Somnath Nayak

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 4 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 7 years of experience in Software Testing.
Expertise in E-commerce and Banking domains.
Strong leadership in automation strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Testing expert in E-commerce and Banking domains with strong automation skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Mobile AutomationApi AutomationApi TestingFunctional TestingUi Automation

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesApache POIAutomation TestingBitbucketBlazeMeterCore JavaFramework BuildingGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)JIRAJMeterJavaJenkinsMicrosoft PowerPointNon-functional TestingPerformance Testing

About

➢ Over 7 Years of industry experience in the area of Software Testing (Manual & Automation) with a solid understanding of Test Planning, Test Design, Test Scripting, Test Execution, Defect Reporting & Tracking. Very good expertise on E-commerce & Banking domain. ➢ Well acquainted with all phases of SDLC & STLC ➢ Having sound experience in Functional Testing & Nonfunctional Testing. ➢ Strong knowledge of working with React Native applications on both Android & iOS, along with expertise in App Releasing & Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. ➢ Extensive grip in REST API Testing using POSTMAN ➢ Proficient in Automating REST APIs using JAVA as well as Python. ➢ Having experience in Automating Web & Mobile Application using Selenium WebDriver & Appium ➢ Experience in using SQL, RabbitMQ, Apache kafka, redis & Kibana ➢ Comprehensive knowledge of performing end to end testing of e-commerce and Banking applications. ➢ Extensive grip in Deploying Services & Test Environment Stabilization ➢ Hands on experience in developing test plans and strategies for Backend Testing and e-commerce solutions ➢ Knowledge in Performance Testing using JMeter ➢ Having sound experience working on AGILE Methodologies ➢ Experienced in Team leadership and driving effective automation strategies.

Experience

Porter

SDET III

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Mobile AutomationAPI AutomationJavaPythonTeam LeadershipFramework Building+4

Licious

Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test

Nov 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

➢ Participated in design discussions and sprint planning meetings also prepared
➢ Prepared Test Design, Test Scenarios, and Test Data based on PRD
➢ Responsible for API and hybrid app (React Native + Native) testing, release management and OTA updates on Android & iOS
➢ Managed build deployments, services, and test environment stabilization.
➢ Developed and executed functional and regression test cases using Appium with a BDD framework (Cucumber & Gherkin).
➢ Integrated Jenkins with Git and scheduled automated builds using predefined Maven commands.
➢ Led the consumer team for app releases, feature testing, automation coverage and execution

Performance TestingAPI AutomationPythonMobile AutomationWeb AutomationJava+1

Zeta

2 roles

Sr. Software Development Engineer in Test

Promoted

Jul 2022 – Nov 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos

Involvement in design discussion and sprint planning meetings
Deploying Builds, Services & Test Environment Stabilisation
Scripting Functional & Regression Testing using Appium with BDD framework by Cucumber using Gherkin
Involvement in Results Analyzing and Defect Reporting in JIRA.
Writing scripts for automating APIs and enhancing the Framework
Integrated Jenkins with GIT and scheduled builds to run automatically by invoking predefined Maven commands

API AutomationMobile Automation

Software Development Engineer In Test II

Jan 2020 – Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Involvement in design discussion and sprint planning meetings
Preparation of Test Design, Test Scenarios and Test Data based on PRD
Responsible for APIs & GUI Functional testing, Integration, System and UAT
Involvement in Results Analyzing and Defect Reporting in JIRA.
Writing scripts for automating APIs and enhancing the Framework

API AutomationAPI TestingFunctional TestingNon-functional Testing

Nestaway technologies pvt ltd

Software Development Engineer In Test I

Apr 2019 – Dec 2019 · 8 mos · Bangaon Area, India

Framework Designing for API and Web Automation using Python
Scripting Test cases of web application using selenium webDriver
Involvement in Results Analyzing and Defect Reporting in JIRA
Creation of Test Data and checking the integrity with micro services
Deploying Builds, Services & Test Environment Stabilization
Sending day-to-day status report to the Team Lead.

API AutomationUI Automation

Qapitol qa - an award winning qa company

2 roles

Software Test Engineer

Aug 2017 – Feb 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Working as a consultant in SWIGGY

Associate Software Test Engineer

May 2017 – Jul 2017 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Swiggy

Software Test Consultant

Aug 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bangaon Area, India

Working as a Test Consultant being a permanent employee of Qapitol QA (Parent Company)
Involvement in design discussion and sprint planning meetings
Responsible for APIs testing, Integration, System and Usability testing using Black box Testing Techniques.
Deploying Builds, Services & Test Environment Stabilization
Involvement in Results Analyzing and Defect Reporting in JIRA.
Creating Selenium scripts for testing features on Web Page and writing scripts for automating APIs
Daily Defect Triage or communication with Developers and PM related to defects over Slack.

API AutomationAPI TestingFunctional Testing