Nilay S.

Senior Lead QA at iXie Gaming | Unity Game Dev | Ex-Glu (EA Games)

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

About

As a QA Lead, I ensure the highest quality standards for our games by overseeing the testing process and collaborating with game development team. I am Passionate about creating immersive gaming experiences and have a good understanding of Unity game development. In my free time, I indulge my creative side by designing and developing games using Unity. It's a fulfilling hobby that allows me to explore new ideas and challenges.

Experience

  • iXie - A Gaming Division of Indium Software ()
    • Senior QA Lead
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • QA Lead
      Jul 2020 - Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Glu Mobile ()
    • Senior QA Test Engineer
      Apr 2018 - Dec 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

      - I report about any issues or potential prioritization conflicts to the Test lead. - I participate in audits, and reviews of testing, highlight areas for improvement. - I monitor and report to Test lead about the bug trends. - I am involved in the development and improvement of the test functions, putting forward suggestions, and implementing plans accordingly. - I organize, conduct, and support test activities. - I am responsible for the whole test process from planning, through test plan development, execution & result reporting. - Experience in the entire test planning process as and when builds are received by closely working with the Test lead and giving him suggestions for an effective and efficient plan. - Any critical bugs reported were followed up with developers and also approved the final hotfixes to go live for production. - I execute regression test procedures, formulate test plans, and verify the accuracy of user documentation and manuals. - Assisted in evolving test cases for higher efficiency and productivity, and suggested many amends which are discussed and implemented. - Compiling and sending a daily status report about the plans, executions, and bugs reported for the day to the team lead. - Compiling and sending a weekly report about the tasks performed, bugs reported, and the status of the bugs for the week to the manager. - Preparing a training plan and conducting training for the new hires and ensure that they are mentored to be ready for testing. - Participant in all the weekly QA meetings with studios in terms of QA task executions, discussion about critical bugs that need fixing before deployment, and process improvements.

    • QA Tester
      Feb 2017 - Apr 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Carried out the complete testing process for every new build, which includes: - I am involved in performance, functional, and integration testing. - Responsible for executing test cases, documenting results, and defects/bugs. - Testing and fault finding post-production builds under company procedures. - I assist in the loading and installation of builds, updates, and version history. - Executed smoke test plans on pre-production build and documenting results and bugs. - I have complete knowledge of the bug reporting tools - Hansoft and Jira, via which the bugs were reported directly to the developers. - I have worked with Charles proxy and Game bench tools for in-game advertisements, network, and performance testing.

  • QA Test Engineer at Pole to Win India Private Limited formerly known as e4e Inc.
    Dec 2013 - Feb 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Carried out the complete testing process for every new build, which includes: - I am involved in performance, functional, and integration testing. - Responsible for executing test cases, documenting results, and defects/bugs. - Testing and fault finding post-production builds under company procedures. - I assist in the loading and installation of builds, updates, and version history. - I have complete knowledge of the bug reporting tool - Hansoft via which the bugs were reported directly to the developers. - Executed smoke test plans on pre-production build and documenting results and bugs.