Shital Chede

ISTQB-certified Software Tester, with 6.8 years of experience in Manual and Automation Testing. Having hands-on experience in Playwright developing and maintaining end-to-end test suites for web applications. An experience working with leading Health care domain and Banking industry in India.

Software Tester at Vertical Fox (2020-05 – 2023-12)

• Developed end-to-end UI automation using Playwright with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Automated web applications across browsers (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit)
• Created reusable test utilities, fixtures, and custom commands.
• Used Playwright locators like getByRole, getByText, locator, xpath, css.
• Integrated automation suite with CI/CD tools like Jenkins.
• Generated reports using Allure Report / HTML reports.
• Debugged failures using trace viewer and logs.
• Facilitate effective communication between project managers, developers, and QA team members to ensure software defects are reported and resolved promptly.
• Design, develop, and execute test cases, test scripts, and test reports for each software development cycle.
• Mentor junior testers, providing guidance on best practices in manual testing, documentation, and client communications.
• Perform UAT, Cross browser testing, End to end testing, Regression testing, Functional testing, Sanity testing, Smoke testing, Alpha Testing, Beta Testing.
• Lead a team of 4 testers in the Manual and Automation testing of web applications for a healthcare domain of over 8 clients, enhancing overall software quality and client satisfaction.
• Inspecting the changes carried out by the development team and providing feedback related to the changes.
• Executed tests and reported issues through JIRA, tracking bug fixes and verifying deployment outcomes.
• Participated in daily Agile sprints and retrospective meetings, contributing to the continuous improvement of the testing process.
• Perform API Testing using Postman.

Technical Engineer at Saraswat Co-operative Bank (2017-03 – 2020-05)

• Involving in mobile banking application testing.
• Performed manual smoke, regression, and black-box testing for mobile applications, reporting directly to the QA Lead.
• Helped design test scenarios and cases based on business requirements and functional specifications.
• Tracked defects and reported issues using JIRA, collaborating closely with software developers to verify bug fixes.
• Well acquainted with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC).
• Conducted Functional testing with valid / invalid inputs under different scenarios.
• Used Jira for project management and Defect Management.
• Executed test cases to identify defects in software applications, enhancing product stability and user satisfaction.
• Actively participated in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and review meetings, contributing to the timely delivery of high-quality software products.
• Perform API Testing using Postman.

B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication (2014)

Diploma in Industrial Electronics (2010)