Abhinav Pandey
Lead QA Consultant
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
QA Leader & Certified Scrum Master with 8 years of expertise in Software Quality Assurance, Test Automation, and Agile Methodologies . Skilled in functional, UI, API, and database testing for web and desktop applications across Insurance, Annuities, Education, and Banking domains .
Pursuing General Management & Business Excellence (IIM Kozhikode) , integrating strategic insights into quality engineering. Expert in Scrum practices, release management, and Agile transformations , ensuring high-quality, on-time software delivery and Adept at designing end-to-end functional solutions , analyzing system functionalities. Worked in Playwright automation, GEN AI-driven testing, and QA process optimization , leveraging AI and automation to enhance test accuracy. Strong in cross-functional collaboration , aligning QA with business objectives to drive excellence in software quality.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Lead QA and Scrum Master
Kaplan
12.2021 - Current
- Team Building and Hiring: Successfully hired and onboarded the entire backend QA team, ensuring the recruitment of highly skilled professionals aligned with the team's goals and culture
- Directed QA processes and test planning activities, mentoring team members in best practices, methodologies, and tools to improve testing effectiveness and efficiency
- Also Enhancing Team to Use GEN AI to perform better testing
- Also, we worked with Salesforce Testing for various Modlues
- Release Management Expertise: Coordinated and oversaw weekly releases, maintaining a rigorous schedule and ensuring all releases met quality standards and deadlines, minimizing post-release issues
- Scrum Master Leadership: Led a dedicated scrum team, facilitating Agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and effective collaboration
Senior QA Engineer
Sapiens
09.2019 - 12.2021
- Agile methodology: Test design, scenario creation, and execution per BRD.
- Worked Closely with Business and Stakeholders to provide a defect free solution.
- Developed a robust Playwright-JavaScript automation framework, improving regression efficiency.
- Created & maintained automated scripts for functional/UI testing, reducing manual efforts.
- Expertise in Functional, UI, E2E, Regression, and API testing (Postman).
- Worked on Insurance domains: Claims, Underwriting, NB, Life & Annuity.
- Experience with HP ALM, JIRA for test management & multiple release cycles.
- Proficient in SQL for database validation.
Associate Consultant
Capgemini
08.2016 - 08.2019
- Writing Basic Test cases and preparing Test data for required egressions. Worked on multiple aspect of Testing from functional, API and Database.
- Performed API testing using Postman,Performing Regression, Functional Testing and retesting after every new build has been deployed
- Also preparing the environment
Education
IIM Kozhikode - General Management And Business Excellence
Executive Certificate
Kozhikode, India 04.2001 -
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
Bengaluru, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Certification
Certified Scrum Master, 01/01/23, Scrum Alliance, 001516831
Timeline
Certified Scrum Master, 01/01/23, Scrum Alliance, 001516831
11-2023
Scrum Fundamental Certified, 01/01/21, Scrum Study, 889398
02-2022
Lead QA and Scrum Master
Kaplan
12.2021 - Current
Senior QA Engineer
Sapiens
09.2019 - 12.2021
Microsoft Certified Professional, 01/01/17, Microsoft, G051
01-2017
Associate Consultant
Capgemini
08.2016 - 08.2019
IIM Kozhikode - General Management And Business Excellence
Executive Certificate
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
04.2001 -
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