Jan 2022 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

• I lead Automation Initiatives for Quality Engineering at Drishti.
• Drishti’s mission is to extend human capabilities in an increasingly automated world. Our AI-powered video analytics technology provides visibility and insights that transform the pace and impact of manual assembly line improvement. Manufacturers use Drishti to anchor true digital transformation, driving sweeping improvements in quality costs, efficiency gains and time-to-proficiency for line associate training. And line associates rely on Drishti to be more consistent and efficient, becoming even more valuable on the factory floor.
• My contributions:
• 1. As a founding employee of the QE team, conceived the entire Automation testing roadmap for the product and designed and architected the Automation Framework by immersing in customer workflows & collaborating with engineers for holistic Automated Tests with focus on Data Quality and User experience.
• 2. Managed test development & maintenance and led several releases resulting in a data-rich, scalable portfolio of product-tiers.
• 3. Hired and managed Automation Test Engineers.

Feb 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• @ Clustr we are focused on bringing the power of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to MSME's. Building data pipelines that crunch humongous amounts of data and apply cutting edge deep learning techniques to achieve things way beyond the current standards of our industry is out niche.
• My responsibilities include overall test plan and strategy, test preparation, execution for both platform and UI. Also, defining the abstract design principles for Test Automation all the way to building POCs and implementing Test Solutions.
• Technologies involved include Java/Python, S3, Kafka, PostGres, MongoDB, Graph DB (Neo4J), Docker etc.

Mar 2017 – Dec 2017 · 9 mos · Bangalore

• Senior QA Engineer for Test Automation, responsible for creating and maintaining automation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver in an Agile Environment.
• Reporting , Tracking and Re-testing Defects and Performing Manual Functional Tests as and when the need arises.

Jan 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Oversaw the administration and maintenance of all automation products for the real time Referential System with critical data.
• Developed, communicated and implemented Software Quality Assurance Plans and activities
• Triaged bugs/problems prior to production rollouts and Implemented necessary checks in Regression/Sanity Suites for future Releases.
• Implemented test metrics to communicate status of testing and Bugs.

Jul 2009 – Dec 2011 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Served as Automation Lead using Rational Functional Tester software and Rational Service Tester Software for Web Apps, Desktop Apps and XML code.
• Determined if software build were testable by executing & evaluating smoke and Sanity test results before Dev Build deployment and executing Regression tests at each Test Level Including UAT in Real Time along with other users.
• Maintained standards for testing software including identifying testing resources as well as scheduled and planned testing activities
• Led the development and execution of test plans and scripts for project-based, new software build rollout. Testing to include application testing, integration testing, feature functionality testing, validation testing, regression testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Reviewed test scripts to ensure testing efficiency and code coverage including assisting programmers in resolution of any problems. Also responded to inquiries from users and technical support
• Determined project readiness for all major releases including providing Off shore Test Teams in Manila with all necessary documentation, test cases, and plans to execute test cases
• Participated in post-implementation reviews and documented testing process lessons learned after major releases

Jul 2006 – Jul 2009 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

• Analyzed test cases and functional specifications to determine best approach for automating scripts
• Developed and executed automation suite for Telecom domain Billing and Porting projects using Rational Functional Tester Software.
• Retrieve data from application database and creating tests for DB validation tests.
• Identified the Test scenarios and designed the Test cases.
• Defect tracking and Reporting.
• Documented software issues and enhancement requests and assists development with concise and detailed steps for duplication of the problem