Senior Software Tester / QA Lead / Product Owner Responsibilities
VINAYAK DAKUA
Deloitte
Bengaluru,KA
7
years of professional experience
1
Certification
Summary
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with 7 years of experience in Banking and Enterprise applications. Experienced in QA Leadership, Automation Testing, API Testing, Agile Scrum, and end-to-end product delivery. Over the past one year, have been performing Product Owner responsibilities including requirement gathering, backlog refinement, user story creation, sprint planning, acceptance criteria definition, stakeholder collaboration, and release planning while continuing to lead QA initiatives.
Work History
Senior Software Tester / QA Lead
3 Years 9 Months- Performing Product Owner responsibilities including backlog management, sprint planning, prioritization, and release planning.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather and refine business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Lead Agile ceremonies and coordinate with developers, architects, QA engineers, and business teams.
- Lead a QA team and mentor junior engineers.
- Design and execute Functional, Integration, Regression, System, and API testing strategies.
- Develop Test Plans, RTM, Release Notes, and quality documentation.
- Perform API testing using Postman and automation using Python, Selenium, and PyTest.
- Manage defects through Azure DevOps/JIRA and support production releases.
- Conduct client demos and ensure successful feature delivery.
- Key Highlights
- Led a QA team of 4+ engineers.
- Performed Product Owner responsibilities for the last one year.
- Improved release quality through early requirement validation and strong QA practices.
- Mentored new team members on product knowledge and quality processes.
Associate Consultant
3 Years 6 Months- Worked on ANZ Banking applications in an Agile Scrum environment.
- Analyzed Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS), and Technical Design Documents.
- Prepared Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test Data, and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
- Performed Functional, Integration, System, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Negative, UAT, and Migration Testing.
- Developed and maintained automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver, Python, and PyTest.
- Performed REST API testing using Postman and backend data validation using SQL queries.
- Logged, tracked, prioritized, and verified defects using JIRA while coordinating with developers for timely resolution.
- Executed end-to-end testing for multiple releases and production smoke validation after deployments.
- Collaborated with Business Analysts, Developers, and client stakeholders to clarify requirements and improve product quality.
- Prepared Daily Status Reports, Test Summary Reports, and supported release management activities.
- Participated in Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Received the Star Performer Award for consistently delivering high-quality work.
Education
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
GPA: 8.06
Skills
Product Ownership
QA Leadership
Requirement Gathering
User Story Creation
Backlog Management
Sprint Planning
Stakeholder Management
Agile Scrum
Automation Testing
API Testing
Python
Selenium
PyTest
Azure DevOps
SQL
JIRA
Languages: Python
Java
SQL
Automation: Selenium
PyTest
API: Postman
REST APIs
Tools: Azure DevOps
JIRA
Git
Methodologies: Agile Scrum
SDLC
STLC
Certification
Oracle Certified Associate (Java SE 8 Programmer)
Accomplishments
- Move the Dot Award – Deloitte.
- Star Performer Award – Capgemini.
- Learning Marathon Recognition – FS SBU Learning & Development.
Timeline
Senior Software Tester / QA Lead
Deloitte
12.2022 - Current
Associate Consultant
Capgemini
06.2019 - 12.2022
GIET University
B.Tech from Mechanical Engineering