About
Detail-oriented and results-driven QA Engineer with 2.4 years of experience in manual and automation testing of web applications and backend systems. Skilled in Postman, API testing, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG. Strong understanding of Agile Scrum, SDLC/STLC, and defect tracking and reporting. Proven ability to ensure high product quality through effective test planning, execution, and automation. Passionate about improving testing efficiency and contributing to faster, more reliable software delivery.
Skills & Expertise (28)
Work Experience
QA Engineer
Reserve Bank Information Technology
Sep 2023 - Present
Contributed to Quality Engineering for ULI (Unified Lending Interface), an RBI-regulated, compliance-critical financial platform. Designed and implemented a scalable API Automation Framework using JavaScript, Postman, and Newman for complex end-to-end lending workflows. Achieved 95% Automation Coverage for API regression suites, significantly reducing manual regression effort and improving release reliability. Automated validation of Encrypted and Decrypted API Payloads, ensuring secure data exchange across services. Developed reusable Encryption/Decryption Utilities in JavaScript integrated into Pre-request and Test Scripts. Implemented automation to Encrypt Requests, Decrypt Responses, and validate sensitive fields post-decryption. Built modular and reusable Custom Script Libraries to enhance scalability and maintainability of automation suites. Engineered a Custom Test Case Generation Utility to dynamically create test cases, auto-build Postman collections, execute via Newman CLI, and generate structured execution reports (Newman + Excel format), reducing execution effort by 60%. Optimized and refactored automation scripts using Dynamic Data Handling, environment-based configurations, and reusable components, reducing execution time by up to 50%. Designed robust validation logic for Nested JSON Responses, including arrays, object mappings, schema validation, null handling, and data type verification. Performed Database Validation (SQL Queries) to ensure backend data integrity and transactional consistency. Integrated automated regression suites into CI/CD Pipelines using Newman CLI for faster build feedback cycles. Utilized Git Version Control with structured branching strategies to support collaborative development and stable releases. Conducted Functional, Smoke, Sanity, and Regression Testing across multiple releases. Performed Root Cause Analysis and collaborated with Developers and BAs for impact assessment and faster defect resolution. Managed end-to-end Defect Lifecycle using GitHub and JIRA, ensuring traceability and compliance documentation. Delivered Risk-Based Conditional Sign-Offs supported by automation coverage metrics, execution reports, and impact analysis. Leveraged AI-Assisted Optimization to improve script maintainability, reduce redundancy, and enhance execution performance.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering - Savitribai Phule Pune University
2020 - 2023 · Afghanistan
