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Sarmad Ali H.

Top Rated QA Engineer | Playwright API SaaS AI ADA/WCAG/Accessibility

Full Stack QA Engineer | Automation & Manual Testing | n8n Workflows | Playwright MCP | SaaS, AI & E‑commerce | Accessibility Testing | ISTQB Certified | I’m a Top Rated ISTQB-Certified QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience helping startups, SaaS companies, agencies, and enterprise teams ship reliable, scalable, and user-friendly products. I specialize in Manual Testing, Test Automation, API Testing, Accessibility (WCAG/ADA), AI Application Validation, and end-to-end QA strategy across Web, Mobile, SaaS, E-commerce, Fintech, Healthcare, Logistics, and AI platforms. I don’t just find bugs, I help teams improve release quality, reduce production issues, accelerate delivery cycles, and build confidence before launch. What I Can Help You With ✅ Manual QA & Exploratory Testing Functional, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing Cross-browser & Cross-device Testing UX/UI Validation & Real-world User Flows SaaS Platform & MVP Testing Mobile App Testing (iOS & Android) ✅ Test Automation Engineering Playwright (Primary Expertise) Selenium, Cypress, Appium BDD Frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow, Behave) CI/CD Integration (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI) ✅ API & Backend Testing REST API Testing with Postman & Swagger API Automation & Validation Authentication, Payload & Schema Testing SQL & Data Validation ✅ Accessibility & ADA Compliance WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AA Audits ADA Website Compliance Testing Lighthouse, WAVE, axe DevTools VPAT-style Reporting WordPress & Squarespace Accessibility Fixes ✅ AI & Modern QA Workflows AI/LLM Workflow Validation Chatbot & Prompt Response Testing n8n Workflow QA Playwright MCP & Modern QA Pipelines Industries I’ve Worked In SaaS & Enterprise Platforms Fintech & Payment Systems E-commerce & Subscription Platforms Healthcare & HIPAA-sensitive Systems Logistics & IoT Platforms AI Products & Automation Tools Construction Tech & Workflow Platforms Tools & Technologies Automation: Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Appium API: Postman, REST Assured, Swagger Project Tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, ClickUp, Trello, TestRail CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI Cloud & Testing Platforms: BrowserStack, LambdaTest, AWS Accessibility: WAVE, Lighthouse, axe, VoiceOver Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, C# Key Achievements ✔ Reduced regression testing time by 60% through Playwright automation ✔ Automated 80%+ regression coverage for SaaS applications ✔ Logged 7,000+ reproducible bugs with developer-ready reporting ✔ Improved release quality and reduced production defects by 40% ✔ Designed and executed 10,000+ test cases across complex systems ✔ Delivered QA strategy for high-traffic web and mobile applications Why Clients Work With Me ✔ Strong communication & structured reporting ✔ Business-focused QA mindset ✔ Proactive, detail-oriented, and reliable ✔ Able to work independently in Agile teams ✔ Fast turnaround with clear documentation ✔ Long-term partnership approach Whether you need exploratory testing for an MVP, scalable automation for a SaaS product, accessibility compliance audits, or full QA ownership, I can help you deliver software with confidence. 📩 Let’s discuss how I can improve your product quality, reduce release risk, and help your team move faster with confidence.

🇩🇪Berlin, Germany$35/hr100% JSS4.28 (5)Since Oct 2014
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Earnings and projects

MRR (estimate)
≈$1.7k

An estimate from an earlier read

World#27,069 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#196 / 3,842
Revenue, last 30 days
$1.9k

Last 6 months: $10k

World#22,222 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#160 / 3,842
Total earnings
$21k

Billed in all: $22k

World#138,465 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#1,052 / 3,842
Per project
$2.9k

$5.2k in the last 6 months

World#56,662 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#379 / 3,842
Projects, last 6 months
2
0% fixed100% hourly
World#88,918 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#715 / 3,842
Projects in all
7

Across 8 contracts

50% fixed50% hourly
World#236,188 / 412k
🇩🇪Country#2,177 / 3,842

Earnings, last 30 days

$21.6k+$1.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$19k$20k$21k$22kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

No data since Nov 5, 2026.

Skill rankings: Top 8% in Mobile App Testing

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

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  5. #132Automated Testing1,000 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #2Top 13%
  6. #143Regression Testing1,279 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #5Top 11%
  7. #153API Testing1,365 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #3Top 11%
  8. #155Mobile App Testing1,834 freelancers · 🇩🇪 #3Top 8%