Dhaya Nithi

Highly skilled and results-oriented Associate Quality Engineer with 2.5+ years of experience specializing in Manual and Automation Testing of enterprise web applications. Proficient in developing and maintaining robust test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber (BDD), and Maven. Experienced in API testing using Postman and Rest Assured, integrating automated test suites into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and driving quality assurance within fast-paced Agile/Scrum teams.

Demonstrated success in expanding automation test coverage, executing continuous testing, and ensuring defect-free product releases across global platforms.

Software Quality Engineer - Moving Walls - Chennai, India

(2023-11)

Current Role: Associate Quality Engineer • Initial Role: QA Engineer Intern

• Spearheaded end-to-end (E2E) quality assurance operations, designing and maintaining robust automation test scripts using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Cucumber BDD to accelerate QA execution cycles.
• Designed and enhanced a scalable Page Object Model (POM) automation framework, maximizing code reusability and reducing script maintenance overhead.
• Developed end-to-end (E2E) automation test suites covering major business workflows across enterprise advertising and admin platforms.
• Integrated automated test execution into GitLab CI/CD pipelines and scheduled daily automated runs post-deployment to ensure continuous regression coverage.
• Architected and maintained an automation dashboard to monitor real-time test execution status, pass/fail trends, and overall framework metrics.
• Automated functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and cross-browser testing across multiple web browsers.
• Conducted extensive API testing using Postman and Rest Assured to validate backend web services, request/response payloads, and data integrity.
• Identified, logged, triaged, and verified software defects in close collaboration with development and product teams within an Agile/Scrum workflow.
• Participated actively in sprint planning, daily standups, and requirement analysis to transform product specifications into detailed test scenarios.

Production Trainee (Apprenticeship / Contract) - Seoyon E-hwa Summit Automotive India Pvt Ltd

(2021-02 - 2022-07)

• Worked as a Production Trainee in the manufacturing division, strictly adhering to standard operating procedures and quality control guidelines.
• Actively involved in the precision manufacturing, quality inspection, and systematic assembly of automotive bumpers for Hyundai vehicles.

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering - Arunai Engineering College (2014 - 2018) Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu