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Ken U.

Certified Manual QA Tester

★ QA support from planning to launch 🚀 I’m an ISTQB-certified QA Tester with 5+ years of experience in manual testing for SaaS, web, and mobile applications. I help teams find bugs before release, improve usability, and build practical QA processes. 🧪 Testing & QA Support • Functional, regression, exploratory, UAT, smoke, and sanity testing • End-to-end testing of user flows, permissions, payments, calculations, uploads, and notifications • Usability, cross-browser, and cross-device testing for web, iOS, and Android • API testing using Postman • Test planning, test cases, checklists, and regression suites • Bug reports with clear steps, expected and actual results, screenshots, and recordings • Retesting fixes and checking related features 🛠️ Tools • Jira, GitHub Issues, ClickUp, and Google Sheets for issue tracking • Jam.dev and screen recordings for supporting evidence • Chrome Developer Tools for troubleshooting and responsive testing • Postman for sending API requests and checking responses 💼 Experience & Approach • SaaS, healthcare, lending, e-commerce, and AI-assisted products • End-to-end QA for startups and MVP launches • Agile collaboration, sprint testing, and release validation • Clear communication of findings, coverage, blockers, and product risks I work closely with teams to clarify requirements, investigate issues, and turn findings into actionable reports. I check whether features work as expected and whether they make sense to the people using them. 💻 Available Testing Devices • Windows 11 PC • MacBook M4 Pro • iPad mini with A17 Pro (iPadOS) • iPhone 16 (iOS) • Google Pixel 9a (Android) 🕒 Availability • Based in the Philippines • Available between 3:00 PM and 5:00 AM Philippine time, including weekends • Flexible overlap with US, European, Australian, and Israeli business hours 📅 Message me to discuss your product and testing priorities, or schedule a 15-minute call

🇵🇭Davao, Philippines$10/hr100% JSS4.88 (10)Since Aug 2023

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.1k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#21,942 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#2,441 / 56.3k
Revenue, last 30 days
$720

Last 6 months: $12k

World#52,963 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#11,489 / 56.3k
Total earnings
$28k

Billed in all: $30k

World#114,739 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#18,881 / 56.3k
Per project
$1.3k

$1.1k in the last 6 months

World#105,560 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#20,259 / 56.3k
Projects, last 6 months
11
27% fixed73% hourly
World#15,931 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#716 / 56.3k
Projects in all
22

Across 25 contracts

28% fixed72% hourly
World#124,452 / 412k
🇵🇭Country#9,519 / 56.3k

Earnings, last 30 days

$29.7k+$720 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$28.5k$29.0k$29.5k$30.0kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 5% in QA Testing

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #61Bug Reports659 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #5Top 9%
  2. #67End-to-End Testing520 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #4Top 13%
  3. #75QA Testing1,392 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #6Top 5%
  4. #85Test Case Design957 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #7Top 9%
  5. #111AI Platform816 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #3Top 14%
  6. #116Regression Testing1,279 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #11Top 9%
  7. #130Mobile App Testing1,834 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #12Top 7%
  8. #139Usability Testing1,980 freelancers · 🇵🇭 #6Top 7%