Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Languages
References
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Saurav Gupta

Saurav Gupta

New Delhi

Summary

Dynamic Senior QA Leader with more than 15 years of experience in driving automation frameworks using various tech stacks, fostering team leadership, and implementing effective quality assurance strategies. Achieved zero bugs in production for critical launches, while enhancing organizational performance through strategic process improvements and stakeholder collaboration. Noted for ensuring product compliance with industry standards and customer requirements while delivering tangible improvements in operational efficiency. Proven ability to mentor teams and optimize testing efficiencies in fast-paced, high-pressure environments.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior QA Manager

DP World
Delhi/NCR
12.2022 - Current
  • Exercised end-to-end ownership of internal POD streams, managing global billing and financial processes across terminals and operations.
  • Executed strategic decisions to drive product and organizational growth, achieving high-impact results with minimal resources.
  • Oversaw resource allocation and performance evaluations, conducting feedback sessions to enhance product performance in production environments.
  • Mentored individual contributors in implementing best practices and automation frameworks using Selenium, RestAssured, and TestNG.
  • Optimized test execution time and stability while adopting test pyramid methodology for platform independence.
  • Led initiatives in branching strategies and service mocking to reduce dependencies on manual tasks, enhancing efficiency.
  • Spearheaded Dockerization of agent pools to enable parallel test executions, improving overall throughput.
  • Served as Scrum Master, collaborating on SDLC planning while creating dashboards for management visibility.

QA Lead / Manager

GoJek
Delhi/NCR
04.2022 - 11.2022
  • Managed full STLC cycle across all Lifecycle POD streams within Merchant Platform.
  • Developed automation framework using Selenium, Java, Appium, RestAssured, and TestNG.
  • Mentored individual contributors to establish best practices in quality control.
  • Delivered end-to-end product for Vietnam location on time, achieving zero bugs in production.
  • Combined technical leadership with people management for 10 direct reportees.

QA Leader

Multiple Organisations
Delhi/NCR
12.2009 - 03.2022

Engaged with Ixigo, Thoughtworks, HT Digital Streams, PayU Payments, MakeMyTrip, Wipro Technologies during professional tenure

Education

B.E. - E&TC

D.Y. Patil College of Engineering
Pune

Skills

  • Automation frameworks: Selenium, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, Java, Shell Scripting, TestNG, BDD Cucumber, Maven, Gradle
  • Test management & defect tracking: JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail
  • Performance testing: JMeter
  • Database management: MySQL, Oracle, Mongo
  • Cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, Docker, BrowserStack, LambdaTest, and Grafana
  • Agile Scrum methodology
  • Continuous integration: Jenkins, GitLab CI
  • Stakeholder collaboration and relationship-building
  • Team leadership and mentoring
  • Process improvement strategies
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Organisational performance evaluation
  • Production support services
  • Others: RabbitMQ, Kafka, Redis

Accomplishments

Received multiple accolades throughout my career at the team, domain, organizational, and client levels Most recently recognized with the Kudos Award at DP World for driving process excellence, and delivering high-quality outcomes within stringent timelines, creating a significant impact across the organization

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

References

  • Nitin Mukhija, Engineering Leader, https://www.linkedin.com/in/nitinmukhija/
  • Anuj Arora, QA Leader, https://www.linkedin.com/in/anujarora27/
  • Sumit Mehta, Engineering Leader, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumit-mehta-04678019/

Timeline

Senior QA Manager

DP World
12.2022 - Current

QA Lead / Manager

GoJek
04.2022 - 11.2022

QA Leader

Multiple Organisations
12.2009 - 03.2022

B.E. - E&TC

D.Y. Patil College of Engineering
Saurav Gupta