Danny Shinde

Results-driven QA Automation Engineer with 3.8 years of experience specializing in Playwright test automation (JavaScript/TypeScript), alongside strong expertise in Selenium WebDriver (Java), Cypress, and REST API testing (Postman, Rest Assured, SOAP UI). Proven track record of designing and maintaining scalable, reusable automation frameworks using the Page Object Model, BDD (Cucumber/Gherkin), and CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps). Automated 60% of test cases, increased test coverage by 35%, and accelerated release cycles by 15% while collaborating effectively within Agile/Scrum teams.

Adept at functional, regression, cross-browser, database, and performance testing, with hands-on experience across 600+ test cases and 300+ tracked defects.

Senior Software Test Engineer at Harbinger Group Pvt. Ltd (2026-01 – 2026-06)

Project: Relias Learning Platform (Healthcare, Client: U.S., Team Size: 10). Testing Focus: Playwright automation (JavaScript), API testing, performance testing, BDD Cucumber. Relias is a web-based Learning Management System (LMS) delivering online training, assessments, certifications, and compliance courses. Responsible for validating core LMS functionality including login, course enrollment, learner dashboards, assessments, progress tracking, and certification workflows.

• Designed, wrote, and maintained automated test scripts using Playwright (JavaScript) covering functional, end-to-end, regression, and cross-browser testing (Chrome, Firefox, WebKit)
• Structured scalable, reusable Playwright test frameworks using Page Object Model and modular design best practices
• Developed scripts to parse Excel sheets into JSON objects, enabling dynamic generation of test cases for login/credential and expected-error scenarios
• Built and maintained BDD-style test cases using Cucumber.js integrated with Playwright for behavior-driven testing
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into Gherkin scenarios for shared documentation
• Debugged test failures, performed root-cause analysis, and raised clear, reproducible defect reports in JIRA
• Executed cross-browser test scripts on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge/IE
• Conducted performance testing using JMeter
• Participated in daily Scrum meetings to report on project progress

Associate Software Engineer at Cyanous Software Pvt. Ltd (2022-08 – 2025-11)

Project: Digital Platform (Client: U.S., Team Size: 20).

Testing Focus: Functional, database, and API testing with Postman and Rest Assured, BDD Cucumber.

Digital

Platform is a scalable enterprise web application providing a unified customer experience across multiple digital channels. Responsible for validating frontend and backend functionality, maintaining automated test scripts, performing REST/GraphQL API testing, and ensuring quality, performance, accessibility, and cross-browser compatibility.

• Designed and executed 500+ test cases, achieving 98% test accuracy
• Spearheaded implementation of a BDD framework using Cucumber with Gherkin; authored modular feature files and step definitions for user stories and acceptance criteria
• Integrated automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, Git) enabling nightly and on-demand execution for faster feedback loops
• Implemented Page Object Model and hybrid automation frameworks to modularize test scripts and improve maintainability
• Developed data-driven API test suites using TestNG/JUnit with Rest Assured to validate responses across multiple environments and data sets
• Automated authentication/authorization scenarios (OAuth, JWT, bearer tokens) within Rest Assured test flows
• Performed functional, retesting, regression, and UI testing, plus extensive manual testing
• Tracked and reported defects using JIRA; drove root cause analysis and defect review meetings
• Participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies — grooming, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Prepared test scenarios and test cases based on requirement documents; supported CI/CD testing activities using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Engineering – Pune University (2022)