About
5+ years of strong experience in Automation & Manual Testing across Web, API, and backend systems. Expertise in Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Cucumber BDD, POM, Hybrid Frameworks. Automated 500+ UI test cases improving regression cycle efficiency by 70%. Strong experience in API automation using REST Assured including serialization, schema validation. Skilled in Postman for API collections, scripts, and end-to-end workflow validation. Built scalable automation frameworks with modular utilities, dynamic element handling, and parallel execution.
Skills & Expertise (37)
Work Experience
Sr QA Automation Engineer
Praviksha Tech
May 2025 - Nov 2025
Designed, enhanced, and maintained Hybrid Automation Frameworks using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Page Object Model (POM) for enterprise applications. Automated end-to-end UI workflows including authentication, dashboards, data entry forms, and multi-step business transactions. Implemented robust locator strategies using dynamic XPath, CSS selectors, and relative locators for frequently changing web elements. Developed custom synchronization utilities using FluentWait, WebDriverWait, and JavaScript Executor to eliminate flaky executions. Automated REST API workflows using REST Assured for CRUD operations, business validations, and negative scenarios. Performed API chaining across multiple microservices to validate complete business flows. Implemented JSON schema validation and response structure validation for backend APIs. Configured parallel execution using TestNG and Selenium Grid to reduce execution time. Executed database validations using SQL queries to verify backend data integrity and business rules. Integrated automation suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for scheduled, nightly, and pre-release executions. Conducted cross-browser testing across Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and cloud environments. Implemented retry mechanisms and exception handling to improve automation stability. Enhanced reporting using Extent Reports and TestNG reports with screenshots and logs. Performed end-to-end validation across UI, API, and Database layers to ensure data consistency. Conducted basic performance and load testing using JMeter for critical APIs. Validated business rules such as pricing logic, discounts, tax calculations, and data consistency. Managed test executions on BrowserStack / Sauce Labs for device and OS compatibility. Logged and tracked defects using JIRA, including root cause analysis and retesting. Actively participated in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and story reviews. Executed smoke, sanity, and regression suites to ensure build and release readiness. Optimized automation execution time and reduced regression cycles through continuous improvements.
QA Engineer
Brillquest Technologies
May 2019 - Feb 2025
Designed and enhanced a scalable Hybrid Automation Framework using Selenium, TestNG & POM. Automated 200+ UI scenarios across product search, cart, checkout, payment, and order tracking. Implemented dynamic XPath strategies for complex & frequently changing UI elements. Built custom wait handlers (FluentWait, ExpectedConditions) to avoid flaky tests. Automated API flows for product catalog, cart, and order modules using REST Assured. Performed schema validation & chained API calls for order creation workflows. Implemented parallel execution using TestNG and Selenium Grid. Performed SQL validations for order history and payment transactions. Integrated suite with Jenkins CI/CD for nightly and pre-deployment execution. Executed cross-browser testing on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Implemented retry logic for unstable test cases to stabilize execution. Added HTML & Extent Reporting with screenshots for failure analysis. Conducted end-to-end testing including UI + API + DB consistency checks. Performed load testing for cart APIs using JMeter. Validated promo codes, tax calculations & price consistency. Managed execution on BrowserStack for device/OS compatibility. Raised defects in JIRA with detailed logs, screenshots, and RCA documentation. Participated in sprint grooming to derive test scenarios from user stories. Ensured build readiness through smoke & sanity suite execution. Improved overall regression execution time by 40% through optimization.
Education
Master of Engineering in Applied Electronics - PSNA College of Engineering
2011 - 2013 · Afghanistan
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering - PSNA College of Engineering
2007 - 2011 · Afghanistan
