SAURABH SHASHI SONI

Agile delivery leader for enterprise digital and AI-enabled initiatives across distributed global teams.

Key Responsibilities & Achievements

• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies - Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, Retrospectives - for cross-functional teams
• Enabled delivery of data-driven and AI-enabled solutions by coordinating engineering, data, QA, and DevOps teams
• Removed delivery impediments and managed cross-team dependencies across complex programs
• Coached teams and stakeholders on Agile principles, iterative delivery, and continuous improvement
• Supported backlog refinement for features involving analytics, automation, and cloud services
• Established Agile metrics dashboards (velocity, burndown, predictability, defect trends)
• Partnered with Product Owners to prioritize high-value features based on business outcomes
• Enabled CI/CD pipelines to support rapid releases of digital and AI capabilities
• Led a global team of 30+ engineers across onshore/offshore locations

AI & Data Delivery Contributions

• Supported delivery of solutions leveraging analytics and cloud AI services (AWS ecosystem)
• Coordinated validation and testing of data-intensive features and automated workflows
• Implemented risk-based planning for high-impact releases involving intelligent systems
• Ensured transparency through dashboards and real-time reporting

Business Impact

• Reduced release cycle time through DevOps and automation
• Increased automation coverage to ~60%, improving sprint capacity
• Improved stakeholder confidence through data-driven reporting

• Led QA initiatives for high-impact features, ensuring functional accuracy, performance stability, and cross-browser compatibility across environments.
• Designed and executed manual and automated test cases for web and API-based applications, ensuring functional accuracy and defect-free releases.
• Logged and tracked defects, collaborated closely with developers to isolate root causes, and validated bug fixes across multiple environments.
• Drove continuous quality improvements by analyzing defect trends, collaborating with developers during design reviews, and refining test case design based on risk impact.
• Participated in sprint planning, story refinement, estimation, retrospective and test case reviews as part of an agile team; ensured test coverage aligned with acceptance criteria.
• Wrote clear, reusable test cases, supporting traceability and audit readiness for regulated environments.
• Ensured stories met Definition of Done before release

• Designed and executed manual and automated test cases for web and API-based applications, ensuring functional accuracy and defect-free releases.
• Developed automation scripts using QTP and Robot Framework, across core modules and reducing regression time.
• Logged and tracked defects, collaborated closely with developers to isolate root causes, and validated bug fixes across multiple environments.
• Conducted API testing using Postman and REST Assured, validating request/response payloads, status codes, and edge cases.
• Wrote clear, reusable test cases, supporting traceability and audit readiness for regulated environments.