Sayed Shaista A.
QA Manager | Software Testing Consultant
I'm the founder of Carnelian Technologies , a specialist QA company with 9 years of experience helping software teams ship with confidence. We are Top Rated Plus with 100% Job Success , a track record built on one principle: zero defects, every time. Our most recent long-term engagement spans 7 years in healthcare software with zero critical defects in production. What makes us different: We don't just find bugs , we understand your product, your users, and your risk. We use context-driven testing combined with AI-powered approaches to go deeper than surface-level QA. Our expertise includes: — Functional, regression, and exploratory testing — Test automation and CI/CD integration — API and performance testing — Mobile and cross-platform testing — End-to-end QA strategy for startups and scale-ups I am ISTQB certified, featured in CIOReview India Magazine, and trained in RST methodology by James Bach and Michael Bolton, bringing world-class testing thinking to every engagement. If you are building something that matters and need QA that goes beyond checkbox testing. let's talk.
Earnings and projects
Last 6 months ÷ 6
Last 6 months: $42k
Billed in all: $427,411$427k
$21k in the last 6 months
Across 29 contracts
Earnings, last 30 days
Skill rankings: Top 0.36% in QA Testing
Top 1% in 13 of 15 skills, ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.
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- QA Software & Testing Tools349 freelancers · 🇦🇪 #1Top 0.86%🇦🇪#1 of 7
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