Gayathri Vadde — Software Engineer

QA Engineer with 9.2 years of Experience in Software Quality Assurance across Banking, Telecom, and Healthcare domains.  Expertise in Selenium with Java, Cucumber, TestNG, and ALM, JIRA.  Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, version control tools such as Git and Bitbucket, and familia with test automation frameworks and integration practices.  Performed Functional, Regression, integration, system, smoke, sanity, and user acceptance testing (UAT) across multiple projects and releases.  Proficient in writing and executing test cases, test plans, defect tracking, and providing UAT demos to Business Users.  Experienced with Hybrid Framework, GitHub, and defect management using JIRA, ALM.  Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams—Developers, product owners, and Business Analysts—to clarify requirements and improve product quality.  Led end-to-end QA efforts for multiple projects, ensuring on-time delivery with zero critical defects post-production.  Mentored junior QA engineers on test design techniques, defect lifecycle management, and domain knowledge.  Supported staffing operations for QA organization, including onboarding, offboarding, resource planning, and coordination with Clients and delivery teams.  Managed and monitored Defect Acceptance Ratio (DAR) metrics across multiple projects, ensuring compliance with quality standards and improving defect process efficiency.  Coordinated and tracked learnings, upskilling activities, and training completion for 250 team members, driving continuous improvement and capability development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quality Assurance expert in Fintech and Healthcare domains.

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Experience: 9 yrs 6 mos