Pavan Kumar
Bangalore
Summary
Lead Engineer skilled in quality assurance and automation frameworks, with a proven track record in developing effective testing strategies that enhance software reliability. Expertise in programming and team mentorship drives innovation and operational efficiency. Committed to delivering high-quality solutions that align with organizational goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Engineer
Khatabook
Bangalore
01.2021 - Current
- Founding member of Khatabook. Set up QA and automation processes. Hired, mentored, and trained a team of four QAs and SDET to deliver high-quality products.
- Delivered complex and monetization projects with high quality across platforms (Android, web, iOS, and desktop) and Backend.
- Involved in sprint grooming and planning, task estimations, and release planning with the tech and product teams.
- Task distribution and internal QA grooming of sprint tasks.
- Validated the test plan and automation scripts of team members.
- Used AI tools for generating multiple data sets.
- Backend API Testing and Automation Using Rest Assured.
- Lead a test team of four from an automation and manual testing perspective. Running tech initiatives and POCs.
- Handled the deployment calls and on-call responsibilities.
- Hiring and onboarding the right QA/SDETs.
- Groomed and mentored new team members.
Senior SDET
Paytm
Bangalore
09.2018 - 12.2020
- Worked in Financial Services Products: Gold, Credit Card, Postpaid, KYC, and Lending.
- Individual contributions of testing end-to-end backend, Android, and iOS applications.
- Developed test plans and strategies for automation testing.
- Automated backend APIs using Rest Assured.
SDET
BlackBuck
Bangalore
10.2016 - 09.2018
- REST API Manual Testing Using the Postman Tool.
- Created reports for newly released products using Amazon Redshift and Metabase.
- Designed and developed an automation framework using RestAssured for backend APIs.
- Handled DevOps responsibilities such as EC2, S3, Redshift, and server management.
QA Engineer
Mobiotics
Bangalore
02.2015 - 10.2016
- Performed manual tests on web applications and mobile apps.
- Backend API and data testing in MySQL.
Education
B.Tech - E.C.E
BIT Institute of Technology
HindupurSkills
Programming languages
- Java
Automation
- Rest Assured
- Selenium
- TestNG
Version Control
- git
Skills
- PostgreSQL
- DynamoDB, MongoDB
- AWS EC2, S3, SQS
- Postman and JIRA tools
- RudderStack, Mixpanel
- Snowflake
- Spark
Accomplishments
- Awarded 'Most Dependable Player' in the Engineering Function (top 1% at the organizational level).
Timeline
Lead Engineer
Khatabook
01.2021 - Current
Senior SDET
Paytm
09.2018 - 12.2020
SDET
BlackBuck
10.2016 - 09.2018
QA Engineer
Mobiotics
02.2015 - 10.2016
B.Tech - E.C.E
BIT Institute of Technology
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