Ayush Kumar

Software Quality Analyst with 2.5+ years of QA experience across web and mobile, combining strong manual and API testing with a growing test-automation skill set. Proven in test planning, test case design, functional and regression testing, Postman API validation, and SQL data verification, with hands-on AI-assisted and low-code automation using ChatGPT and Claude (MCP). Currently building hands-on scripted automation with Selenium, Playwright, and Python to complement a solid foundation in QA methodologies, automation frameworks, and CI/CD awareness.

Analytical, detail-oriented, and collaborative, with a focus on control, accuracy, and reliable, high-quality releases.

Software Quality Analyst / Release Analyst at FranConnect (2024-09 – Present)

Drive QA for a product SaaS platform spanning web and 5 production mobile applications; validated 30–35 tickets per weekly release and 1+ feature per monthly release, contributing to 3,800+ tickets handled to date with on-time, bug-free production deployments.

• Performed functional, regression, exploratory, and usability testing on web modules; designed and maintained test cases, test plans, and test scenarios, breaking complex flows into testable happy-path, edge, and negative cases.
• Conducted API testing using Postman — validating REST endpoints, authentication, HTTP status codes, payload structure, and edge cases across services.
• Validated backend data using SQL queries for data verification, filtering, and integrity checks across releases; ran automation jobs and queries via Jenkins for post-deployment verification.
• Identified, logged, and tracked defects in JIRA with clear reproduction steps, screenshots, and logs; partnered with developers on root cause analysis for faster bug turnaround.
• Built AI-assisted and low-code test automation for regression and sanity runs, test case/data generation, and reporting; used Git for version control (branches, commits, PR basics) as part of the workflow.
• Collaborated closely with developers and product teams across weekly release cycles; performed smoke and sanity checks, supported release certification, and owned quality end-to-end with strong attention to detail.

M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering – IIMT College of Engineering (2025 – 2027)

B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering – Dronacharya Group of Institutions (AKTU) (2020 – 2024)