SRINIDHI NADIG H M
Software Testing Lead
Bengaluru
Summary
Automation Test Lead experienced in automation design, test strategy development, and continuous integration. Achieved a 50% reduction in manual testing through innovative frameworks and effective team mentoring. Focused on enhancing test coverage and efficiency while fostering team development.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Automation Test Lead
LTM
08.2021 - Current
- Led test engineering for Angular web and native/mobile applications, owning test strategy, execution, and stakeholder reporting.
- Designed and implemented a Playwright + TypeScript automation framework tailored for Angular apps: page-object pattern, reusable helpers, data-driven tests, parallel execution, and CI integration.
- Built a Ruby + Appium mobile automation framework integrated with BrowserStack for cross-device cloud execution, remote debugging, and parallel test runs.
- Developed a Ruby–Cucumber native-app automation framework (Gherkin feature files, step definitions, shared hooks) to enable BDD-style acceptance tests and close collaboration with product and QA.
- Configured Azure Pipelines to run test suites daily (scheduled triggers), including build agents, environment provisioning, secrets management, and parallel job orchestration.
- Mentored and led a team of automation engineers: code reviews, pairing sessions, onboarding docs, and growth plans to raise framework ownership and test coverage.
- Reduced release cycle manual testing by ~50% through automation coverage expansion and pipeline optimizations.
Senior Software Engineer
Mphasis
10.2014 - 06.2021
- Coordinated onsite operations for 2 years in the US, leading and managing the offshore regression testing team across time zones.
- Designed and maintained a Ruby-Cucumber automation framework and authored test scripts using Ruby-Watir, Bamboo, and Sauce Labs.
- Automated web services testing with Postman and Ruby; converted data-dependent manual tests to automated via test-data APIs.
- Automated web services testing with Postman and Ruby, transforming data-dependent manual tests into streamlined automated processes via test-data APIs.
- Performed functional, integration, regression, positive/negative, UAT, and ADA-compliant accessibility testing (JAWS).
- Analyzed business requirements and system specs to define test requirements; authored test plans, test specs, and test result docs.
- Managed defect tracking in Jira and facilitated bug review meetings with business stakeholders to ensure effective resolution and transparency.
- Facilitated Agile/SDLC activities (story grooming, testability reviews, status updates) and delivered daily/weekly testing reports to scrum teams, PMs, and business stakeholders.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering
Shimoga, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Automation design
Test strategy development
Test case design
Test framework development
Automation planning
Continuous integration
Test environment setup
Requirements analysis
Team collaboration
Stakeholder engagement
Timeline
Automation Test Lead
LTM
08.2021 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
Mphasis
10.2014 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering
04.2001 -
Extra Curricular Activities
Musical and travel enthusiast: Trained in Carnatic classical music and learning guitar for 10+ years; experienced in basic music production (recording and track mixing). Avid traveler with frequent intra‑India and international trips.