Umesh A
Hyderabad
Summary
Seasoned QA Lead with background in managing and coordinating testing activities. Brings adeptness in developing effective test strategies, ensuring product quality, and leading teams to meet project deadlines. Strengths include strong analytical skills, ability to troubleshoot complex software systems, and proficiency in automation tools. Previously contributed to enhancing product performance and reliability through rigorous quality control processes.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Lead
Encora Inc
Hyderabad
04.2018 - Current
- Led automation testing initiatives for Google’s unified payment ecosystem supporting YouTube, Google Ads, Google Play, and Google Workspace. Designed and maintained scalable automation frameworks to validate payment workflows, subscriptions, billing, and transaction processing across web and mobile platforms. Ensured high test coverage, stability, and reliability of mission-critical payment systems.
- Designed, developed, and maintained automation frameworks using Selenium, Java, TestNG, and Maven.
- Automated end-to-end payment flows including subscriptions, refunds, renewals, and transaction validations.
- Integrated automation suites with CI pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster feedback cycles.
- Performed regression, smoke, and sanity testing across multiple platforms and browsers.
- Analyzed automation failures, identified root causes, and worked closely with developers for quick resolution.
- Guided and mentored QA engineers on automation best practices and framework enhancements.
- Improved test execution efficiency, stability, and coverage through reusable automation components.
- Ensured quality compliance across releases by validating critical business workflows.
- Project-1- Google – payments
- Project-2-Google Pay -Payments
- The Google Pay for Business project aims to integrate Google Pay as a payment method into a business's digital platforms (website, mobile app) and physical point-of-sale (POS) systems. By leveraging Google Pay’s secure, fast, and convenient payment solution, businesses can enhance the customer experience, increase transaction speed, and provide an additional payment option that appeals to a broad customer base.
- Involved in Daily scrum meetings
- Requirement Analysis and Test Plan preparation.
- Automation Test script creation and maintenance.
- Peer Reviews of Automation test scripts.
- Defect logging and reporting.
- Automating Regression Test scripts using Selenium with Java.
- Worked on BDD framework using cucumber, TestNG.
- Analyzing CR document w.r.t Business Requirements to make necessary changes in the automation scripts.
QA Tester
Vimbri media pvt ltd
Hyderabad
03.2016 - 04.2018
- Executed test cases and reported defects for web and mobile gaming applications.
- Worked closely with development teams to reproduce and debug issues, ensuring timely resolution.
- Contributed to the enhancement of the QA process by suggesting improvements in testing strategies and methodologies.
- Project-Ecommerce website
- An online shopping platform that enables users to browse products, add items to cart, place orders, and make secure payments. The application supports product management, order tracking, and customer account management.
Associate Software Engineer
Deevas Technosoft (India) Private Limited
Hyderabad
09.2013 - 02.2016
- Executed test cases and reported defects for web applications using [specific tools or methodologies].
- Worked closely with development teams to reproduce and debug issues, ensuring timely resolution.
- Contributed to the enhancement of the QA process by suggesting improvements in testing strategies and methodologies.
- Assisted in the creation and maintenance of test documentation and reports.
- Project – E-Commerce website
- An online shopping platform that enables users to browse products, add items to cart, place orders, and make secure payments. The application supports product management, order tracking, and customer account management.
Skills
- Java programming
- Selenium WebDriver
- Behavior-driven development
- Cucumber and Gherkin
- TestNG framework
- Project object model
- Maven build tool
- Eclipse IDE
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Version control with Git
- Software development lifecycle
- Software testing lifecycle
- Defect management lifecycle
- Postman API testing
- SQL database management
- Agile methodologies and practices
- JIRA project management
- Confluence documentation tools
- Scrum framework
Timeline
QA Lead
Encora Inc
04.2018 - Current
QA Tester
Vimbri media pvt ltd
03.2016 - 04.2018
Associate Software Engineer
Deevas Technosoft (India) Private Limited
09.2013 - 02.2016