Gayathri Shanmugam
Coimbatore
Summary
Detail-oriented Quality Assurance Tester with 8+ years of experience in various testing such as Functional, API, Integration, Regression, Smoke, etc. Excellent Test Management skills, analytical strategy planning, research, and time management skills. Refining, Refactoring being the core strengths, remained as crucial tester in the teams I have worked.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality assurance Engineer
GE Vernova
01.2025 - Current
- I’m currently working for GE Vernova Power energy-Contractual Service-Catalog Suite as Quality Assurance engineer.
- Led team members in collaborative projects for Catalog Suite.
- I’m actively taking initiatives in Problem ticket testing, guiding stakeholders during UAT and addition supports like smoke and sanity testing for Catalog Suite.
- Gained hands-on experience in UI automation for RPA, fixing failed test scripts to ensure seamless functionality.
- I’m actively taking initiatives in Problem ticket testing, guiding stakeholders during UAT and additional supports like smoke and sanity testing for Catalog Suite.
- Learning Github Copilot as well in the current project and learning more UI automation also.
End to End Testing
Toyota Motors Europe (TME)
03.2024 - 12.2024
- Verified end to end business flow using real-time data for France and Spain region.
- Gathered requirements from different teams to perform E2E testing.
- I had been playing crucial role in setting up the mock data in testing environment and always involved in learning backend system functions or overall knowledge gathering of backend systems.
- Contributed to designing API responses for mock infrastructure creation.
- I had been leading initial release (Pre-FT FO.4) and have taken the responsibilities in procuring test data before each release completed till date.
- I have played vital role in Test Strategy planning, Test Planning, Test Scenario creation and test execution phases and reported the DSR.
- As part of learning Automation, I have had the opportunity to learn and have hands-on on Playwright UI automation using typescript.
- Test Management Tool - Zephyr and JIIRA
SIT
Siemens Gamesa
08.2022 - 03.2024
- Worked as quality assurance tester verifying end-to-end business flow using real data across regions including Germany, Canada, Spain.
- Supported SIT for major releases including Agora migration and served as the sole QA point of contact.
- I had provided complete KT to the new QA testers, maintained Testing repository and known for completing SIT before hand of UAT.
- I have taken the responsibilities of setting test data before UAT testing for UAT testers and made sure to file more bugs than UAT.
- Collaborated with client to finalize test planning, test scenarios, and test cases prior to testing.
- I have been part of Country Rollout Testing, Migration and Maintenance Team Regression Testing.
- I had been working on API Testing as well for few modules such as Pricing, discount setting at Backoffice.
- Provided comprehensive knowledge transfer to new QA testers, maintained testing repository, and completed SIT ahead of UAT.
- Test Management tool - JIIRA, confluence, MIRO board
Integration Testing
Apple ORTS(Online & Retail Testing Services)
01.2021 - 07.2022
- Executed end-to-end integration testing in ORTS IT, ensuring seamless functionality across all impacted systems for online projects.
- Collaborated with various partners, including ASA, OLSS, Rover, SAP Core, AMP, GBI core, iRecon, POS, RDM, CDM, AppleCare services, FSI, RCI, Polaris, BLIT, APG, Athena, and web methods for integration efforts.
- I had performed release level smoke testing in various environments for various releases especially concerning 2021 – 2022.
- Managed critical projects in ORTS over 1.5 years in APAC, including China-IUP China and APU 2.0 IDL, focusing on high-dependency systems such as AU DSM and European releases (Italy, France, Spain) as part of significant integration efforts.
- I performed release-level smoke testing in multiple environments for releases during 2021 and 2022.
- Also find the locations of the projects I’ve supported from India:- APAC, AMR and EMEA
- Uploaded test scripts in Quip and TSTT applications, ensuring accurate project details were updated in Wrike and queries were addressed in Radar.
QA Testing
Apple Retail
05.2018 - 12.2020
- I had worked in Apple retail testing team which provides quality assurance with all impacted systems and have more experience working as a Retail QA tester at Apple.
- Worked on multiple tracks in Apple retail, specializing in SAMS, PRS, and Planogram, while extending support for Concierge, Catalog, T@A, and Runner with considerable knowledge.
- My Reservation page, My Reservation page with T@A, Conducted RV testing to ensure functionality and user experience. are other releases I have worked and have good knowledge on critical task involved and grabbing release requirements with ease.
- Sent daily reports to client via Manhattan for SAMS and PRS-related releases, ensuring clear communication of project status.
- I had also worked with “Read only right” in Cassandra DB for SAMS releases and having good knowledge in SQL queries and logs retrieval such as Charls ,Tensor & Splunk logs
- I have good debugging knowledge in Web based application as well as iOS apps
- I have experience supporting NPI releases and have got experience in preparing and presenting List of Estimates.
- Conducted knowledge transfer sessions on SAMS for the compatibility team to enhance their testing capabilities.
API QA Testing
GSTRN
09.2017 - 04.2018
- Conducted G2B and G2G API testing in GSTRN to ensure regulatory compliance and data accuracy.
- Performed API testing on return filing for GSTR-1, GSTR-2, GSTR-6, GSTR-7, and G2G filing for ITC-1 and ITC-3, contributing to seamless submission processes.
- I have also worked on Infosys invented tool “i-Tool” to run test cases in GSTR for automation.
- I have also knowledge for Conducted security testing to identify vulnerabilities in applications. and have good knowledge on API Testing and it’s various tools such as SOAP, POSTMAN, Parasoft, etc.
Education
BTech. - Information Technology
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College
Coimbatore,Tamilnadu01-2016
Higher Secondary -
SRV Excel Matric Hr Sec School
Rasipuram, India01-2012
High school -
St Francis Anglo Indian School
Coimbatore, India01-2010
Skills
API testing
Selenium Automation
Service automation
Mobile Testing
Service testing completion
Agile certification
Agile Methodology
Azure DevOps
Groovy scripting
Project Management
Team Leadership
Planning coordination
Teamwork and Collaboration
Accomplishments
3 times INSTA Awardee
Personal Information
- Name: Gayathri Shanmugam
- Date Of Birth: 03-August-1994
- Marital Status: Unmarried
- City and State: Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Nationality: Indian
- Language: English, Hindi and Tamil
Timeline
Quality assurance Engineer
GE Vernova
01.2025 - Current
End to End Testing
Toyota Motors Europe (TME)
03.2024 - 12.2024
SIT
Siemens Gamesa
08.2022 - 03.2024
Integration Testing
Apple ORTS(Online & Retail Testing Services)
01.2021 - 07.2022
QA Testing
Apple Retail
05.2018 - 12.2020
API QA Testing
GSTRN
09.2017 - 04.2018
BTech. - Information Technology
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College
Higher Secondary -
SRV Excel Matric Hr Sec School
High school -
St Francis Anglo Indian School