Harshita Saxena
Pune
Summary
Dynamic QE Lead with a proven track record at Publicis Sapient, excelling in automation frameworks and end-to-end testing. Adept at driving quality engineering practices and mentoring teams, I successfully launched the Omantel mobile app, ensuring release readiness and fostering collaboration across cross-functional teams. Strong in both technical and leadership skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
QE Lead
Publicis Sapient
Bangalore
09.2021 - Current
- Omantel - Led a team of 10+ QEs, driving quality engineering practices and mentoring team members.
- Played a key role as QE Lead in launching the Omantel mobile app, from SIT to Go-Live.
- Actively involved in SITs, UATs, and client discussions, bridging gaps between business, development, and QA teams.
- Hands-on experience in both manual and automation testing across mobile and web platforms.
- Ensured release readiness by driving test strategy, defect management, and risk mitigation.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end quality assurance for critical business features.
- The Container Store - Based on Retail domain, the project is driving all phases of Order Management System.
- Responsible for functional and Automation Testing in the same. Working on Ruby - Appium for Mobile & Ruby Selenium for Automation Testing.
- Costco - The wholesale retail shop, the project had both for ecom and Mobile app development.
- Handled the Mobile testing Phase, worked on both Android and iOS platform.
- Automated the app from scratch both for iOS and Android using Appium-Ruby.
- Driving Innovation in Digital Transformation for Enterprises and Public Sector to deliver customer-centric solutions
Consultant
Deloitte
Bangalore
07.2018 - 08.2021
- State of Idaho: Based on Microsoft Dynamics 365, is a Child Welfare Project wherein I have worked on Testing Web and Mobile Applications, and Portal Testing.
- Extensive exposure to Microsoft Dynamics - worked for 3 years in both Classic and App mode.
- Involved in design, Testing, Go-live and Hypercare phases of Project.
- Also, later implemented the same project on Salesforce.
- Tennessee Valley Authority: Based on Microsoft Dynamics - CRM Application, is a Power Consumption board project wherein I have worked on Testing Web and Mobile Applications and Portal.
- State of Arizona: Based on Salesforce, a Child Support Project where in I am working on Manual Testing, and also as a Functional Spoc.
QA Analyst
GT Nexus
Bangalore
04.2016 - 06.2018
- Worked on Supply Chain based Web application.
- Participated in Manual as well as Automation Testing using Selenium Webdriver.
- Involved in all testing activities like requirement analysis, test case creation, test execution, defect triaging and demoes to client.
Education
B.E -
RGPV
Bhopal05.2014
Skills
- Expertise in developing end-to-end test solutions
- Automation and testing: developing automation frameworks from scratch for both mobile and web, end-to-end testing, and UI
- Testing with Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Appium
- API and backend testing: Karate, Postman, and Rest Assured
- Performance monitoring: JUnit, Gatling
- CI/CD tools: Bitbucket, GitLab, Jenkins
- Programming and databases: Java, SQL Server, DynamoDB, AWS basics
- Development tools: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Xcode
- Mobile automation tools: Appium, XcuiTest, Espresso, BrowserStack, Sauce Labs, Appium Inspector, Accessibility Inspector, CatsLite (in-house PS tool)
- Frameworks: Cucumber BDD, hybrid, keyword-driven, TestNG
- Domains - E-com, Payments(Finance), Telecom, Supply chain management, Logistics, Child welfare
Accomplishments
- Designed and implemented a scalable automation framework for web/mobile/API, reducing manual regression effort by 70%.
- Acted as QE Lead for high-impact product launches (Omantel Mobile App), ensuring on-time, high-quality releases.
- Introduced AI and low-code automation solutions to accelerate test creation and analysis.
- Acted as the single point of contact for QA in client discussions, ensuring clear communication and alignment on quality goals.
- Conducted demo sessions and UAT workshops for clients, driving faster approvals and higher satisfaction scores.
- Managed multiple release cycles (at least 10) and coordinated with stakeholders for smooth Go-Live and post-production support.
Timeline
QE Lead
Publicis Sapient
09.2021 - Current
Consultant
Deloitte
07.2018 - 08.2021
QA Analyst
GT Nexus
04.2016 - 06.2018
B.E -
RGPV