Oct 2018 – Feb 2026 · 7 yrs 4 mos

• Key achievement: Designed and implemented automation frameworks from the ground up, aligned with UI development completion, resulting in a 40% reduction in time to market and 80% reduction in regression testing efforts.
• Organized and conducted the first ever Test Bash in team for a critical release, resulting in successful collaboration and timely release.
• Orchestrated the automation of critical banking processes, resulting in a 50% reduction in manual verification errors and a 30% improvement in release regression efficiency.
• Led a team of QA professionals in test planning, execution, defect triaging and automation, enhancing testing procedures and overall software quality.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define testing strategies, implement best practices, and ensure adherence to quality standards.

Nov 2016 – Sep 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

• Key achievement: Independently designed and implemented comprehensive and robust test automation frameworks resulting in improved efficiency.
• Implemented test automation solutions ensuring comprehensive test coverage, and integrating them with version control systems, and test management tools.
• Conducted functional and black box testing of multiple software projects, identifying, and reporting defects, and collaborating with development teams for timely resolution.
• Collaborated seamlessly with stakeholders to define test requirements, design test cases, and execute test scripts, adhering to project timelines and quality objectives.
• Led initiatives for the adoption of Agile methodologies, facilitating continuous integration and delivery processes, and improving overall team productivity.
• Reduced the number of production defects by 50% by identifying and addressing quality issues throughout the SDLC.

Mar 2016 – Oct 2016 · 7 mos

Jun 2015 – Feb 2016 · 8 mos

• Led the design, development, and implementation of test solutions.
• Collaborated with business analysts and developers to define functional test cases.
• Worked with Product Delivery to define and establish organizational QA discipline.
• Worked with developers to ensure that defined test cases are correctly developed and executed in as part of each build.
• Supported Product Delivery leadership in backend and frontend testing, triaging and tracking quality assurance metrics like defect densities and open defect counts.
• Stayed up to date with new testing tools and test strategies.
• Conducted peer reviews and provide technical leadership to Test Engineers.

Dec 2014 – May 2015 · 5 mos

• Analyzed business requirements and designed test strategy and test suite.
• Conducted automation feasibility study.
• Involved in implementation of test automation framework using QTP.
• Executed automated test cases, prepared reports and logged in defect management tools.

May 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Developed and executed manual test cases for functional testing of various modules.
• Conducted browser compatibility testing.
• Prepared automated test cases using the existing framework with QTP and later UFT, executed them and prepared reports.

Jan 2012 – Apr 2012 · 3 mos