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Sowmya Vidiyala

Hyderabad

Summary

Results-driven Quality Engineer with over 4+ years at Highradius Technologies, adept in Selenium and Cucumber BDD. Spearheaded automation initiatives that enhanced testing efficiency and coverage. Recognized for strong problem-solving skills and effective collaboration, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality software solutions. Proficient in SDLC and API testing methodologies.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Quality Engineer – I, II

Highradius Technologies
01.2024 - Current
  • PROJECT 1: PAYMENTS GATEWAY
  • Payment Radius is a PCI-DSS certified gateway that securely connects payment portals to processors and banks, supporting over 15 processors and handling transactions with real-time status updates.
  • Roles & Responsibilities:
  • With over 4+ years of experience in software testing, I have designed, developed, maintained and executed functional test cases using Selenium, Java, Cucumber BDD frameworks.
  • Initiated my efforts to automate UI functional tests, resulting in increased efficiency and accuracy in testing procedures.
  • During the automation of existing UI tests, I identified several gaps in testing protocols, leading to targeted improvements in test coverage and reliability.
  • Collaborated closely with developers to automate RESTful API calls, promoting seamless integration between testing and development processes.
  • Established Jenkins jobs to automate test cases, facilitating continuous integration and ensuring the timely execution of test suites.
  • Conducted extensive code refactoring of existing test suites to enhance maintainability and scalability while optimizing test performance.
  • Provided mentorship and support to colleagues in automating test cases, fostering knowledge sharing within the QA team.

Associate Quality Engineer – I, II

Highradius Technologies
05.2021 - 01.2024
  • PROJECT 1: COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT & RADIUSONE MIDMARKET
  • The Collections product in Highradius automates and prioritizes Account Receivables, enabling effective customer communication through real-time worklists, automated dunning emails, and easy-to-create correspondence templates
  • Roles & Responsibilities:
  • Served as Scrum Master, facilitating team collaboration and progress.
  • Wrote numerous feature documents to reduce dependencies and streamline processes.
  • Provided demos to stakeholders after each sprint release to showcase progress.
  • Conducted internal knowledge transfer sessions on features for new joiners.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders, including product managers and development/testing teams, as an individual contributor.
  • Proficient in all stages of the SDLC and STLC processes, ensuring comprehensive project oversight.
  • Experienced in preparing test plans, test cases, executing tests, and managing the defect life cycle.
  • Skilled in MySQL database management, structuring SQL queries, and performing data analysis.
  • Troubleshot defects by checking UI and agent logs via PuTTY on VMs.
  • Utilized boundary value analysis and other techniques to identify negative test cases.
  • Conducted functional, system, integration, regression, ETL, smoke, UAT & performance testing to deliver a bug-free product.
  • Hands-on experience in API testing using Postman and SoapUI.
  • Participated in implementation and configuration activities for client onboarding.
  • Updated regression scenarios after each release and executed the regression suite using automation scripts.
  • Involved in defect reporting, tracking, and reproduction to maintain quality.
  • Ensured timely delivery of testing tasks and milestones within the release cycle.
  • Organized test case review calls to identify gaps in testing coverage.
  • Performed cross-product testing to ensure compatibility and functionality.
  • Recognized by the development team and product manager for strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Education

BTECH - Computer Science and Engineering

Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute of Science And Technology
01.2020

Skills

    Software development and lifecycle

  • SDLC
  • Agile
  • Defect Life Cycle
  • STLC

    • Testing Frameworks & Tools

  • TestNG
  • Selenium WebDriver
  • Cucumber BDD
  • Rest Assured
  • SoapUI
  • Postman
  • Page Object Model
  • Maven

    • Programming Languages & IDEs

  • Java
  • Eclipse
  • VSCode

    • Version Control & CI/CD

  • GIT
  • Jenkins
  • CI/CD tools

    • Testing Types & Methodologies

  • Functional Testing
  • System Testing
  • Integration Testing
  • API Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • ETL Testing
  • Boundary Value Analysis

    • Databases & Querying

  • SQL

    • Monitoring & Reporting

  • Grafana

    • Defect Tracking

  • JIRA

Certification

  • Received H1 2024 HIGHFLYER AWARD in H1 2024
  • Received SPOT AWARD for an outstanding performance in Q1 2024
  • Received award of applause for exceptional contribution at work in Q1 2023
  • Certified in software testing course from Q-Spiders Institute - Hyderabad

Timeline

Quality Engineer – I, II

Highradius Technologies
01.2024 - Current

Associate Quality Engineer – I, II

Highradius Technologies
05.2021 - 01.2024

BTECH - Computer Science and Engineering

Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute of Science And Technology

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