Avinash Kumar
Bengaluru
Summary
Staff Quality Engineer (SDET) with 11+ years of experience in designing and implementing scalable UI, API, and mobile test automation using Java and C#. Proven track record of leading QA automation teams and delivering CI/CD-integrated test suites for complex B2C and B2B products. Expertise in Selenium, Rest Assured, Appium, Playwright, BDD (Gauge), and cloud-based testing with BrowserStack. Skilled in Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and test management integration, ensuring seamless automation workflows. Strong focus on code quality, cross-device coverage, and scalable automation frameworks aligned with Agile/DevOps practices. Delivered measurable outcomes including 90%+ automation coverage and 2× execution speed improvements across multiple projects. Experienced in defect tracking, reporting, and managing backend test cases.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Quality Engineer
Altimetrik India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
09.2021 - Current
- Led a team of 9 automation engineers, delivering 1000+ automated scenarios from starch across 15 applications, achieving over 90% test automation coverage.
- Ensured code quality and delivery alignment by conducting thorough reviews of all Pull Requests (PRs), guiding daily plans to meet sprint goals, and preparing detailed automation progress reports at the end of each sprint.
- Significantly enhanced the existing UI and API automation framework (Java, Selenium, Rest Assured, BDD/Gauge) by implementing a multi-interface, modular design, which drastically improved scalability and long-term maintainability.
- Enhanced the automation framework to support execution on multiple BrowserStack mobile and desktop devices.
- Integrated Rally (Agile Central) with the test automation framework for real-time test coverage tracking and streamlined test execution management.
- Recognizing the critical need for prod automation and security, I implemented AWS Secrets Manager to safely store and dynamically retrieve sensitive credentials (credit card, PayPal, Apple Pay etc). This strategic step retired insecure manual processes and was fundamental in enabling secure, automated production testing.
- Implemented continuous testing into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, improving deployment efficiency.
- Optimized production testing by creating a dedicated test suite for the Cashstar project, reducing execution time from 3 hours to 1 hour.
- Periodically refactored the automation repository to enhance code quality, achieving a CodeScene score above 9.
- Ensured application stability and functionality by performing thorough exploratory and regression testing, proactively identifying issues before release.
- Led bug triage meetings, identified critical issues, and facilitated timely resolutions by collaborating with engineering teams.
- Monitored Splunk alerts to diagnose production issues, performed root cause analysis, and logged actionable defects to ensure timely resolution and system stability.
- Client: Blackhawk India Pvt Ltd. Projects: Scanit and Cashstar (Gift card ecommerce web app - B2C & B2B). Website: www.altimetrik.com
Senior QA Test Engineer
Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
09.2018 - 08.2021
- Built automated tests for UI and API using C#, Selenium, HttpClient, and MSTest.
- Designed and executed test cases, and managed defect tracking through Azure DevOps.
- Detected and reported 200+ software defects through rigorous regression and exploratory testing, ensuring adherence to quality standards and enhancing overall application functionality; improved product.
- Developed and executed SQL Server queries for database validation.
- Resolved daily test execution failures, improving stability and reducing downtime.
- Prepared QA sign-off reports post pre-production testing, ensuring compliance and readiness.
- Project: COMLIMS - OFFER (A platform for offering laboratory services). Website: www.eurofins.com
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
Kolkata
03.2015 - 09.2018
- Performed functional, regression, and sanity testing to ensure application stability and functionality.
- Developed UI automation scripts using Java, Selenium, and TestNG framework.
- Provided Level 2 support for DWBI team by creating and executing SQL queries to resolve data-related issues.
- Client: National Insurance Company. Project: EASI (General insurance applications). Website: www.hcltech.com
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - undefined
West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT)
05.2014
Skills
- Leadership
- Automation Testing
- Functional Testing
- Integration Testing
- Regression Testing
- Exploratory Testing
- API Testing
- Database Testing
- ETL Testing
- Mobile Testing
- Cross Browser Testing
- Cross Device Testing
- Code Reviews
- Security Testing
- CI/CD
- Java
- C#
- Typescript
- Selenium
- Playwright
- Rest Assured
- HttpClient Library
- SQL
- Appium
- BDD
- Gauge
- Cucumber
- TestNg
- MS Test
- Jenkins
- Reportportalio
- Browserstack
- JSON Handling
- XML
- Azure DevOps
- JIRA
- Rally
- Scrum
- Bitbucket
- TFS
- AWS Secret Manager
- Splunk
- Kibana
- New Relic
- Git Hub Copilot
- Burp Suite
- ODI
Accomplishments
- Altimetrik Digital Disruptor Award, 2022-01-01, Recognized for implementing dynamic test execution based on test management integration (Rally), improving automation efficiency.
- Altimetrik Standing Ovation Award, 2025-01-01, Awarded for on-time delivery of critical projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes under tight deadlines.
- Eurofins Star Employee Award, 2020-01-01, Honored for taking ownership to smooth line the Selenium-based automation framework, enhancing scalability and maintainability.
Personal Information
Title: Staff Quality Engineer
Timeline
Staff Quality Engineer
Altimetrik India Pvt Ltd
09.2021 - Current
Senior QA Test Engineer
Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt Ltd
09.2018 - 08.2021
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
03.2015 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - undefined
West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT)