Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
HONORS & AWARDS
Accomplishments
Timeline
Pia Ahuja

Pia Ahuja

Senior QA Engineer
Bangalore

Summary

Dynamic Senior QA Engineer with a proven track record at STP Investment Service, recognized for enhancing testing strategies and elevating product quality. Familiar with Selenium, JIRA, and Agile methodologies, complemented by strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Experienced in technical support and troubleshooting, excelling in collaborative problem-solving to drive project success. Diligent professional with a robust background in quality assurance, adept at developing and implementing effective testing strategies, identifying critical issues, and ensuring software reliability through demonstrated expertise in automated testing and process improvement.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Senior QA Engineer

STP Investment Service
01.2022 - 11.2025
  • Supporting application owned by STP Investment Service
  • Tools: Jira, Postman, Microsoft SQL Server, Selenium
  • Language: Java
  • Description: BluePrint Portal Application that basically deals with Investment Services. Generating client based reports and packages, tracking client invested data into different funds and exporting client data through graphs, charts.

Job responsibilities include:

  • Understanding the requirements, creating test strategy, test cases and executing the same. Collaborating with Product Owners and developers to resolve product related problems. Interacting with managers and team members for alignment with sprint deadlines. Enhancement of the regression test suite for any new change/process incorporated.
  • Perming smoke testing, API testing using postman, verifying data using Microsoft SQL server (Using basic query statements, subqueries and joins).
  • Automated test scripts using Selenium with Java.
  • Led comprehensive testing initiatives that improved software quality, resulting in enhanced user satisfaction and reduced defect rates.
  • Collaborated closely with developers to identify, reproduce, and resolve software bugs.

UAT Tester

JP MORGAN CHASE
01.2021 - 01.2022
  • Supporting application owned by JP Morgan
  • Tools: Jira
  • Description: Document management operations - Deals with how the document created in upstream flows to different downstream applications, while each one captures the data in different format.

Job responsibilities include:

  • Understanding the requirements and creating test cases for the same. Performing manual test execution and reporting bugs on discrepancies.
  • Collaborating with Product Owners and developers to resolve product related problems. Interacting with managers and team members for alignment with sprint deadlines.
  • Developed and executed comprehensive test plans, ensuring high-quality deliverables aligned with user requirements and regulatory standards.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify defects and streamline testing processes, enhancing overall efficiency and accuracy.
  • Conducted thorough analysis of system functionalities and user interfaces, resulting in improved user experience and satisfaction.

Software Tester

TECH MAHINDRA PVT. LTD.
12.2015 - 04.2020
  • Project details: Pegasus Tools: Jira
  • Role: Software tester (Functional testing) Duration: 1.1 years (March 2019-April 2020)
  • Description: An Editorial system that is being used to refine the date before publishing on a website.

Job responsibilities include:

  • Reviewing the requirements document with BA and authoring test cases. Performing manual test execution and reporting bugs on discrepancies. Collaborating with designers and developers to resolve product related problems.
  • Interacting with managers and team members for assignments and reviewing the sprint deadlines. Updating the regression suite and process related documents as and when new change/process is incorporated. The project followed Agile methodologies and practices.

Software Tester

Thomson Reuters
01.2018 - 02.2019
  • Client: Thomson Reuters
  • Role: Software Tester
  • Duration: 1.2 years
  • Description: Legal One is Thomson Reuters' intelligent legal software: a fully online technology solution to optimize law operations by combining intelligence, information and data management, it is possible to have full control of processes from start to finish, enabling law firms and legal departments to take preventive action, making more strategic decisions and mitigate risks. The objective of project is to integrate iManage feature with Legal-One software which will enable users to access documents attached in iManage from Legal-One, attach new documents and change or create a new version of existing documents

Job responsibilities include:

  • Gathering client requirements for the changes, helping to understand client requirements and proposing design to avail the same. Execution of automation scripts on different browser/environments and report defects/results to the team.
  • Wrote automated test suite for product and provided test coverage analysis.
  • Handling the communication link for technical details between clients and senior level management on the new changes and managing time adherence with the clients.

Software Tester (End to End testing, Regression testing)

Philips
12.2015 - 12.2017
  • Client: Philips Tools: Jira, HP ALM
  • Role: Software Tester
  • Duration: 2 years
  • Description: Digital Marketing - The project-maintained Philips's enterprise content management which comprises publishing of Philips lighting products to CQ5 and other output channels in different countries across the globe.

Job responsibilities include:

  • Profound knowledge on individual systems involved in MCM like STEP (Product Information Management), ADAM (Digital Asset Management), STEA (Middleware system for routing data to different digital o/p channels).
  • Verifying the data exchange between the above systems.
  • Led comprehensive end-to-end testing initiatives, ensuring software quality and reducing defects through systematic regression testing.
  • Developed and executed detailed test plans and cases, improving validation processes and enhancing product reliability.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve software issues, streamlining communication and fostering timely solutions.

Education

B.E - ISE

The Oxford College of Engineering
01.2015

Skills

Desktop & Web based application testing

Citrix

FileZilla

JIRA

HP-ALM

VersionOne

Microsoft SQL

Java

Certification

Group Exercise Leadership Certification

HONORS & AWARDS

Star of the Month award, Best IT Team Award Client appreciation mail Weekly shoutouts

Accomplishments

Successfully completed Women Leadership Program

Timeline

Senior QA Engineer - STP Investment Service
01.2022 - 11.2025
UAT Tester - JP MORGAN CHASE
01.2021 - 01.2022
Software Tester - Thomson Reuters
01.2018 - 02.2019
Software Tester - TECH MAHINDRA PVT. LTD.
12.2015 - 04.2020
Software Tester (End to End testing, Regression testing) - Philips
12.2015 - 12.2017
The Oxford College of Engineering - B.E, ISE
Pia AhujaSenior QA Engineer