Shobana Goud

Results-driven Senior Software Engineer with 9+ years of experience in software quality assurance, manual testing, and business analysis across AgriTech, eCommerce, and geospatial domains. Proven track record in end-to-end test lifecycle management — from requirements gathering and test planning to execution and defect management. Known for identifying critical bugs early by thoroughly understanding application workflows and business logic, preventing production incidents before they reach end users.

Currently leading a team of 4 junior testers while contributing to multiple product lines at a climate-tech company. Adept at API testing, cross-browser validation, and UX improvement suggestions that have been implemented in production.

Senior Software Engineer - Niruthi Climate & Ecosystem Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad, India

(2025-01)

Domain: AgriTech & Weather-Tech | Projects: InfestSnap, Digital Crop Survey, WeatherSnap, Krushi Samrudhi (Gates Foundation). Niruthi provides climate risk mitigation solutions integrating satellite data, ground observations, and AI to deliver reliable, village-level agricultural insights for farmers, insurers, and policymakers.

• Lead QA for 4 product lines simultaneously — InfestSnap, WeatherSnap, Digital Crop Survey, and Krushi Samrudhi (By Gates Foundation)
• Mentor and manage a team of 4 junior testers, reviewing test plans and providing constructive feedback
• Analyze feature specifications and Figma/UI designs to define comprehensive test scenarios and edge cases, identifying issues early in the development cycle before they escalate
• Conduct UI, Functional, Smoke, Regression, and System Testing across web and mobile platforms
• Perform API testing for all products using Postman; validate data accuracy using PostgreSQL queries
• Manage complete defect lifecycle using JIRA — logging, tracking, retesting, and closure
• Execute cross-browser and cross-platform testing (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) on QA and Production servers
• Acted as Junior Business Analyst: participated in requirements gathering, authored SRS documents, workflow diagrams, user manuals, and validation support
• Proactively identified usability gaps in the farmer and field agent login flow — proposed improvements that were reviewed, approved, and successfully implemented in production, enhancing the onboarding experience for end users
• Consistently caught defects at early stages by deeply understanding the end-to-end application flow, reducing the number of bugs reaching production and saving rework effort for the development team

Senior Software Engineer - Vcarve Technologies

(2020-04 - 2023-11)

Domain: eCommerce | Project: Pet Valu (Canada's leading pet food & accessories retailer, 700+ locations). Pet Valu is a leading Canadian retail chain with over 700 corporate-owned and franchised locations. The project involved end-to-end QA for their eCommerce platform.

• Owned test case authoring, execution, and defect reporting for major eCommerce functionalities
• Conducted daily Smoke and UI testing to ensure platform stability across release cycles
• Performed Functional, Regression, Cross-Browser (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari), Navigation, and Layout testing
• Coordinated with Project Managers and Developers for timely defect resolution and validation
• Managed JIRA tickets end-to-end — tracking execution results and meeting delivery timelines consistently
• Validated application behavior on both QA and Production environments pre- and post-release
• Identified a critical pricing defect during a sale event where the list price and sale price were displaying identically — escalated to the manager immediately, received formal appreciation for preventing potential revenue loss and customer trust impact
• Detected a high-severity security vulnerability on the production website where staging credentials were being accepted — reported before public exposure, preventing a significant data security breach

Software Engineer (Non-Functional Tester) - ThoughtSpark

(2019-05 - 2020-03)

Client: Riversand MDM | Domain: Master Data Management / Product Information Management (PIM). Riversand MDM is a repository platform managing product master data. Worked on generating and validating structured attributes for Customer, Business, and Product data within the PIM framework.

• Generated and validated master data attributes for Customer (ID, Name, Segment), Business (Tax ID, Industry), and Product (SKU, Category, Specifications) entities
• Ensured data integrity and accuracy of attribute definitions
• Validated PIM data quality by cross-referencing raw client files with expected attribute outputs
• Contributed to improving data completeness standards adopted across the MDM system

Quality Analyst - Randstad (Deployed at Google India Pvt. Ltd.)

(2014-05 - 2018-08)

Domain: Geospatial / Ground Truth Mapping | Project: Google Maps Ground Truth. Ground Truth is Google's initiative to improve the accuracy of Google Maps by incorporating real-world geospatial data, road labeling, and navigation directions.

• Created and validated geo-data matching aerial imagery for Google Earth and Maps — covering road labeling, directional data, and point-of-interest mapping
• Performed Quality Control (QC) checks on associate-generated geo-data, reviewing accuracy and completeness before map release
• Trained and mentored new associates on geo-data labeling processes and updated them on newly released process guidelines
• Progressed through multiple labeling stages; recognized for speed and accuracy in data enrichment workflows

Master of Computer Applications - MCA - Osmania University (2011)

Bachelor of Science - B.Sc. - Bharat Degree College (2008)