Nithin Bhaskaran

A seasoned Quality Assurance professional with 14+ years of extensive experience in Software Testing, primarily driving quality excellence across complex Banking, Financial Services (BFSI), Insurance, and Retail domains. 4+ years of specialized experience in Salesforce Ecosystem Testing, ensuring robust validation of CRM workflows, integrations, and platform capabilities. Proven expertise across diverse application technologies and middleware architectures, including MuleSoft, Mambu, Zoot, Fiserv, APIs, and Core Banking Systems. Strong technical proficiency in database testing utilizing advanced SQL sub-queries and joins, along with hands-on experience in Unix environments and Putty.

Experienced across multiple testing frameworks, covering Functional, Integration, Smoke, Regression, Mobile App (iOS/iPad/Android), and Web Testing. Demonstrated leadership capabilities in test governance, including Test Estimation, Strategy & Planning, Resource Task Allocation, Milestone Adherence, Risk Mitigation, and delivery of comprehensive Test Summary Reports to stakeholders. Adept at managing global client engagements across the US, UK, and Australia within high-velocity Agile/Scrum and traditional Waterfall methodologies.

Test Lead at UST (2021-01 – 2026-04)

• Led end-to-end testing activities for a premier UK specialist bank encompassing credit cards, vehicle finance, savings products, and financial management applications (Vanquis, Moneybarn, and Snoop).
• Coordinated end-to-end lifecycle activities from initial requirement analysis and test estimation down to closure alongside Product Owners, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, and Dev Leads.
• Designed and executed exhaustive test scenarios across Salesforce layouts, MuleSoft API integrations, Mambu core banking engines, and relational databases.
• Managed defect lifecycle governance using Azure DevOps; mentored junior team members and delivered regular product demonstrations to global clients and business stakeholders.

Test Lead at UST (2017-06 – 2020-12)

• Directed QA efforts for specialized financial services focusing on personal loans, vehicle finance, and credit products tailored for unique consumer credit segments in the UK.
• Owned cross-platform alignment for desktop web and mobile test cycles using BrowserStack; authored and executed core regression frameworks utilizing Selenium C# and Appium.
• Handled project management operational overheads including asset tracking, resource leave management, task allocation, progress tracking, and client deliveries.

Sr. Tester at UST (2016-02 – 2017-06)

• Contributed to quality engineering workflows for a global leader in data, analytics, and consumer credit reporting.
• Performed detailed requirements analysis, test design, data validation, and structural regression runs across legacy enterprise systems and modern web portals.

QA Lead at Wipro (2014-06 – 2015-09)

• Guided testing initiatives for the ANZ Smart Choice Super fund, verifying retirement and superannuation investment portfolio products.
• Orchestrated cross-functional operational testing, asset management, and daily/weekly status dispatches directly to client stakeholding teams.
• Resolved alignment conflicts across teams and supervised multi-platform test suites spanning Selenium Java, automated QTP scripts, and TOSCA.

QA Lead at Wipro (2013-10 – 2014-06)

• Oversaw data integrity validation routines for complex financial data sets and calculation streams behind the world's largest securities trading platform.
• Spearheaded systematic task breakdowns and conducted precise technical demonstrations for Business Analysts to expedite sign-offs.

Project Engineer at Wipro (2012-06 – 2013-10)

• Executed complete end-to-end user experience and backend stability sweeps across core customer-facing retail channels, including dedicated iOS/iPad and Android native applications.
• Maintained, modified, and scaled regression suites utilizing QTP; tracked task progression and structured active device lab configurations for localized physical device sweeps.

Project Engineer at Wipro (2011-02 – 2012-06)

• Validated core e-commerce transactions, inventory systems, and discount algorithms for a major multinational consumer electronics retailer.
• Conducted targeted backend validation using Unix shell utilities via Putty and automated UI test scripts utilizing Selenium Java frameworks.

B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) – College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET) (2010)

Higher Secondary Education – Kendriya Vidyalaya, Keltron Nagar (2006)