Abhilipsa Mohanty

Results-driven QA Automation Engineer and SDET with 4+ years of hands-on experience in Banking domain testing (HSBC, MUFG). Expert in Java-based test automation with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and JUnit. Skilled in building BDD/Cucumber frameworks, Appium mobile automation, REST Assured API testing, and CI/CD pipeline integration via Jenkins and GitHub Actions.

Demonstrated 35% regression cycle time reduction via Selenium Grid parallel execution. Proven collaborator in Agile/Scrum environments with a strong focus on quality, coverage, and delivery.

QA Automation Engineer | SDET - Capgemini - Bengaluru

(2022-03 - 2026-03)

Domain: Banking | Clients: HSBC, MUFG

• Designed and implemented automated test frameworks using Java and TestNG/JUnit, enabling reliable cross-browser regression testing for mission-critical banking applications.
• Built BDD automation framework using Cucumber, Java, and Gherkin for end-to-end behaviour-driven testing across complex banking user journeys.
• Developed mobile automation test suites using Appium for Android — covering HSBC UK/HK mobile banking and insurance modules with cross-platform compatibility.
• Executed API test automation for banking backend services using REST Assured and Postman — validating policy listing, claims processing, and premium payment workflows.
• Achieved 35% reduction in regression test cycle time by configuring Selenium Grid for parallel cross-browser execution.
• Built reusable Page Object Model components ensuring maintainable and scalable automation test suites.
• Performed end-to-end manual testing — Functional, Smoke, Regression, UAT, Integration, and System testing across complex banking applications for HSBC and MUFG.
• Designed and reviewed test plans, test cases, and test scenarios for banking modules including policy management, insurance platforms, and digital banking portals.
• Managed defect lifecycle in JIRA — logging, tracking, and coordinating resolution with developers and business analysts across multiple release cycles.
• Collaborated with Business Analysts and Product Owners to gather requirements and ensure complete test coverage aligned with acceptance criteria.
• Integrated automation suites with Jenkins and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing across banking release cycles.
• Performed Oracle SQL database testing for financial record validation, data transformations, and data integrity checks.
• Identified process bottlenecks and implemented automation improvements, significantly reducing manual regression effort and turnaround time.
• Prepared quality dashboards, daily/weekly status reports, and impact analysis for senior management to support release decisions.
• Mentored junior QA engineers on automation best practices, BDD principles, and Selenium WebDriver framework design patterns.
• Actively participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily standups, and retrospectives.

Master of Computer Applications - MCA - JNTU, Hyderabad (2014 - 2017)

Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - OUAT, Bhubaneswar (2011 - 2014)