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Hemamalini G

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic Automation Lead with extensive expertise at Qapitol QA, possessing 9 years of experience specializing in API automation utilizing RestAssured framework and UI automation through Katalon Studio.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Automation Lead

Qapitol QA
BANGALORE
07.2016 - Current

Clients: EquiTrust (Insurance – U.S.), Flipkart, Zeta, PharmEasy, and Swiggy.

Project: EquiTrust

Role: Automation Lead,

Team Size: 6 Automation Engineers.

Overview:

  • Leading the test automation strategy for a large-scale insurance platform, involving complex web and API integrations.
  • Responsible for end-to-end delivery of automation projects, aligning QA efforts with Agile sprint goals, and product timelines.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Designed and implemented robust automation frameworks using Katalon Studio (Groovy) and
  • Leading a team of six automation engineers, including mentoring, task delegation, and performance reviews.
  • Conducted sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions to ensure QA alignment with development milestones.
  • Managed code versioning, peer reviews, and repository hygiene using Git.
  • Performed accessibility and cross-browser compatibility testing to ensure compliance and usability.
  • Executed automated test suites through Bamboo CI pipelines, enabling continuous testing and faster feedback loops.
  • Authored and maintained automation test cases for both the Web UI and REST APIs.

Other clients: Flipkart, Zeta, PharmEasy, Swiggy.

Responsibilities:

  • Developed end-to-end test automation scripts for web using Java Selenium and API Automation with Rest Assured applications.
  • Participated in peer code reviews, and maintained consistent code quality.
  • Created comprehensive test cases based on functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Updated and maintained failing test cases built using Java, Selenium, and TestNG.
  • Created automated scripts for API testing, and performed API performance testing using JMeter.
  • Integrated test execution with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for continuous delivery.
  • Managed manual build deployments in non-prod environments for quick validation cycles.

Education

MCA -

Reva Institute of Technological
01.2014

Awards And Recognition

Skills

  • API automation - Rest Assured
  • Katalon Studio – Groovy
  • Selenium - Java
  • Maven
  • TestNG
  • Cucumber BDD
  • GitHub, Bitbucket
  • CI/CD: Bamboo, Jenkins
  • Jira
  • JMeter
  • Appium

Timeline

Automation Lead

Qapitol QA
07.2016 - Current

MCA -

Reva Institute of Technological

Awards And Recognition
Hemamalini G