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Somali Padhy

Somali Padhy

Bangalore

Summary

Results-driven Senior QA Engineer with expertise in Java and Selenium, previously at ClearTax. Achieved a 60% reduction in manual testing through automated regression suites. Proven ability to mentor teams and enhance CI/CD processes, ensuring high-quality software delivery while fostering collaboration and innovation.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior QA Engineer

ClearTax
Bangalore
09.2023 - Current
  • Served as an SME for the Supply Chain Product, focusing on features including Order Management and Invoices.
  • Executed 3,000+ test cases, which include sanity, smoke, functional, and system testing to ensure software reliability.
  • Led comprehensive testing for critical modules, facilitating seamless ERP system integration covering over 50 test cases.
  • Developed automated regression suites with Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and RPA, reducing manual test coverage by 60%.
  • Designed and implemented 30 API test plans for RESTful services using Postman, SoapUI, and Swagger.
  • Utilized JIRA for defect tracking, Jenkins for CI, and GitLab for source code management.
  • Configured over 500 aligned test data sets, increasing precision by 40%, and cutting manual setup time by 60%.
  • Participated in Agile Scrum meetings to plan sprints, and track completion progress.
  • Implemented an automation suite in the Dev environment, enabling early validation by developers, and decreasing post-build defects by 60%.
  • Collaborated with the development team to integrate automated test execution in Dev, enabling shift-left testing, and reducing the defect count to 60% somewhere within QA cycles.
  • Authored over 100 detailed bug reports, with reproduction steps and severity tagging, to accelerate issue resolution by 40%.
  • Integrated a Selenium-based automation suite into the Dev pipeline, allowing for feature validation at the developer level, and improving build quality pre-QA.
  • Mentored junior QA team members while establishing best practices for test case design, agile processes, and robust QA standards, which helped the QA team accelerate their work to 2x.

Senior Software Engineer

Wissen Technology Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - 08.2023
  • Analyzed client workflows to prepare over 5,000 effective test scenarios and data so that coverage and scope are maintained across the products.
  • Developed over 300 test scripts, automating 200 successfully so that output can be achieved in less time.
  • Pioneered an automation framework with Selenium and TestNG, reducing regression testing duration by 60%.
  • Conducted extensive API testing using Postman, validating request/response flows, and edge cases, resulting in a 50% reduction in functional bugs.
  • Troubleshot issues for e-commerce websites, including Fresh ID, enhancing customer satisfaction.
  • Executed 300 to 400 manual test cases across the UI, SQL Server, and web services, achieving 95% functional coverage, and identifying over 50 critical defects before release.
  • Assessed script feasibility to align with project requirements.

Senior QA Engineer

Synechron Digital Payment Services Pvt. Ltd
01.2018 - 09.2021
  • Developed over 150 comprehensive test plans and 500+ test cases for web and client-server applications, ensuring 98% test coverage, and reducing post-deployment defects by 40%.
  • Executed end-to-end quality assurance testing on 20+ web-based, client-server, and database applications, identifying and resolving over 1,200 bugs, with a 92% first-pass yield.
  • Utilized Jenkins (20+ pipelines), Maven, GitHub (10+ repositories), and Fresh Release to automate testing workflows, reducing manual testing time by 60%, and accelerating release cycles by 30%.
  • Delivered Agile documentation for 25+ sprints, including 50+ Test/Defect Summary Reports, and 10+ Test Strategy Reports, improving team visibility and test traceability by 85%.

Education

Bachelor Of Technology - EEE

ITER(SOA) University
Bhubaneshwar
04-2017

Senior Secondary Education - Science

Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sundargarh,Odisha,India
03-2013

Senior Secondary Education - Science

Kendiya Vidyalaya
Sundargarh,Odisha,India
03-2011

Skills

  • Java and Selenium
  • Test automation frameworks (BDD, Cucumber with TestNG)
  • Defect tracking (JIRA)
  • UI and mobile testing
  • CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins)
  • Version control (GitHub)
  • API testing and documentation (Postman, Rest Assured, Swagger)
  • Database management (MySQL)
  • Debugging and troubleshooting

Languages

  • Hindi
  • English

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Title: Senior QA Engineer

Domains

  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Taxation and Finance
  • E-commerce
  • Payments

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior QA Engineer

ClearTax
09.2023 - Current

Senior Software Engineer

Wissen Technology Pvt. Ltd.
10.2021 - 08.2023

Senior QA Engineer

Synechron Digital Payment Services Pvt. Ltd
01.2018 - 09.2021

Bachelor Of Technology - EEE

ITER(SOA) University

Senior Secondary Education - Science

Kendriya Vidyalaya

Senior Secondary Education - Science

Kendiya Vidyalaya
Somali Padhy