Pavan Damre

Results-driven Senior QA Engineer with 6+ years of expertise in Manual Testing, API Testing, SQL Validation and Defect Tracking across Web & Mobile Applications. Proficient in crafting Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Cases and Traceability Matrices aligned with BRD/FRD & User Stories. Expert in STLC, Exploratory Testing, E2E & UAT execution, defect triage and sprint sign-offs.

Delivered 98% bug-free deployments across 45+ releases collaborating with cross-functional teams of 8–12 members. Experienced with Postman, Swagger, Azure DevOps, JIRA, SQL and AI-powered QA tools in Agile/Scrum environments.

Sr. QA Engineer - Excellon Software - Pune

(2025-03 - 2026-07)

• Authored Test Plans & Test Strategies covering scope, objectives, risk assessment, entry/exit criteria and test approach; collaborated with cross-functional team of 10+ (Devs, BAs, POs) across DMS, CRM, Procurement & Supply Chain modules.
• Designed Test Cases, Test Scripts & Traceability Matrices from BRD/FRD & User Stories; executed E2E, Regression, Smoke, Exploratory & UAT testing across Agile sprints; delivered post-testing demos to Product Owners for sprint sign-offs.
• Performed API Testing (Postman & Swagger – REST/RESTful: payloads, headers, auth, status codes) and SQL (PostgreSQL) DB validation to verify data integrity across UI, API and backend layers.
• Tracked defects end-to-end in Azure DevOps — detailed bug reports, triage & prioritization (Critical/High/Medium/Low) with a team of 8, reducing post-deployment defects by 30%.
• Monitored test metrics (Defect Density, Pass/Fail Rate, Execution Rate, Requirement Coverage) each sprint; built MCP server automating QA reporting, eliminating all manual reporting effort.

Software QA Tester - Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) - Pune

(2019-09 - 2024-09)

• Prepared Test Plans & Test Strategies for Banking (ISO8583) & E-commerce projects; reviewed BRD/FRD & User Stories; designed Test Cases, Test Scripts & Traceability Matrices ensuring 100% requirement coverage within a team of 12 QA & Dev members.
• Executed E2E functional, regression and exploratory testing on web applications; performed API Testing via Postman & Swagger and SQL DB validation for transaction & data integrity across multiple client projects.
• Led UAT end-to-end — coordinated with 6–8 business stakeholders to validate real-world scenarios; led regression across 45+ releases maintaining 98% bug-free deployments; managed defect lifecycle in JIRA.
• Mentored 3–4 junior QA engineers on test case writing, bug reporting, domain knowledge (Banking & E-commerce) and Agile best practices; supported test environment setup & release management.

BCA - Bachelor of Computer Applications - Savitribai Phule Pune University

Diploma - Computer Science - Govt Polytechnic Khamgaon