Piyusha Shivarkar
Pune
Summary
Experienced QA Engineer with expertise in software testing within the banking and financial services sector. Demonstrated leadership in quality assurance through end-to-end test planning, automation design, and close collaboration with cross-functional development teams. Proficient in driving continuous testing improvements, automating functional and API test suites, and ensuring quality throughout the development lifecycle. Adept at requirements analysis, test data management, defect resolution for scalable and maintainable solutions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Professional
Extentia, a Merkle Company
Pune
03.2022 - Current
- Client: Popular Bank, US
- Played a pivotal role in test strategy, execution, and automation for distributed web and mobile banking applications.
- Collaborated with BAs and solution architects to perform in-depth requirements analysis, identify key user stories and scenarios.
- Created and maintained automated tests using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG within a Page Object Model framework.
- Developed robust API test cases in Postman and automated them for regular execution.
- Designed real-world test data assets for regression, UAT, and exploratory testing.
- Integrated automation test suites into Jenkins CI pipelines..
- Championed early QA involvement by integrating quality checks into each sprint phase and actively participating in Agile ceremonies.
- Analyzed logs, collaborated with developers, and utilized debugging to improve defect resolution time.
Junior QA Tester
Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
01.2021 - 03.2022
- Executed manual test cases for functional, regression, and end-to-end testing of gaming applications.
- Reported bugs and worked with development teams to resolve issues across multiple platforms.
- Developed and maintained test documentation and dashboards for tracking daily QA activities.
Executive
Active Communications International
Pune
09.2017 - 01.2020
- Diagnosed client needs, gathered feedback, and matched them with conference products.
- Proactively pitched and sold the product portfolio to existing and potential "C-Level" audiences.
- Generated conference sales revenue in line with targets and objectives.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering -
P.E.S. Modern College of Engineering
Pune05.2017
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) -
T.C. College
Pune04.2013
Secondary School Certificate (CBSE) -
Vidya Pratishthan's English Medium School
Pune04.2011
Skills
- Testing Types: Functional, Regression, Smoke, Integration, UAT, ADA, API, Backend, Non-Functional,
- Automation Tools: Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins
- API Testing: Postman
- Frameworks: Data-driven, Page Object Model (POM), TestNG, BDD/TDD
- Languages & DB: Java, MySQL
- Project Tools: JIRA, Agile/Scrum, Defect Tracking
Certification
- Salesforce Certified Administrator
- Salesforce Certified AI Associate
Timeline
QA Professional
Extentia, a Merkle Company
03.2022 - Current
Junior QA Tester
Ubisoft Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd.
01.2021 - 03.2022
Executive
Active Communications International
09.2017 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Engineering -
P.E.S. Modern College of Engineering
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) -
T.C. College
Secondary School Certificate (CBSE) -
Vidya Pratishthan's English Medium School
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