Avni

Summary

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with over 4 years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable automation frameworks for web and mobile applications. Proficient in Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Java, JavaScript, TestNG, Maven, CI/CD pipelines, and Agile methodologies. Expertise in UI automation, API validation, and debugging complex issues, leading to enhanced release quality through effective automation solutions.

Overview

years of professional experience

Work History

Quality Assurance Engineer

TDS Management Consulting

Chandigarh, India

12.2024 - 06.2026

Led end-to-end quality assurance for assigned product features, ensuring production-ready releases through thorough manual and automated validation.
Developed and maintained Playwright automation scripts for critical user workflows, improving regression efficiency and reducing manual validation effort.
Validated REST APIs using Postman to verify backend responses supporting UI workflows.
Planned and executed functional, regression, exploratory and user acceptance testing for new features, ensuring timely and high-quality product releases.
Maintained high release quality standards by ensuring comprehensive validation before production deployments.
Enhanced regression stability by identifying flaky test scenarios and improving test reliability, contributing to more consistent release quality.
Collaborated with Product Managers and Developers to analyse business requirements, define test strategies, and validate user workflows, supporting seamless product development.
Participated actively in Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, Daily Stand-ups, Defect Triage and Release Readiness discussions within Agile Scrum teams.
Collaborated with developers during root cause analysis and validation of production-critical bug fixes.
Leveraged AI-assisted development tools such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to accelerate automation development, test case generation and debugging.

Software Development Engineer in Test

Glue Labs Pvt Ltd

Chandigarh, India

11.2021 - 12.2024

Designed and maintained scalable Selenium automation frameworks using Java, TestNG, Maven, and Page Object Model for enterprise web applications.(Prolaio, Glue, FIFO).
Integrated automated regression suites with Jenkins CI pipelines enabling continuous testing and faster release validation.
Designed reusable automation framework components following Page Object Model (POM) and Object-Oriented Programming principles, improving code maintainability.
Optimised automation scripts and framework architecture, enhancing execution efficiency and minimising maintenance effort.
Analysed automation failures and identified root causes, improving framework stability and reducing flaky test executions.
Developed reusable helper libraries, utility classes and common framework components, accelerating automation development across projects.
Built data-driven automation modules using Apache POI to execute multiple test scenarios with reusable datasets.
Contributed to expanding automation coverage by continuously automating newly developed product features.
Evaluated migration of Selenium automation framework to Playwright using JavaScript, improving execution speed, maintainability, and scalability.

Education

Computer Science Engineering

from Chitkara University with a CGPA of 9.3 on 10

2016 - 2020

Skills

Programming languages: Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL Project management tools: Jira

Automation tools: Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Appium
Testing frameworks: TestNG, API testing, Postman, Rest Assured

Build tools and CI/CD: Maven, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Version control systems: Git, GitHub
AI tools: GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT

Accomplishments

Quality Champion Award - 2022
Recognized for consistently delivering high-quality software across Web, Android, and iOS platforms through comprehensive quality assurance.

AI Innovation Award - 2025
Recognized for leading the GitHub Copilot POC, driving AI adoption, and enabling the team through knowledge-sharing sessions.

Timeline