Ajay Mehra
SDET Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
Over all 15+ years of experience in the area of Software development and Test automation which involves building frameworks for Functional(UI, API) and non functional(Performance) use cases and have majorly worked on E-commerce domain.
Good Experience in building teams from scratch and have handled a team of 20+ engineers.
Collaborating with SME's of various departments, project managers and external resources to achieve project goals and fulfill project timelines including reviewing prd and brd documents.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
SDET Manager
Q2 Software
08.2023 - 05.2024
- Built a team of 10+ SDETs from scratch for Premier services
- Streamlined testing processes through the creation of automated test suites(UI and API)
- Increased overall test efficiency by 40% by maintaining an organized repository of test cases, scripts, and supporting documentation.
- Supported continuous improvement initiatives, participating in code reviews and providing constructive feedback to developers.
- Facilitated communication between QA, development, and product teams for improved collaboration throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Elevated team productivity by mentoring SDETS team members on best practices and industry standards.
Sr Engineering Manager-Test
API Holdings Pvt Ltd(Pharmeasy)
4 2022 - 07.2023
- Leading B2B Platform(Retailio) - Test Engineering charter
- Instrumental in hiring the right talent and setting up release processes across apps, web and backend systems by building suites on sanity, regression and, predicting the issues that may happen and built utilities to identify them proactively
- Built UI test automation framework in POM Design pattern using open source libraries Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, Gradle, Log4j, Allure Reports
- Analyzed, predicted and implemented business flows as part of sanity automation, regression automation and utilities, which identified issues proactively and reduced the cost associated with fixing defects and improved efficiency
- Maintaining defects spill over of less than 1% on production.
Technical Lead/Engineering Manager-Test
API Holdings Pvt Ltd(Pharmeasy)
04.2020 - 03.2022
- Leading B2B Platform(Retailio) - Test Engineering charter of 4 engineers.
- Identified the pain point areas and build tools and trouble shooters using right set of tools and technologies
- Built a perf test suite for the client facing api's(for Web, Apps) using Gatling framework for identifying the potential non functional bottlenecks and integrated with jenkins and s3 for delivering the by weekly reports to the product and engineering head
- Automated end to end integration tests for the business usecases which ensured 90% of the happy flows are covered on every release
- Built production sanity suite for Api, Mobile apps which runs(api every 20 mins and apps every 2 hrs on jenkins) and created slack and whatsapp alerts to identify the issues proactively
Sr Software Engineer-Test
API Holdings Pvt Ltd(Pharmeasy)
07.2019 - 03.2020
- Design test cases, planning, review and estimation
- Build automation framework for API automation.Ensured zero high severity defects in the production
- Discovered serious defects in production that resulted in the huge savings Worked on Testing a data pipeline which exchanges different types of data entities(products, invoices, retailers, orders, etc.) with ERPs and internal systems
- 220M entities are processed daily
Sr SDET
Myntra
05.2016 - 06.2019
- Performed integration and regression testing using a combination of manual and automated techniques and implemented performance testing initiatives, identifying performance bottlenecks and helping dev teams optimising system responsiveness
- Writing and executing automated tests for new features and worked with Engineering and Product teams to identify high-impact issues.
SDET 2
Arvind Internet Ltd
11.2015 - 04.2016
- Being the first qa in the team, developed and implemented comprehensive quality assurance strategies, methodologies, and processes that improved overall product quality and reduced defect rates
Test Engineer
Linkedin
04.2013 - 10.2015
- Created, maintained, and executed test specifications and test cases.
- Automated UI tests for LinkedIn profile and recommendation pages using selenium ruby framework
- Actively participated in root cause analysis and defect management, identifying trends and patterns to drive continuous improvement and prevent similar issues from occurring in the future.
Sr Test Automation Engineer
Global Logic
01.2011 - 03.2013
- Participating in design reviews and provide input/resolutions on requirements and product design
- Implemented and maintained comprehensive test documentation, including test plans, test cases, and test scripts, ensuring accurate and up-to-date documentation for future reference.
Test Engineer
Cigniti Technologies
04.2009 - 01.2011
- Consistently identified critical defects and issues in software applications during the testing phase, preventing their occurrence in the production environment
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills in identifying and reproducing defects, providing precise steps and necessary information to assist developers in resolving issues.
Education
B Tech(Information Technology) -
Insitute of Aeronautical Engineering
Hyderabad 04.2004 - 04.2008
Skills
Leadership and Team Work
Project Management
Programming Languages: Java, Scala
Databases: Mysql, Elastic Search, Redis, Mongo DB
Messaging Queues: Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ
Functional Testing Tools: Selenium Webdriver, TestNG, Restassured
Performance Testing Tools: Gatling, Jmeter
CI & Deployment tools: Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes
Cloud: AWS(S3, DynamoDB)
Linkedin Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehraajay/
Timeline
SDET Manager
Q2 Software
08.2023 - 05.2024
Technical Lead/Engineering Manager-Test
API Holdings Pvt Ltd(Pharmeasy)
04.2020 - 03.2022
Sr Software Engineer-Test
API Holdings Pvt Ltd(Pharmeasy)
07.2019 - 03.2020
Sr SDET
Myntra
05.2016 - 06.2019
SDET 2
Arvind Internet Ltd
11.2015 - 04.2016
Test Engineer
Linkedin
04.2013 - 10.2015
Sr Test Automation Engineer
Global Logic
01.2011 - 03.2013
Test Engineer
Cigniti Technologies
04.2009 - 01.2011
B Tech(Information Technology) -
Insitute of Aeronautical Engineering
04.2004 - 04.2008
Sr Engineering Manager-Test
API Holdings Pvt Ltd(Pharmeasy)
4 2022 - 07.2023