Akshata Shirur

QA Engineer with 2+ experience in Manual Testing, REST API Testing, Backend SQL Validation, and Performance Testing. Strong hands-on experience with Postman, JMeter, Jira, MySQL, and Docker-based microservices validation. Exposure to Automation Testing using Python, Selenium WebDriver, and PyTest, with a solid understanding of automation framework concepts. Experienced in Agile/Scrum environments, with a proven track record of reducing defect leakage and improving test coverage.

QA Engineer - Cogniquest Ai - Bangalore

(2023-12)

• Analyzed business requirements and user stories to design comprehensive test cases, scenarios, and test data, ensuring strong requirements coverage.
• Designed and executed manual test cases across each sprint, covering functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and integration testing with a high execution rate.
• Developed and maintained end-to-end automated test scripts using Playwright with Python across multiple projects, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and application quality.
• Designed, executed, and maintained Playwright-Python automation frameworks for web applications across all projects.
• Performed REST API testing using Postman across numerous endpoints, validating requests, responses, and status codes, and identifying several API defects.
• Conducted backend data validation using SQL queries, detecting data integrity issues and helping reduce production incidents.
• Executed performance and load testing using JMeter with concurrent users, identifying key performance bottlenecks.
• Logged, tracked, and managed defects in Jira, maintaining a strong closure rate within sprint cycles.
• Supported UAT execution and participated in numerous sprint cycles, helping reduce UAT defect leakage.
• Performed data validation and reconciliation across UI, APIs, and backend systems, ensuring high data accuracy.
• Executed regression testing after multiple releases and hotfix deployments, maintaining zero critical production defects.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to reduce requirement clarification time.

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication - Smt. Kamala and Shri Venkappa M Agadi College of Engineering and Technology (2019 - 2022)