Sydney, Australia

NaveenRaj

Head of Quality Assurance Indie App Builder Founder, Playpal Apps

10+ years breaking complex systems so users don't have to. After hours, building AI-powered mobile apps that ship to real people.

Worked with
Savvy Loans Block · Cash App Afterpay UBank Infosys
About

QA by day.
Builder by night.

Pessimist with a launchpad.

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Senior QA Lead

Head of Quality Assurance at Savvy Loans, leading quality across the lending platform. Previously Lead Quality Engineer at Block (Cash App), owning end-to-end quality strategy for the Trust & Risk domain.

Savvy LoansCash AppAfterpayUBankInfosys
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Indie App Builder

Using AI tools — Cursor, Claude — to design, build, and ship iOS & Android apps completely solo. 10 apps live across the App Store and Google Play spanning games, utilities, wellness, and productivity.

SwiftUIFlutterReactUnityAI-Assisted
Playpal Apps logo Playpal Apps · my studio

Built & shipped solo.

Every app designed, developed, and launched independently using AI-assisted engineering.

Astro Orbit
Astro Orbit
Game · Arcade

Defy gravity. Hop between orbital rings and dodge cosmic obstacles in this fast-paced space arcade game.

Canwasa
Canwasa
Creativity · Wallpapers

Generate stunning 4K abstract wallpapers instantly on your device. No cloud, no uploads, no tracking.

Fuzzy Pop
Fuzzy Pop
Game · Family

A child-safe, colourful bubble-popping game. Simple mechanics, satisfying to play — no ads interrupting the fun.

MergeRise
MergeRise
Game · Puzzle

A 2048-style merge puzzle with civilisation building. Merge tiles to raise cities, unlock skins, and conquer missions.

Night Bloom
Night Bloom
Health & Wellness

Sleep sounds, breathing exercises, and relaxation tools to help you wind down, sleep deeper, and wake up restored.

Palettely
Palettely
Creativity · Design

Extract colour palettes from any photo. Build moodboards. Export art that's unmistakably yours.

PaperLens
PaperLens
Productivity · Documents

Scan, extract, translate, sign, and protect your documents — powered by on-device AI. Zero cloud. Zero tracking.

Qito
Qito
Utilities · QR & Barcode

Fast QR code and barcode scanner. Generate, scan, and manage codes — clean interface, no bloat.

Time Zone Connect
Time Zone Connect
Productivity

Compare global times, find overlapping work hours, and plan the perfect meeting across any time zone.

Utilify
Utilify
Utilities

Your everyday tech toolkit. 18 tools, 2 platforms, 1 app — everything you need in one clean interface.

Hydro Panda
Hydro Panda
Health & Wellness

The cutest water tracker. Gentle reminders, a panda-shaped vessel that fills as you drink, streaks & milestones.

ToolTrunk
ToolTrunk
Utilities · Instruments

Six precision instruments — spirit level, compass, sound meter, flashlight, on-screen ruler, protractor — all on-device.

Inkline
Inkline
Game · Meditative Puzzle

A meditative knot-untangling puzzle, drawn in sumi-e ink on washi paper. 648 procedurally generated forms across six scrolls.

Pippet
Pippet
Game · iPhone Arcade

A native iPhone arcade game where the Dynamic Island becomes a living creature you defend from cosmic invasion.

App Store iPhone only
Twist and Turn Quest
Twist and Turn Quest
Game · Tilt Maze

A tilt-controlled 3D maze game. Roll a marble through eight quest modes across atmospheric worlds — including PRISM round mazes and a worldwide Daily Challenge.

Fruit Hugs
Fruit Hugs
Game · Kids Merge

A calm, cuddly merge game for ages 4 to 8. Drop fruit friends into a bowl, match two the same, watch them hug and grow. No ads, plays offline.

App Store · soon Google Play · soon
Veggie Pop
Veggie Pop
Game · Kids Merge

A calm, cuddly merge game for ages 4 to 8. Drop veggies into a jar, match two the same, watch them hug into a bigger friend. No ads, plays offline.

App Store · soon Google Play · soon
Circus Arcade
Circus Arcade
Game · Retro Arcade

A retro pixel-art big-top show in five acts: flaming hoops on a lion, the tightrope, trampolines, horseback and the trapeze. Chiptune music, three difficulty levels, four modes. No ads, plays offline.

App Store · soon Google Play · soon
Pomma
Pomma
Productivity · Focus

A quiet Pomodoro timer for one thing at a time. Focus in short sprints, plan tasks, watch your streak grow. No accounts; everything stays on your device.

App Store · soon Google Play
Postela
Postela
Design · Marketing

Turn a product photo into a polished Instagram post, story, flyer or slide, and build App Store and Google Play screenshot sets. Free to use, no ads, no account.

App Store · soon Google Play · soon
Experience

10+ years in fintech quality.

From Infosys to Savvy Loans — building quality frameworks that protect millions of users.

Savvy Loans
01 2026 – Present Savvy Loans
Current Role

Head of Quality Assurance

Leading quality assurance across the lending platform — owning quality strategy, test automation, and release confidence for compliance-sensitive loan origination and servicing flows, and building the QA function as the platform scales.

Quality StrategyTeam LeadershipLendingAutomationAI-Assisted
Block
02 2022 – 2026 Block · Cash App

Senior QA Automation Lead

Lead QA for the Trust & Risk domain. Owned end-to-end quality strategy across identity verification, login migration, disputes, Borrow Loans, and account recovery. QA DRI for compliance-sensitive launches. Used AI tools to scale automation coverage across critical financial flows.

XCUITestEspressoIDVComplianceAI-Assisted
Afterpay
03 2021 – 2022 Afterpay · Block

Senior Quality Engineer

Built the mobile automation framework from scratch for Money by Afterpay. Led quality initiatives across payments and risk systems during the Block acquisition transition.

Mobile AutomationPaymentsFramework Design
UBank
04 2017 – 2021 UBank

Senior Automation Engineer

Primary automation owner for iOS and Android native banking apps. Designed mobile automation framework using Appium. Led strategic transition to Perfecto. Received Individual Achievement Award for Automation Excellence.

AppiumPerfectoiOS & Android
🏆 Individual Achievement Award for Automation Excellence
Infosys
05 2015 – 2017 Infosys

Systems Engineer

Built automation frameworks for enterprise digital platforms. Led the first-ever automation testing POC in the department, winning Abstraction's first Automation Project.

SeleniumEnterprise
🏆 Abstraction's First Automation Project
Skills

What I bring.

A decade of quality engineering expertise across mobile, API, and cloud platforms.

XCUITestEspressoAppiumREST AssuredJenkinsSwiftUIPerfectoBrowserStackTestRailPostmanJIRAFlutter XCUITestEspressoAppiumREST AssuredJenkinsSwiftUIPerfectoBrowserStackTestRailPostmanJIRAFlutter
Risk-Based TestingJavaAI-Assisted DevCursor / ClaudeLaunchDarklyJMeterCompliance QAJavaScriptSOAP UISauce LabsHP QC ALMQTest Risk-Based TestingJavaAI-Assisted DevCursor / ClaudeLaunchDarklyJMeterCompliance QAJavaScriptSOAP UISauce LabsHP QC ALMQTest
SwiftUIFlutterReactUnityApp Store ConnectPlay ConsoleTestFlightApp SigningASOSeleniumPlaywrightCustom Reporting SwiftUIFlutterReactUnityApp Store ConnectPlay ConsoleTestFlightApp SigningASOSeleniumPlaywrightCustom Reporting
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Mobile Automation

XCUITest, Espresso, Appium, Perfecto, BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Seetest

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AI-Assisted Engineering

Cursor, Claude — automation scripting, framework acceleration, debugging, test generation

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API & Backend Testing

REST Assured, Postman, SOAP UI, JMeter — API validation across critical financial flows

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CI/CD & Tooling

Jenkins, TestRail, JIRA, QTest, HP QC ALM, LaunchDarkly

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Quality Strategy

Risk-based testing, release governance, compliance validation, regression optimisation

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Programming

Java, JavaScript, SwiftUI — test frameworks and production-grade mobile apps

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Web Automation

Selenium, Playwright, custom reporting frameworks for end-to-end web test coverage

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App Development

SwiftUI, Flutter, React, Unity, Godot, HTML5 & Capacitor — building and shipping production apps to App Store & Google Play solo

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App Publishing & ASO

App Store Connect, Google Play Console, TestFlight, release tracks, app signing, metadata & keyword optimisation

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AI-Accelerated Dev

Cursor, Claude — prompt engineering for code generation, solo full-stack delivery from idea to shipped product

Contact

Let's connect.

Open to senior QA, quality engineering leadership, and AI-assisted engineering conversations.

Based in Sydney, Australia. 10+ years in fintech quality engineering. Currently building AI-powered apps and always open to meaningful conversations.