Snehal Salunke

Senior QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, API testing, and end-to-end validation across banking/BFSI, retail, and automotive domains. Experienced in Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber BDD, Playwright, REST Assured, SQL, and CI/CD automation. Strong background in designing scalable automation frameworks, functional/regression/API testing, defect management, and collaborating with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver reliable releases.

Senior QA Automation Engineer - Nagarro

(2021-08)

PROJECT: Automotive Applications

• Owned end-to-end QA activities including test planning, test case design, execution, defect management, regression, and release validation for major application releases.
• Designed and maintained scalable UI automation using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber BDD, and Page Object Model, improving regression efficiency and maintainability.
• Built and enhanced REST Assured API automation for RIS endpoints, covering request/response validation, authentication, headers, status codes, payloads, and JSON schema checks; reduced regression cycle time by 40%.
• Led QA for major releases with zero critical production defects, coordinating with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders.
• Implemented reusable automation utilities, data-driven execution, parallel test execution, and CI/CD integration to improve feedback speed and reliability.
• Mentored junior QA engineers and supported defect triage, root-cause analysis, risk assessment, and QA sign-off activities.

QA Automation Engineer - Infosys

(2020-07 - 2021-08)

PROJECT: Enterprise Applications – Functional & Automation Testing

• Developed and executed Selenium WebDriver automation suites using Java, TestNG, Cucumber BDD, and Page Object Model for functional and regression testing.
• Created API test scenarios using REST Assured and Postman and validated database results using SQL.
• Collaborated with Agile teams for requirement analysis, test estimation, defect triage, sprint testing, and release validation.

QA Engineer - TCS

(2016-10 - 2020-06)

PROJECT: Banking Applications

• Performed functional, regression, smoke, integration, and end-to-end testing across web-based enterprise applications.
• Automated high-value regression scenarios using Selenium with Java and Cucumber BDD and contributed to reusable test framework components.
• Participated in requirement reviews, test design, defect management, production support validation, and Agile ceremonies.

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science - Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad (2012 - 2016)