Vinit Kumar
QA Automation Engineer
Bangalore,Karnataka
Summary
Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET with expertise in Rest Assured, Selenium and Playwright automation across e-commerce, insurance, and financial services. Builds Java and Cucumber BDD frameworks for 800+ test cases, integrates regression suites into Azure DevOps pipelines for 3–5 runs per week, and reduces regression cycle time by 41%+ through shift-left validation. Reduces manual verification effort, accelerates regression cycles, and mentors QA engineers on framework design and test strategy.
Overview
2
2
Certifications
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET
Mphasis Ltd.
04.2021 - Current
- Architected and maintained a Hybrid BDD + Data-Driven Selenium framework used across 5 product modules, enabling 250+ automated test cases and cutting regression cycle time by 40%.
- Built and integrated end-to-end CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, achieving fully automated nightly regression runs with zero manual intervention.
- Automated 5+ enterprise e-commerce API services from Scratch using Java, Rest Assured, and Cucumber BDD, implementing 2,000+ API test scenarios; integrated test execution with Azure DevOps pipelines and Canary deployments to trigger automated validation on every build and release, providing real-time quality feedback and accelerating release confidence.
- Led API test coverage using Rest Assured across HP e-commerce checkout and billing APIs — validating 30+ endpoints and reducing production API defect escapes to near zero.
- Automated billing and deployment validation workflows, reducing manual verification effort by 40% and accelerating release sign-off from 2 days to 4 hours.
- Acted as domain SME for RE-GE business logic, driving test design accuracy and ensuring compliance across payment and billing modules.
- Mentored 3 junior QA engineers on framework best practices, XPath strategies, and BDD scenario writing; received Employee of the Quarter award for this initiative.
- Conducted structured Knowledge Transfer sessions for client QA teams across functional modules, ensuring smooth handoffs and zero knowledge loss.
- Collaborated in Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, and retrospectives to align QA deliverables with release timelines and business priorities.
- E-commerce | HP Inc. & HP Printer
Software Test Engineer
Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance
07.2019 - 11.2020
- Designed and implemented Selenium + Cucumber BDD automation suite, improving regression test coverage by 35% and reducing manual execution effort by 20 hours per sprint.
- Executed full test cycles (functional, regression, sanity) for critical policy issuance and claims processing workflows across web applications.
- Reviewed test scripts with business stakeholders, improving defect detection rate in UAT by catching 25% more issues before client sign-off.
- Led Knowledge Transfer sessions for onsite teams, coordinating module demos and ensuring smooth onboarding.
- Financial Services
Software Test Engineer
SBI Life Insurance
05.2018 - 04.2019
- Performed functional, regression, and smoke testing for web-based insurance policy management applications.
- Automated 40+ high-priority regression scenarios, reducing manual test cycle turnaround time by 30%.
- Acted as liaison between development and business stakeholders for requirements clarification and test execution sign-off.
- Insurance
QA Engineer
Robinhood Capital Pvt. Ltd.
05.2017 - 04.2018
- Performed end-to-end testing of insurance and financial applications, validating business workflows, policy processing, and customer-facing functionalities.
- Executed functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing (UAT) support activities across multiple releases.
- Investigated defects, performed root-cause analysis, and worked closely with development teams to expedite issue resolution.
- Insurance
QA Engineer
Axa Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 04.2017
- Executed functional and regression test cases for enterprise web applications across multiple release cycles.
- Logged, tracked, and managed 200+ defects in Jira through full lifecycle — from discovery to closure.
- Created reusable manual test scripts adopted across the team, improving test consistency and reducing case authoring time.
- Enterprise Applications
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
I.A.C.R Engineering College
Rayagada, Odisha08-2011
Skills
Selenium WebDriver
Cucumber BDD
Hybrid (BDD Data-Driven)
TestNG
Rest Assured
Postman
REST/JSON/XML validation
contract testing
HTTP methods
Java (primary)
Python
AWS Cloud
Azure DevOps Pipelines
Git
GitHub
Maven
Gradle
JMeter
Jira
TestRail
Cucumber Reports
JMeter
Allure
Functional
Regression
Smoke
Sanity
E2E
API
Canary
Cross-browser
MySQL
MongoDB
Agile / Scrum
SDLC
STLC
Automation framework design
API test automation
BDD scenario design
Accomplishments
- Employee of the Quarter — recognized for leading automation initiatives and mentoring junior engineers at Mphasis.
- Automated 250+ test cases across multiple modules (Selenium, Rest Assured, Cucumber BDD), driving measurable improvements in release quality.
- Reduced regression testing time by 40% through framework optimization and CI/CD integration.
- Delivered multiple defect-free production releases for HP Inc. e-commerce platform, earning repeated client appreciation.
- Designed reusable, maintainable automation frameworks adopted across teams, accelerating onboarding and delivery cycles.
Certification
ISTQB Foundation Level – International Software Testing Qualifications Board
Timeline
Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET
Mphasis Ltd.
04.2021 - Current
Software Test Engineer
Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance
07.2019 - 11.2020
Software Test Engineer
SBI Life Insurance
05.2018 - 04.2019
QA Engineer
Robinhood Capital Pvt. Ltd.
05.2017 - 04.2018
QA Engineer
Axa Business Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 04.2017
B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering
I.A.C.R Engineering College
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
Employee of the Quarter — recognized for leading automation initiatives and mentoring junior engineers at Mphasis.