Gayathri Gayathri

Software Test Engineer

Chennai, India 4+ yrs exp 88 · Excellent

About

Software Test Engineer with 2.5+ years across the full STLC — manual, functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and cross-browser testing. Skilled in writing and executing test plans and cases, validating business requirements, API testing with Postman, and SQL-based data checks. Builds Python/Selenium automation frameworks (Pytest, POM, DDD) integrated into Jenkins CI/CD, and owns the full defect lifecycle in JIRA and TestRail. Comfortable working independently in Agile/Scrum and remote environments, with a track record of measurably reducing regression time and post-release defects.

Skills & Expertise (33)

Jenkins Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Page Object Model Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Pytest Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Selenium WebDriver Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

REST API Testing Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Postman Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

SQL Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Python Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Status Code Validation Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Response Validation Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Git Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

GitHub Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Jira Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

TestRail Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Azure DevOps Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

Agile Scrum Intermediate

7.2/10

2.5

Years Exp

SDLC Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

STLC Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

Manual Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

Non-Functional Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

Exploratory Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

UAT Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

Cross-browser testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

End-to-End Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

System Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

Integration Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

sanity testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

smoke testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

Regression Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

Functional Testing Intermediate

6.4/10

2.5

Years Exp

JavaScript Intermediate

5.8/10

2.5

Years Exp

Typescript Intermediate

5.8/10

2.5

Years Exp

Fireflink Beginner

4.8/10

0.5

Years Exp

Work Experience

Automation Test Engineer

Siemens Private Limited

Jul 2023 - Present

Executed manual, functional, smoke, sanity, and cross-browser testing across 300+ test cases against defined business requirements, authoring exploratory and edge-case scenarios that extended coverage beyond automation. Architected and maintained Python/Selenium automation frameworks (POM, DDD), scaling regression coverage and integrating suites into Jenkins CI/CD for bi-weekly Agile releases — cutting regression cycle time by 40%. Owned the full defect lifecycle in JIRA and TestRail, driving a 25% reduction in customer-reported issues and a 30% decrease in critical post-release defects across three sprint releases. Validated REST API requests/responses and backend data integrity using Postman and SQL queries to confirm data consistency across test environments.

Test Engineer

Danfoss Private Limited

Aug 2022 - Jun 2023

Built Python-based regression automation scripts from scratch, lifting test coverage by 40% and cutting manual testing effort by 35%. Performed manual and automated REST API validation using Postman, and logged and tracked defects to closure in JIRA.