PIYUSH JALNEKAR

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India6 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in automation strategy and test design.
  • Proficient in API testing and CI/CD integration.
  • Strong mentoring skills for junior QA engineers.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quality Assurance expert in the SaaS industry with strong automation and testing capabilities.

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Skills

Core Skills

AutomationApi TestingQuality Assurance

Other Skills

UI TestingCross-functional CollaborationCI/CD IntegrationMentoringTest DesignFunctional TestingRegression TestingExploratory TestingManual TestingCollaborationScrumDefect TrackingProduct QualityDynamic TestingCheck Guarantee

About

Experienced Quality Analyst with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Automation , Selenium, Python,J2EE Web Services, C++, Databases, Public Speaking, and Core Java. Strong quality assurance professional with a PGDAC focused in Computer Science from SunBeam Institute of Information Technology, Pune-Karad.

Experience

6 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 6 mos
Current Experience

Phenom

3 roles

Software Development Engineer in Test 2

May 2023Present · 3 yrs

Software Engineer in Test

Promoted

Apr 2023Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Led automation strategy and test design for large-scale SaaS applications with a focus on UI and API reliability. Built and maintained reliable Playwright test suites for multi-module web components. Designed and executed functional, regression, and exploratory test cases to verify complex user flows. Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Dev, UX, Product) to define quality checkpoints and ensure seamless integrations. Integrated CI/CD pipelines with automated test triggers, improving feedback loops and release confidence. Mentored junior QA engineers in automation best practices, code quality, and test maintenance. Leveraged AI to auto‑generate API test cases from Swagger/OpenAPI specs and production logs, validating request/response schemas, negative scenarios, and boundary conditions. Implemented Playwright MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations to: Speed up locator strategies and test authoring using AI‑assisted context awareness. Generate reliable test flows by providing DOM, network, and application state context to AI models. Reduce flaky tests by validating selectors and assertions through MCP‑driven analysis. Built reusable utilities for API validation, authentication handling, and test data management.
AutomationUI TestingAPI TestingCross-functional CollaborationCI/CD IntegrationMentoring+4

Quality Analyst

Nov 2019Apr 2023 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Performed detailed manual and automation testing across features prior to release. Validated API responses using tools like Postman, and collaborated in building automated checks. Worked within Scrum cycles to refine test cases, logs, and defect tracking.
Manual TestingAPI TestingCollaborationScrumDefect TrackingQuality Assurance

Education

Sunbeam

PG-DAC – Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing — Computer Science

Jan 2019Jan 2019

Amravati University

Jan 2013Jan 2018

1% Club

College of Engineering & Technology, Akola.

Master of Mechanical Engineering

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