remote\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Associate Software QA Engineer at Brightpoint Studios Pvt Ltd, Nov 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, • Conducted operational audits of 4\+ third\-party ad network vendors — verifying event\-firing accuracy, reward trigger logic, impression data, and UX policy alignment across rewarded video, interstitial, and banner formats, identifying misconfigurations pre\-launch\. • Validated SDK integrations across 4 ad networks — verifying payout logic, frequency caps, and monetization compliance\. Prevented revenue\-impacting violations across all vendor partnerships\. • Maintained 100% backend data accuracy across all feature releases by running MySQL and MongoDB validation queries on critical user flows — purchases, progression, and ad reward events\. • Designed and executed A/B test validation plans across 8\+ experiments — verifying variant rendering accuracy, feature flag behaviour, user segmentation integrity, and event data reliability\. • Authored and maintained 500\+ test cases in TestRail covering functional, regression, smoke, sanity, GUI, and integration scenarios — mapped directly to product acceptance criteria\. • Triaged and drove resolution of 50\+ P0/P1 defects in Jira — reducing production incidents by 20% and improving MTTR through structured escalation and fix verification workflows\. • Improved release stability by \~25% through shift\-left testing practices — reviewing requirements pre\-sprint and flagging defects 2–3 days earlier per cycle\. • Standardised UAT sign\-off workflows in TestRail — defining exit criteria checklists and quality gates that ensured all release criteria were met prior to every production deployment\. • Executed end\-to\-end testing for 20\+ features across Android and iOS — validating complete user flows from entry point to backend data confirmation, ensuring cross\-platform consistency on every release\. • Led end\-to\-end QA for 10\+ sprint releases and 5\+ hotfix cycles across a live mobile game, maintaining zero critical defect escapes to production\.

Trainee Test Engineer — Console QA \(PS4/PS5/Xbox\) · Vendor QA · Jira · TestRail at PTW, Aug 2023 \- Oct 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Operated as part of an outsourced vendor QA team delivering quality compliance against Bandai Namco's grading rubrics and milestone requirements — supporting 6\+ delivery milestones across PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC\. • Participated in weekly calibration sessions with QA leads and dev teams to ensure consistent interpretation of quality standards — aligning on 30\+ open defects by severity and business impact to prevent P0/P1 items from missing release windows\. • Authored 200\+ structured audit reports in Jira with root\-cause analysis and reproduction evidence — improving developer debug efficiency by 25% and reducing defect clarification cycles by 50%\. • Sustained 95%\+ defect reproduction accuracy across 200\+ bug reports by standardising environment documentation and step\-by\-step reproduction templates\. • Identified and documented 15\+ performance issues \(frame drops, memory leaks, crash patterns\) across PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X — contributing to an 18% reduction in load\-time and crash\-related production incidents\. • Restructured TestRail test suites using risk\-based prioritisation — increasing test coverage by 20% in high\-defect modules and reducing escaped defects in 3 critical release areas\. • Executed functional, regression, smoke, and sanity test cycles across PlayStation, Xbox, and PC platforms — supporting 6\+ milestone deliveries across multiple release stages\.

QA Automation Engineer — Selenium · TestNG · Manual Testing · Exploratory Testing at Ai Variant, Nov 2022 \- May 2023 · 7 mos, India, • Built Selenium WebDriver automation projects \(OrangeHRM, ParaBank\) using Java and TestNG — covering login flows, form validations, and regression scenarios as part of structured QA training\. • Applied boundary value analysis and equivalence partitioning during exploratory testing — uncovering defects missed by scripted test cycles and improving overall defect detection rates\. • Executed automated test scripts, analysed results, and debugged failures — documenting root causes and tracking issues through full resolution lifecycle\. • Documented test plans, test cases, and test results for both manual and automated test cycles — maintaining clear traceability between requirements and test coverage\. • Conducted manual testing including exploratory, regression, and UAT — ensuring application behaviour matched expected outcomes across web and mobile scenarios\. • Continuously improved automation framework structure and manual testing processes — contributing to a more repeatable and maintainable QA workflow\.

## Education

Bachelor of computer application, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut

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