Pragathi Shetty

Quality Engineering Lead with 6+ years of experience in Manual, API, and Automation Testing using Selenium, Appium, Playwright, WebdriverIO, Rest Assured, and Java. Skilled in designing automation frameworks, leading QA initiatives, and delivering high-quality software in Agile environments while reducing regression effort and improving release quality.

Quality Engineering Lead - Infosys

(2025-11)

• Defined QA standards, test strategies, and automation frameworks for manual, API, and UI testing.
• Designed Selenium and Appium automation frameworks, reducing regression effort by 60%.
• Used GitHub Copilot and Cursor AI to accelerate automation development and code optimization.
• Collaborated with business and development teams to refine requirements and prevent defects early.
• Led test planning, estimation, risk analysis, and release sign-off across Agile projects.
• Served as the primary QA contact for client discussions, ensuring high-quality releases and customer satisfaction.

Senior Quality Engineer - Quarks Technosoft Private Limited

(2025-08 - 2025-10)

• Analyzed project requirements and developed comprehensive test cases for mobile applications.
• Automated mobile app test scripts using Appium-Java, improving execution efficiency.

Software Test Engineer - Qapitol QA

(2024-01 - 2025-01)

• Created over 500+ manual test cases for web and mobile applications, and maintained test cases in the test case management tool Zephyr.
• Automated end-to-end test cases using Selenium-Java with TestNG, reducing test cycle time by 50%.
• Developed mobile test scripts using Appium-Java for Android and iOS platforms, reducing bugs by 25%.
• Designed and implemented a Hybrid Automation Framework integrated with Jenkins CI.
• Explored AI-powered automation suggestions for regression test optimization.

Associate Software Engineer - Crowd Analytix

(2022-08 - 2024-01)

• Designed and implemented a Hybrid Test Automation Framework for web and mobile applications using Selenium, APPIUM, reducing testing time by 30%.
• Improved Hybrid Framework integrated with Maven, Jenkins, and GitLab for continuous testing.
• Contributed to code reviews, improving framework quality, and adherence to coding standards.

Junior Software Engineer - Crowd Analytix

(2020-12 - 2022-08)

• Optimized software quality and efficiency by creating comprehensive test cases for end-to-end testing, reduced testing time by 30% and increased product quality by 25%.
• Performed API Testing using Postman and automated REST APIs using Rest Assured framework.
• Wrote SQL queries to validate backend data and ensure data integrity.

Intern – Software Testing - Crowd Analytix

(2019-11 - 2020-11)

• Prepared and managed end-to-end test plans outlining testing scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines.
• Developed and executed over 1000+ test cases for web and mobile applications.
• Ensured project completion within schedule by adhering to strict testing timelines.

Bachelor's - Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) - Alva's Institute of Engineering & Technology (2014-08 - 2018-06)