Ashok Dhaygode

QA Automation Engineer | SDET

Pune, Maharashtra, India 2+ yrs exp 90 · Outstanding

About

QA Automation Engineer / SDET with 2.8+ years of experience designing and executing manual and automated testing across UI, API, and database layers for web and mobile platforms. Skilled across the full Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) — test planning, test case design, functional, regression, integration, and release testing — with hands-on automation using Selenium, Appium, TestNG, and Playwright (in progress). Experienced in API testing and automation (Postman, Rest Assured) with 100+ test cases automated, backend/database validation (SQL/MySQL), and defect management (Jira, TestRail) through the full defect lifecycle. Comfortable integrating automated suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, LambdaTest) on Linux/Ubuntu, and collaborating with developers, product managers, and stakeholders in Agile/Scrum environments. ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL).

Skills & Expertise (49)

Appium Intermediate

8.5/10

2.6

Years Exp

TestNG Intermediate

8.5/10

2.6

Years Exp

Playwright Intermediate

8.5/10

2.6

Years Exp

Selenium Intermediate

8.5/10

2.6

Years Exp

Jira Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

GitHub Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Git Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Claude Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

API Testing Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

REST Assured Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

REST API Validation Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Postman Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

TestRail Intermediate

8.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Manual Testing Intermediate

7.8/10

2.6

Years Exp

Regression Testing Intermediate

7.8/10

2.6

Years Exp

System Testing Intermediate

7.8/10

2.6

Years Exp

smoke testing Intermediate

7.8/10

2.6

Years Exp

Functional Testing Intermediate

7.8/10

2.6

Years Exp

Integration Testing Intermediate

7.8/10

2.6

Years Exp

sanity testing Intermediate

7.8/10

2.6

Years Exp

MySql Intermediate

7.5/10

2.6

Years Exp

JSON Path Intermediate

7.5/10

2.6

Years Exp

SQL Intermediate

7.5/10

2.6

Years Exp

SDLC Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

test plan design Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Test Case Design Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Scenario Design Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Test Data Preparation Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Defect Reports Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Remote Team Collaboration Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

LINUX Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Maven Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

STLC Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Agile Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Scrum Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

defect lifecycle Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

GitHub Actions Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

LambdaTest Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

Ubuntu Intermediate

7.0/10

2.6

Years Exp

CSS Log4j Java Exploratory Testing HTML Jackson Apache POI Figma Extent Reports VS Code

Work Experience

Quality Engineer

Loop Health

Jul 2024 - Aug 2026

Led end-to-end QA testing for 5+ major web platform features supporting enterprise clients including Ola, Zepto, and KPIT, covering manual test planning, functional, regression, and release testing with zero production downtime. Performed API testing and automation using Postman and Rest Assured, with 100+ test cases automated, validating request/response payload structure and data integrity across deployment cycles. Designed and maintained 200+ automated test scripts using Appium (Java) and Selenium/TestNG for native Android and iOS applications, covering critical user flows including health insurance claims and appointment scheduling, reducing manual regression effort by 70%. Identified fragile XPath-based locators as a mobile automation reliability risk; gained direct access to the app repository and added testID/accessibilityLabel attributes across components, landing 50+ merged pull requests to enable stable automation. Configured and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and LambdaTest on Ubuntu/Linux, running 200+ automated test scenarios daily across native Android and iOS environments to catch regressions before release. Authored and executed 500+ structured manual test cases, applying STLC methodology and prioritizing high-risk, high-traffic user flows to expand coverage and identify edge cases before deployment. Logged, tracked, and resolved 50+ defects per sprint in Jira, managing the full defect lifecycle and reporting on application stability during daily Agile standups. Owned and organized a repository of 1000+ test cases in TestRail, ensuring optimal test coverage and alignment with evolving product requirements. Adopted Claude (Anthropic) as an AI coding assistant to accelerate REST API automation scripting, test scenario authoring, and CI/CD pipeline configuration, improving turnaround for mobile automation workflows.

QA Engineer Intern

Loop Health

Jan 2024 - Jul 2024

Executed 200+ manual test cases across core product modules, applying STLC and defect lifecycle methodologies to ensure mobile feature stability. Authored 300+ manual test cases, test suites, and defect logs for a native mobile application based on functional requirement specifications, uncovering 50+ critical bugs and tracking all updates in Jira. Conducted exploratory, functional, and regression testing across 50+ mobile staging builds, identifying 30+ UI/UX and workflow issues prior to release.