Uma V
Bangalore
Summary
Accomplished Senior QA Automation Engineer with a proven track record at ThoughtWorks, enhancing software quality through expert automation in banking and e-commerce. Skilled in Playwright and collaborative problem-solving, I've led teams to integrate cutting-edge testing frameworks, achieving significant improvements in application performance and scalability.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Automation Engineer
ThoughtWorks
Bangalore
01.2022 - Current
- Led a team of QA engineers to implement and maintain automation frameworks, ensuring high-quality software delivery
- Client: Standard chartered, Mahindra finance, Teamlease digital services
- Designed and implemented automated test frameworks using Playwright, WebdriverIO for web applications
- Developed and executed performance tests using K6, identifying bottlenecks and improving application scalability
- Built and maintained mobile automation scripts using wdio for iOS and Android platforms
- Led API testing efforts using Supertest, Jest and Postman, ensuring the reliability of backend services
- Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)/AWS(code pipelines) to enable continuous testing
- Collaborated with developers and product teams in an Agile (Scrum) environment to define test strategies and acceptance criteria
- Collaborated with pilot users and end users during UAT and prod support
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Fidelity Information Services
Bangalore
03.2020 - 01.2022
- Client: Core banking implementation, AMEX
- Description: The Modern Banking Platform (MBP) Core Profile provides comprehensive banking services, including customer and account creation (CASA & TD), funding (remote deposit, ACH, check & cash deposits, debit card transactions), scheduled transfers (internal & external), bill payments, notices, statement & report verification
- Led a QA team in requirement analysis, test case design, and automation strategy implementation
- Designed and automated test cases for web applications and APIs (SOAP & REST) using internal tool
- Managed defect tracking, ticket verification, and defect triages, collaborating with developers and business stakeholders
- Executed database validations and report verifications to ensure data integrity
- Monitored logs and failures using Kafka Console and OpenShift logs for issue analysis
- Conducted integration testing with the payments team to validate end-to-end transactions
- Managed CI/CD automation workflows using Jenkins and GitHub Actions to streamline testing
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Harman connected services
Bangalore
06.2017 - 03.2020
- Client: Shutterfly
- Description: Shutterfly is an e-commerce platform enabling users to create personalized websites, order products, upload photos, and create albums across web, mobile web (mWeb), and mobile apps (iOS/Android)
- Led requirement analysis, test case design, and automation strategy for web and mobile apps
- Automated test cases using Selenium (for web), and Appium (for iOS/Android)
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for automated test execution
- Analysed and resolved test failures, ensuring system stability and performance
- Conducted E2E testing, creating reusable & generic methods for test automation
- Contributed to the test automation framework, optimizing execution efficiency
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Tata consultancy services
Bangalore
03.2009 - 05.2012
- Client: Superpartners, American express
- Description: Superannuation is a retirement (including Pensions) program
- It has a compulsory element whereby employers are required by law to pay an additional amount based on a proportion of an employee's salaries and wages (currently 9%) into a complying superannuation fund
- Super partners are a leading Australian supplier of superannuation administration services to trustees of superannuation funds and provide high quality service to their members
- Actively participate in daily standup meetings, sprint planning, backlog grooming calls
- Requirement Analysis, Test Case Design, Test data preparation
- Involved during requirement gathering phase along with project manager, Business Analyst, Design Architect
- Participated in knowledge sharing sessions regarding product functionalities and testing with other team members
Education
Bachelor’s of Engineering - Electronics and communication
VTU
01.2008
Skills
- Playwright
- Selenium
- WebdriverIO
- Appium
- K6
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Java
- Jest
- Mocha
- Chai
- JUnit
- TestNG
- Postman
- Supertest
- REST Assured
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Docker
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Git
- GitHub
- Bitbucket
- Jira
- TestRail
- Confluence
- Trello
- Banking and Finance Services
- E commerce
- Core banking
- Human Resource
- Windows
- MacOS
- Linux
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- Grafana
- Splunk
- Kibana
- Test automation
- API testing
- Performance testing
- Agile methodology
Education Certifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Communication, VTU, 2008
- ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level
- ISTQB Certified Agile Tester
Timeline
Senior QA Automation Engineer
ThoughtWorks
01.2022 - Current
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Fidelity Information Services
03.2020 - 01.2022
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Harman connected services
06.2017 - 03.2020
Senior QA Automation Engineer
Tata consultancy services
03.2009 - 05.2012
Bachelor’s of Engineering - Electronics and communication
VTU
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