Pooja Khanal

Experience

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  E&T Groups

  May 2016 - Sept 2016

  Software Engineering Intern

  • Lead and coordinated project• Executed cryptographic analysis and it's performed it's implementation in the system • Programmed the Integration of cryptography module with the Block-chain module

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  National institute of Technology, Kisarazu college

  Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

  Research Student

  • Executed data mining of existing literature related to blood coagulation and blood-related proteins• Deduces the parameters and calculate the relevancy degree of proteins with blood coagulation in regards to the parameters• Analyzed data of protein-protein interactions and algorithms to deduce information from protein sequences.• Expanded the research project to Sept 2017

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  LogPoint

  Oct 2017 - Jul 2019

  Associate Quality Assurance Engineer Oct 2017 - July 2019• Developed automated test scripts for web application testing using Selenium WebDriver.• Designed and implemented Python scripts to automate repetitive tasks, enhancing efficiency and productivity.• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify testing requirements and improve test coverage.• Maintained and updated automation frameworks to adapt to changing project requirements and technologies.• Troubleshot and resolved issues to ensure the stability and reliability of manual and automated tests• Contributed to CI/CD processes for seamless testing and deployment.• Analyzed Components and performed black box, white box , smoke and regression testing on web application.• Conducted integration test of plugins to LogPoint and end to end LogPoint product testing• Executed performance and forward/backward compatibility testing on web application and troubleshot issues.• Fulfilled requirement analysis, prepared test cases, reported test result, reviewed and managed test plans.• Shared the responsibility of backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospective using agile methodology.• Trained and mentored interns on SDLC, SE & SQA best practices, automating frameworks, and coding standards.• Analyzed test logs and coordinated with team and other stakeholders for issue identification and resolution.• Improved test coverage by creating negative test case scenarios.• Performed manual and automated UI testing on various graphs, visualizations and models including geographical data• Utilized Kafka in testing microservices and event-driven applications to ensure data consistency and quality.• Python, Windows Server, Selenium, Kafka, Postman, Java, SQL, Shell Scripting, Xray, XPath, Jenkins, Jira, Agile,Data Plots, Visualization Show less

  • Associate Quality Assurance Engineer

    Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Professional Intern(QA)

    Oct 2017 - Dec 2017
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  Information Technology and Systems Center

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  Graduate Research Assistant - Software Engineer

  • Architected, developed, and tested cloud-based solutions in AWS for precipitation data processing, and storage.• Implemented and deployed a Python-based REST API for seamless UI integration.• Designed and implemented real-time data visualization plots using Angular JS for dynamic insights.• Created a comprehensive testing framework, achieving 95% test coverage for API, integration, and UI.• Executed performance testing, resulting in a 45% improvement in runtime efficiency.• Enhanced Amazon Athena querying speed by 350% through the use of the parquet format.• Leveraged AWS to create and manage scalable and isolated test environments using EC2 instances and VPCs• Implemented infrastructure as code using Terraform, optimizing deployment and enabling version control.• Amazon Web Services, microservices, HTML/CSS, Python, JavaScript, SQL, AngularJS, CesiumJS, Git, Jira Show less

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  Jewelry Television

  Sept 2021 - Oct 2023

  Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Conducted comprehensive functional testing of the company’s e-commerce platform, ensuring an intuitive and user-friendly interface for customers.• Responsible for quality and timely deliverance of Product Information Management system.• Effectively led and regulated the troubleshooting, QA processes, and implementation of quality managementtools and methodologies within the team.• Identified and resolved an issue in mixed-media content, reducing user loading times from 10 seconds to less thanhalf a second.• Conducted security testing to ensure the robustness and functionality of authentication systems on websites.• Interacted with stakeholders to perform requirement analysis, and perform final product demonstrations.• Performed Behavior Driven Development (BDD) with tests created using Selenium, Cucumber, and Gherkin.• Owned test solution and testing codebase implemented in Java and Spring framework.• Saved 40 hours per month manual effort by introducing automated testing and improving test coverage to 40%.• Performed automated testing for API testing using Postman and SoapUI.• Integrated automated tests with Jenkins for Continuous Integration(CI/CD).• Owned and tested Browser extension utilizing Large Language Models, primarily ChatGPT.• Improved various software quality metrics, including addressing code smells, by utilizing tools like SonarQube.• Tested API built on Spring framework and frontend applications built on Angular and Telerik (.NET).• Enhanced memory usage efficiency by 15% through performance testing of .NET application to identify and resolve memory leak issues.• Developed utility builder tool useful for internal department, saving 125 hours of cumulative manual effort a month.• Selenium, Automation, Cucumber, Gherkin, , XPath, Java, Python, Angular, Riversand PIM, SQL, q-test, Jenkins, Jira, Agile, Spring framework, Maven, SoapUI, PostMan, SonarQube, WCAG, Debug, Resolve Show less

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  Self-employed

  Apr 2024 - now

  Software Engineer

  Building https://poojakhanal.com.np/