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Senior QA · Quality Engineering · Freelance

I make software more reliable.

Senior QA expertise for teams that take software quality seriously. I help software teams build reliable products, reduce risk and release with confidence.

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Feature

Quality is more than finding bugs.

Good QA is not about discovering problems as late as possible. It is about understanding risk, asking the right questions early and creating confidence throughout the development process.

That’s why I work right alongside developers, product managers, designers and stakeholders — not at the end of the line, waiting for a build to break.

i.Expertise

Senior QA expertise

Test Strategy

Designing effective testing approaches based on product risk, business goals and technical complexity.

— where every engagement starts.

Manual Testing

Exploratory, functional, regression and end-to-end testing with a strong focus on real-world user behavior.

Test Automation

Building and maintaining reliable automated test suites where automation creates genuine value.

API & Integration Testing

Validating APIs, services and integrations across complex systems.

Quality Engineering

Embedding quality throughout the development lifecycle instead of treating QA as the final checkpoint.

Release Quality

Helping teams understand whether a product is truly ready to release.

ii.Judgment

Experience changes how you test.

Not more test cases. Better judgment.

Senior QA work is about asking better questions, identifying risk early, understanding business impact, knowing what not to test, recognizing patterns, challenging assumptions, communicating clearly, creating efficient processes and balancing quality, speed and risk.

iii.Approach

How a project usually unfolds.

  1. 01

    Understand

    The product, users, business goals and technical environment.

  2. 02

    Assess

    Critical workflows, dependencies and areas of risk.

  3. 03

    Design

    A pragmatic test strategy appropriate to the product.

  4. 04

    Validate

    Exploratory, functional, automated and integration testing where appropriate.

  5. 05

    Improve

    Findings turned into better processes, products and confidence.

iv. · How I think

The questions behind the test.

  • What could go wrong?

  • Who would be affected?

  • What happens if this fails in production?

  • What are we assuming?

  • What is worth automating?

  • What haven’t we thought about yet?

v.Services

How I can support your team

As a short engagement, an embedded team member, or a second opinion before an important release.

  • QA consulting
  • Test strategy
  • Test planning
  • Manual & exploratory testing
  • Test automation
  • API testing
  • Regression testing
  • Release testing
  • QA process improvement
  • Quality engineering
vi.Selected experience

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Lisa Iwanowski
vii.About

A senior QA perspective.

I’m an experienced QA professional who combines technical understanding, analytical thinking and a strong sense of product quality.

As an independent consultant, I join teams to bring structure to testing, clarity to release decisions and a calm, precise perspective to complex software projects.

Find the risk. Understand the system. Build confidence.

Building something that needs to work?

Let’s talk about how senior QA expertise can help your team reduce risk and release with confidence.

Get in touch
Email
lisa@liwanowski.com
Location
Winterberg