Himanshu Kumar — Software Engineer

Senior SDET 3 at HCL Technologies (Actian) Total Experience: 12 years ISTQB Foundation and Agile certified AZ-900 certification from Microsoft Foundation certification in Programming and Data science from IIT Madras Proficient in technical analysis with a solid foundation in software testing and automation. Experience in automating performance tests using JMeter. Strong experience of working on Distributed systems based on Kubernetes and running tests of larger scale factor on Kubernetes engine of cloud environments e.g. Google, Azure and AWS. Automating execution of database benchmarks e.g. TPCH, TPCDS and TPCC using shell scripting and Pytest Worked on validating Spark integration with Vector database and performed functional and performance validation Developed data validation of regression tests using PyTest Regressions e.g. num regression and data regression. Skilled in API automation testing using Rest Assured and Python request library Developed CI pipelines in Jenkins and Azure Pipelines and integrated job results to be published to Grafana Automated comparison of Query execution plan in database to provide HTML difference of result when test fails. Leading and mentoring QA teams of 4–5 members, fostering collaboration and skill growth Hands-on experience in Linux environments, with deep domain knowledge in network security and databases Strong proficiency with distributed version control systems like Git Extensive experience in Agile methodologies and collaborative development environments Implemented BDD frameworks using Cucumber for scalable and readable test automation Tools exposure: IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, Eclipse, vsCode, Maven, Jenkins, GIT, Rest Assured, Postman, Azure Dev-ops Experience of web app development using VueJs, Flask API and Jijnja2.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Quality Engineer with expertise in Test Automation and Agile methodologies in the SaaS industry.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 13 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Test Automation
Performance Testing
Api Testing
Agile Methodologies
Functional Testing

Career Highlights

12 years of experience in software testing and automation.
Expert in performance testing and CI pipeline creation.
Strong leadership in mentoring QA teams.

Work Experience

HCLSoftware

Senior Software Engineer III (2 yrs 2 mos)

Capgemini Engineering

Test Lead (2 yrs 5 mos)

Capita

Test Lead (6 yrs 10 mos)

Tavant Technologies

Senior Quality Engineer (2 yrs 7 mos)

Aon Hewitt

Batch Technical Analyst (2 yrs 5 mos)

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Himanshu Kumar

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

12 years of experience in software testing and automation.
Expert in performance testing and CI pipeline creation.
Strong leadership in mentoring QA teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Quality Engineer with expertise in Test Automation and Agile methodologies in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationPerformance TestingApi TestingAgile MethodologiesFunctional Testing

Other Skills

AgileAgile TestingBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)Bug TrackingCI pipelinesCommunicationCore JavaCucumberEnglishGherkinGitHTMLJIRAJUnitJava

About

Experience

13 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Hclsoftware

Senior Software Engineer III

Apr 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Responsible for doing performance testing of Actian database products
Creating CI pipelines to run automation tests on Jenkins

performance testingCI pipelinesautomation testsJenkinsTest AutomationPerformance Testing

Capgemini engineering

Test Lead

Mar 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

> I have worked on project related to Network security and learnt various key concepts related to Firewall technology and network layers.
> I have utilized my technical skills to automate complex application flows using Selenium, Playwright, Rest Assured, Java and Python.
> I have been involved into writing scripted pipelines in Jenkins and monitoring the regression suite.
> I am managing QA members, help them achieve their tasks on time and provide better estimates of the tasks.
> Review peer code and mentor other SDETs in the team.
> I have strong experience of working in Agile project and conduct different agile ceremonies during the sprint cycle.
> Involved into doing Beta sessions for developed features and get feedback from customers for improvement in the product.
> Strong experience in the implementation of API and Rest, API documentation etc.

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Capita

Test Lead

Oct 2017 – Aug 2024 · 6 yrs 10 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

I have strong experience of automating web application using Selenium and Java .We start automating the scenarios at very early stage so that we can find defects as early as possible . Thus we work on TDD model where we first try to automate a scenario and show them failing at first step .
I am experienced in automating data base assertions to check the postings as a result of a front end workflow is as expected .And I have experience in writing reusable step definitions which can be used in multiple features.
I have experience in maven and setting pipeline in Jenkins

SeleniumJavaTDDdatabase assertionsJenkinsTest Automation+1

Tavant technologies

Senior Quality Engineer

Mar 2015 – Oct 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

Working as a Senior Quality engineer in a Consumer Lending project .

Aon hewitt

Batch Technical Analyst

Oct 2012 – Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Noida Area, India

Responsible for Configuring and Testing Aon Hewitt's proprietary TBA (Total Benefit Administration) based on client's analysis document of clients requirements.
Configuration involves using conversation tool to customize code or logic to fix system defects or update the system as per change orders.
Responsible for testing the code and debugging issues/defects prior to the code being migrated to production environment
Testing changes in GUI and YBR (a web portal used by client's participants to access their profile)
Regular conference call with Function analysts and Lead System analysts to discuss daily hurdles