Mallikarjun Bendawade

Test Automation Engineer

Bangalore, Karnataka 0+ yrs exp 82 · Excellent

About

Test Automation Engineer with around 8 months of hands-on experience spanning robotics system testing, Android app QA, and IoT protocol validation. Proficient in Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, REST API testing (Postman), and SQL/MySQL database validation. Skilled in designing and executing 100+ test cases across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, UAT, and exploratory testing cycles. Experienced in end-to-end defect lifecycle management using Jira across 3 live projects and Agile/Scrum delivery. Proficient in AI-assisted test case generation and bug analysis. Immediate Joiner | Remote Available — actively seeking QA Engineer / SDET roles in Bangalore.

Skills & Expertise (45)

REST API Testing Intermediate

6.2/10

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Postman Intermediate

6.0/10

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Jira Intermediate

6.0/10

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GitHub Intermediate

6.0/10

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Git Intermediate

6.0/10

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Selenium WebDriver Intermediate

5.6/10

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Scrum Intermediate

5.0/10

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Root Cause Analysis Intermediate

5.0/10

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Bug Reporting & Tracking Intermediate

5.0/10

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Test plan Intermediate

5.0/10

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Agile Intermediate

5.0/10

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Test Case Design Intermediate

5.0/10

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Defect Life Cycle Intermediate

5.0/10

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STLC Intermediate

5.0/10

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SDLC Intermediate

5.0/10

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End-to-End Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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GUI Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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Black-Box Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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Exploratory Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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System Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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UAT Intermediate

5.0/10

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SQL Intermediate

5.0/10

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Manual QA Intermediate

5.0/10

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Status Code Verification Intermediate

5.0/10

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MySql Intermediate

5.0/10

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Functional Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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Regression Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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smoke testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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sanity testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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Integration Testing Intermediate

5.0/10

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AI-assisted test generation Beginner

4.5/10

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Prompt Engineering for QA Beginner

4.5/10

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GitHub Actions Beginner

4.5/10

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Jenkins Beginner

4.5/10

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Java Beginner

4.5/10

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Python Beginner

4.5/10

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C++ Beginner

4.5/10

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GitHub Copilot Beginner

4.5/10

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Newman CLI Beginner

4.5/10

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Regression Automation Beginner

4.5/10

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Cross-browser testing Beginner

4.5/10

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Data-Driven Testing Beginner

4.5/10

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Page Object Model Beginner

4.5/10

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TestNG Beginner

4.5/10

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Playwright Beginner

4.5/10

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Work Experience

Robotics and Testing Engineer

India STEM Foundation

May 2026 - Present

Built and maintained 5+ robotic systems using Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and Arduino; designed and executed 60+ structured test cases to validate control logic, sensor inputs, and actuator outputs. Diagnosed and resolved 20+ hardware and firmware faults through systematic root-cause analysis, reducing system downtime by 30% across deployment cycles. Maintained test documentation, defect logs, and sprint delivery reports; contributed to 4 sprint-based release cycles in an Agile team environment.

Android App Development Intern (Generative AI)

Mind Matrix

Jan 2026 - May 2026

Developed and integrated Generative AI API features into an Android application (Kotlin/Java) across 6 sprint cycles; performed debugging and performance optimisation, reducing crash rate by 25%. Validated 30+ REST API endpoints and Firebase data flows using Postman to ensure data integrity and application stability; tracked all defects end-to-end in Jira with severity and priority classification. Collaborated with a 5-member cross-functional team using Git/GitHub for version control; contributed to 3 major feature releases within timeline.

IoT Intern

Emertxe

Sep 2025 - Nov 2025

Implemented and tested IoT communication protocols (MQTT, HTTP) and cloud integration across 3 remote monitoring system modules; verified sensor data accuracy achieving 98% transmission reliability.