Ruchi Bhadola

Operations Associate

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India13 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in building high-performing QA teams.
Expertise in automation frameworks and CI/CD integration.
Strong focus on delivering customer-centric products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Manager with extensive experience in E-commerce and Travel Technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

Qa LeadershipTest AutomationManual Testing

Other Skills

API TestingAgile MethodologiesAutomationBrowserStackBugzillaCI/CDCore JavaCross-functional CoordinationCross-functional Team LeadershipFunctional TestingGUI TestingGithubGrafanaIntegration TestingJAVA

About

QA Manager / Staff SDET with 12+ years of experience driving quality strategy, test automation, and delivery excellence across large-scale consumer and e-commerce platforms. Currently at Nykaa, I lead QA initiatives for Payments and Order Management systems, owning end-to-end quality across web and API layers. I bring strong expertise in test strategy definition, automation framework design (Selenium,pytest, TestNG), and embedding quality into CI/CD pipelines for faster, reliable releases. I have a proven track record of building and mentoring high-performing QA teams, establishing scalable test processes, improving release confidence, and reducing production defects through automation-first approaches. I work closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps stakeholders to align quality goals with business outcomes in Agile environments. My strengths include QA leadership, stakeholder management, process optimization, and risk-based testing, with a strong focus on delivering stable, customer-centric products. Actively seeking Remote / Hybrid QA Manager opportunities | Immediate joiner

Experience

13 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Nykaa

2 roles

Staff SDET

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Lead QA strategy and quality ownership for Payments and Order Management domains across web and APIs.
Define and execute automation-first test strategies, leveraging Selenium, pytest , and TestNG to improve regression coverage and release confidence.
Manage and mentor QA engineers, driving best practices in test planning, estimation, reviews, and execution.
Partner closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to ensure quality is embedded throughout the SDLC.
Own release sign-off, sanity, and regression cycles, ensuring smooth and stable production deployments.
Drive process improvements and reporting to provide clear visibility of quality metrics to senior stakeholders.
Led automation and manual testing efforts for critical product modules in an Agile environment.
Acted as a key point of contact for cross-team communication and stakeholder updates.
Coordinated QA deliverables across sprints, ensuring timely releases with minimal defects.
Conducted test reviews, estimations, and quality risk assessments.

QA LeadershipCI/CDStakeholder ManagementSeleniumpytestTestNG+4

SDET Lead

Oct 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Rategain

Associate Manager

Aug 2019 – Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Led end-to-end QA delivery for Agoda and Expedia integrations, ensuring smooth functionalvalidation and release alignment.
Built a REST Assured hybrid automation framework to enhance API coverage, scalability, andmaintainability.
Drove automation-led efficiencies, reducing manual regression effort by 40% and supporting clientsthrough UAT and production sign-offs.

REST AssuredAPI TestingAutomationUATTest Automation

Info edge india ltd

2 roles

Lead Test Analyst

Promoted

Apr 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Involved in Analyzing the Requirements
Involved in automation framework using Selenium Web Driver, JAVA and TestNG.
Guide and mentor the team and new team members and assist them whenever required
Extensively automated regression and functional test suites using Selenium WebDriver, JAVA and TestNG.
Writing new Scripts and maintain the existing scripts .
Involved in Deployment of code on live servers(release process).
Review test cases and QA Estimation for testing.
Sanity of Stories which is assigned to team member.
Involved in Sanity and Regression testing using Automation Script.
Ensuring:
o Daily, weekly & monthly status reporting on content & performance with various stakeholders & senior mgmt.
o Communication with team members for smooth flow of work on time.
o Conducting Review Meetings within the Team.

Selenium WebDriverJAVATestNGRegression TestingTest Automation

Senior QA Associate

Nov 2014 – Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Interaction with Development team.
Involve in Test Execution and Reporting defects using Bugzilla.
Responsible for GUI, Functional Testing and System Testing.
Perform Integration, System, Smoke, Re-Testing and Regression Testing.
Experience in UNDERSTANDING the Customer Requirements and deriving the Test
Experience in Manual Testing includes - Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Installation Testing and System Testing, GUI Testing, Smoke and Sanity TestingScenarios/Conditions based on the Requirements
Attend Project meetings and interacted with other team members in order to resolve the problems.
Involved in automation framework using Selenium Web Driver, JAVA and TestNG.Guide and mentor the team and new team members and assist them whenever required
Extensively automated regression and functional test suites using Selenium WebDriver, JAVA and TestNG.
Api Testing Using Postman and automation of api.
Knowledge of MongoDB and It's automation.

BugzillaAPI TestingMongoDBSelenium WebDriverManual Testing

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Software Test Engineer

Dec 2012 – Nov 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Interaction with Development team.
Involve in Test Execution and Reporting defects using Bugzilla.
Responsible for GUI, Functional Testing and System Testing.
Perform Integration, System, Smoke, Re-Testing and Regression Testing.
Experience in UNDERSTANDING the Customer Requirements and deriving the Test.
 Experience in Manual Testing includes - Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Installation Testing and System Testing, GUI Testing, Smoke and Sanity TestingScenarios/Conditions based on the Requirements
Attend Project meetings and interacted with other team members in order to resolve the problems.
Experience in preparation of process related documents such as: Traceability Matrix.

BugzillaGUI TestingTraceability MatrixManual Testing