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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.

🇦🇪Dubai, United Arab Emirates$32/hr100% JSS5.00 (19)Since Dec 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR
$7k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#2,834 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#26 / 2,720
Revenue, last 30 days
$6.8k

Last 6 months: $42k

World#3,159 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#31 / 2,720
Total earnings
$415k

Billed in all: $427k

World#4,119 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#60 / 2,720
Per project
$18k

$21k in the last 6 months

World#6,988 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#45 / 2,720
Projects, last 6 months
2
0% fixed100% hourly
World#88,922 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#509 / 2,720
Projects in all
23

Across 29 contracts

31% fixed69% hourly
World#120,402 / 412k
🇦🇪Country#809 / 2,720

Earnings, last 30 days

$427k+$6.8k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$420k$425k$430kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 0.36% in QA Testing

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  8. #5QA Testing1,392 freelancers · 🇦🇪 #1Top 0.36%