NISHCHITHA K M
Summary
Proactive and results-driven Senior Test Engineer with over 3 years of experience in both manual and automation testing, currently contributing to high-impact projects at Test Yantra Software Solutions for the client Hella Inframarket. Demonstrates end-to-end testing expertise across web, mobile, and API layers within Agile and CI/CD environments. Skilled in test automation, release ownership, and team mentorship, with a track record of improving test coverage and reducing defect leakage. Proficient in tools and technologies including Selenium WebDriver, Rest Assured, Appium, Cucumber BDD, Jenkins, GoCD, and SQL. Experienced in API validation, security testing, and performance monitoring, ensuring high-quality, stable, and secure releases.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Test Engineer
Hella Infra Market Pvt Ltd.
07.2022 - Current
Project 1: Dynamics 360 Integration
- Improved system reliability by validating end-to-end data flow between PSN and Dynamics 360, ensuring seamless front-end and back-end integration.
- Enhanced API quality by implementing automated RESTful service tests using Rest Assured and Postman, significantly reducing manual regression effort.
- Strengthened data security through targeted SQL mapping, identifying and eliminating multiple data vulnerabilities in early testing phases.
- Accelerated stakeholder confidence by leading successful UAT demos, resulting in faster sign-offs and fewer post-release issues.
- Spearheaded quality for a customer-facing mobile app, leading a team of 4 QA engineers and delivering high-impact releases with minimal defects.
- Established a robust automation framework using Java + Appium, increasing test coverage and reducing release cycle time by 30%.
- Drove cross-team collaboration, enabling early bug detection and quicker turnaround by actively reviewing PRDs, raising critical bugs, and aligning with developers and product owners.
- Streamlined release cycles through detailed test strategies, release checklists, and effective use of Android Studio logs for debugging.
- Upskilled the QA team by mentoring interns and junior testers on Selenium, API automation, and BDD frameworks, improving overall team performance.
- Reduced deployment risks by building and maintaining regression test suites in Cucumber BDD, integrated with GoCD pipelines for CI/CD.
- Elevated reporting standards by setting up QA metrics dashboards in Looker Studio, enabling data-driven decision-making across sprints.
- Accelerated issue resolution by working closely with developers, updating Helm charts, and managing defects in Jira for faster turnaround.
- Actively contributed to Agile success, participating in all ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, retrospectives), and continuously tracking sprint progress through dashboards.
Education
M. Tech - Engineering
National Institute of Engineering
B.E - Engineering
Malnad College of Engineering
Skills
- Languages/Tools: Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Appium, Rest Assured, Postman, SQL, Cucumber BDD
- Frameworks: Hybrid, POM (Page Object Model), Data-Driven, BDD (Cucumber)
- CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GoCD, Helm, Maven, Git
- Defect Tracking/Agile Tools: Jira, Confluence
- Monitoring/Reporting: Looker Studio, Excel, TestNG Reports
- Platforms: Android, Web, ERP Systems (Dynamics 360)
Personal Information
Languages
Kannada
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Beginner
A1
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Senior Test Engineer
Hella Infra Market Pvt Ltd.
07.2022 - Current
M. Tech - Engineering
National Institute of Engineering
B.E - Engineering
Malnad College of Engineering
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