Quality Assurance Lead - Synechron - Pune, India
(2025-03 - 2026-04)
- Architected a Playwright + TypeScript E2E test suite from scratch for a core banking application, scaling to 70+ automated scenarios and cutting regression execution time by ~4 hours per sprint — enabling the team to ship 2× faster.
- Maintained a 0 P1-in-production record across 6 consecutive sprint cycles by identifying 4+ critical production-blocking defects per release via a REST Assured API test suite before each deployment.
- Automated 27% of the full regression suite using Selenium (Java), freeing 3+ engineering hours per sprint (~72 hours saved annually) and reducing dependency on manual regression.
- Designed and deployed a CI/CD-integrated test pipeline on Jenkins + Git, collapsing a manual 2-day deployment confidence check to a fully automated 45-minute run — a 93% reduction in validation time.
Technical Architect – QA - Hexaware Technologies - Pune, India
(2021-10 - 2025-01)
- Led a team of 3 QA engineers as Test Lead in a Scrum environment, coaching junior engineers and promoting shift-left testing practices in collaboration with development teams.
- Built and maintained scalable UI automation suites in Playwright, improving regression stability and accelerating release velocity across multiple product modules.
- Expanded cross-browser test coverage by 40% through strategic migration from Selenium to Playwright for key application modules.
- Engineered reusable Java libraries, reducing script creation time by 30% and enabling faster onboarding of automation test cases.
- Designed comprehensive automation frameworks spanning Selenium, REST Assured, and Cucumber, cutting overall manual QA effort by 50%.
- Integrated Git and Jenkins CI pipelines to trigger automated test runs on every commit, significantly improving feedback loops and test reliability.
Senior QA Consultant - Wipro Limited - Pune, India
(2021-03 - 2021-09)
- Developed a BDD Cucumber framework to improve requirements traceability and reduce ambiguity between business and engineering teams.
- Actively participated in sprint planning, sprint demos, and retrospectives, contributing to quality-first Agile practices.
Senior Consultant – QA - Capgemini - Pune, India
(2018-11 - 2020-06)
- Achieved ~80% API test coverage using Karate, contributing to a 30% reduction in post-release defects and accelerating sprint delivery by 40%.
- Developed a Selenium WebDriver POM-based data-driven framework, improving test reusability and maintainability across the project.
Senior Test Analyst - Nihilent Technologies - Pune, India
(2017-02 - 2018-10)
- Conducted on-site visit to South Africa to lead test strategy discussions and align QA practices with the client's business requirements.
QA Specialist - Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) - Pune, India
(2010-12 - 2016-12)
- Performed manual testing for core PLM (Windchill) and IoT (ThingWorx) platforms across 6 years, building deep domain expertise in enterprise-grade software quality.
