Lakshaya Aarthi Balachandran
Senior QA Analyst
Chennai
Summary
Senior Test Engineer building coverage across functional, integration, regression, system, smoke, sanity, and end-to-end testing for enterprise applications. Designs test scenarios, test cases, test data, and execution plans, then validates APIs with Postman and 10+ API checks per week across request, response, status code, header, and payload behavior. Partners with developers and stakeholders on defect triage, release readiness, and Playwright/Selenium automation support in Agile delivery.
Overview
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years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Test Engineer
Equiniti India
10.2021 - Current
- Resolve 5 defects per sprint through targeted regression, API checks, and defect reproduction with developers.
- Analyze requirements and develop test scenarios, test cases, test data, and execution plans for functional and regression coverage.
- Perform API validation in Postman and REST checks across request and response payloads, headers, status codes, and negative scenarios.
- Build UI automation in Playwright and Selenium WebDriver, supporting Page Object Model and BDD-based test structures.
- Coordinate defect tracking, sprint ceremonies, and release readiness through Jira, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins.
- Collaborate with developers and stakeholders to reproduce defects, share test data, validate fixes, and support test reporting.
QA Test Engineer
Talentica Software
02.2021 - 04.2021
- Resolved 5 defects per sprint through retesting and close collaboration with developers.
- Executed functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end tests against product requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Prepared and maintained test scenarios, test cases, test data, and defect reports in Jira and Azure DevOps.
- Validated workflows, logged defects, coordinated retesting with developers, and supported Agile status updates and execution reporting.
Senior Project Engineer / Test Analyst
Wipro Technologies
07.2012 - 10.2018
- Analyzed requirements, estimated testing effort, and identified test conditions for banking, payment, healthcare, insurance, retail, and loan workflows.
- Prepared detailed test cases and executed functional, integration, system, regression, smoke, sanity, SIT, UAT, and end-to-end testing.
- Validated application behavior against business requirements and supported production release testing for enterprise systems.
- Logged, prioritized, and retested defects in defect-management tools while coordinating fixes with development and business teams.
- Prepared execution reports, defect metrics, and status updates, then contributed to Agile Scrum ceremonies and cross-functional quality discussions.
Education
Master of Technology - undefined
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani
Pilani05-2016
Bachelor of Computer Applications - undefined
University of Madras
05-2012
Skills
Jira
Azure DevOps
Postman
Playwright
Selenium WebDriver
Test strategy
Automation framework design
Risk-based testing
Performance testing
Test data management
Test planning
Defect management
Release readiness
Cross-functional coordination
Stakeholder communication
Personal Information
Availability: To be confirmed based on release formalities
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Current Location: Chennai, India
- Notice Period / Availability: To be confirmed based on release formalities
Timeline
Senior Test Engineer
Equiniti India
10.2021 - Current
QA Test Engineer
Talentica Software
02.2021 - 04.2021
Senior Project Engineer / Test Analyst
Wipro Technologies
07.2012 - 10.2018
Bachelor of Computer Applications - undefined
University of Madras
Master of Technology - undefined
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani