Kathmandu · 27.7°N

Hi, I'm

Pradeep
Pandey

I make software test automation behave. The rest of the time, I'm pining about the next move in my music career.

about

My home is Licel, a mobile app security company — worth a look if you ship fintech, or any mobile app that's security critical.

I do Android and iOS test automation against our device farms. I wrote the app that orchestrates our Appium tests across the farms. In parallel 😁(though that was mostly Claude. I'm just a privileged knowledge worker with a Visa card and a good taste.)

Based in Kathmandu. This free, government-subsidised .com.np domain plus GitHub Pages is where I will try to keep my work, my pasttimes, and whatever else I end up building..

work · since 2018

  1. 2024 — now

    Licel · remote

    QA Automation Engineer

    Android and iOS test automation for mobile app security products. Pipelines in GitLab CI/CD; a fleet of physical and virtual devices across several servers, with orchestrator apps to run tests on them — plus a central app to manage the farms and trigger, manage and visualise the runs.

    AppiumPythonGitLab CI/CDAndroidiOSDevice farms
  2. 2022 — 2024

    Plantura GmbH · Kathmandu

    QA Engineer

    QA and test automation lead across mobile (React Native, Android and iOS) and web for Plantura Germany's gardening e-commerce platform.

    React NativeWeb automationDockerDocumentation
  3. 2019 — 2022

    Verisk · Lalitpur

    Trainee → Associate → Software Engineer

    Where I learned what quality assurance is, and what it could be. Too much to put here.

    PythonJavaSoftware QA
  4. 2018 — 2019

    Internships

    Business apps on the Odoo framework in Python at BI Solutions. Before that, Laravel web development and image recognition with Keras at Robust IT Concepts.

  5. 2014 — 2018

    Himalaya College of Engineering

    Bachelor's, Computer Engineering
  6. certified, 2024

    ISTQB® Certified Tester

    Foundation Level

making

I've been trying to give my life to music since 2016.

I sing, write songs, produce, mix and master — as much of it as I can, by myself. I score projects(small ) for artist friends, and am knee deep in filmmaking for my music videos.

The swans linger at a distance, glancing longingly every now and then at the small door atop the iceberg.

  • the channel where most of it surfaces.
  • collaborations sth I didn't know I'd enjoy this much. Also, aren't my friends insanely talented?
  • music video by yours truly concept, direction, edit by me — shot by my cousin.
    spoiler — watch the video first Shot entirely on an iPhone 13 Pro.

tinkering · unfinished

  • Will update later.