Samraddhi Daftari

Senior QA | Automation Engineer

Indore, M.P. 5+ yrs exp 90 · Outstanding

About

Senior QA Engineer and Automation Specialist with 5 years 8 months of experience owning end-to-end quality strategy across retail, pharmacy, and analytics domains. Demonstrated success in reducing regression effort and production defects through Selenium and REST Assured-based automation frameworks. Experienced in leading cross-functional QA initiatives and architecting test frameworks from the ground up. Skilled at aligning QA strategy with business objectives to ensure consistent release readiness and product quality at scale.

Skills & Expertise (41)

Selenium Advanced

8.4/10

Years Exp

Selenium WebDriver Advanced

8.4/10

Years Exp

Page Object Model Advanced

8.0/10

Years Exp

REST Assured Intermediate

7.6/10

Years Exp

QA Leadership Advanced

7.6/10

Years Exp

Postman Intermediate

7.4/10

Years Exp

team mentoring Advanced

7.4/10

Years Exp

Agile Advanced

7.2/10

Years Exp

stakeholder communication Advanced

7.0/10

Years Exp

Cross-browser testing Advanced

7.0/10

Years Exp

UAT Advanced

7.0/10

Years Exp

Test Documentation Advanced

7.0/10

Years Exp

Release Readiness Advanced

7.0/10

Years Exp

Jira Advanced

7.0/10

Years Exp

Jenkins Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Scrum Advanced

7.0/10

Years Exp

Java Intermediate

6.8/10

Years Exp

Azure DevOps Intermediate

6.8/10

Years Exp

SQL Intermediate

6.6/10

Years Exp

Python Intermediate

6.6/10

Years Exp

STLC Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

JSON Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

MySql Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

GitHub Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

Git Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

Apache JMeter Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

GitHub Copilot Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

Claude Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

HTML Intermediate

5.8/10

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C# Intermediate

5.6/10

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Node.js Intermediate

5.4/10

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Cucumber Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

TestNG Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Maven Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

SQL Server Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Bitbucket Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

JSON Schema Validation Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

HTTP methods Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Playwright Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Grafana Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Zephyr Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Work Experience

Automation Engineer | Senior QA

TCS (Client: NielsenIQ)

May 2025 - Present

Own end-to-end API quality strategy across 5+ analytics platform modules, defining test scope, coverage criteria, and release sign-off process. Design and execute 500+ test cases using Pluto framework and Zephyr, improving traceability and test coverage by 25%. Architect reusable Postman collections with environment variables for smoke and regression testing, reducing manual API testing effort by 30%. Perform JSON schema validation and HTTP status code verification across 50+ endpoints, achieving 100% contract compliance across all releases. Built and maintained automation scripts using Selenium and REST Assured for regression and smoke suites, reducing manual test cycle time and improving release turnaround. Drive Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, increasing team velocity by 15% and improving cross-team collaboration. Deliver structured API test reports and defect metrics to onshore and offshore stakeholders, enabling data-driven go/no-go release decisions. Mentor junior QA team members on API testing best practices, improving team testing consistency and reducing review cycles by 20%.

Automation Engineer | QA Analyst

TCS (Client: Rite Aid Corp)

Nov 2020 - May 2025

Led end-to-end QA strategy for enterprise-scale retail and pharmacy applications serving millions of users, enhancing release stability and cutting production defects by 20%. Managed and mentored a QA team of 3-4 members, conducting code reviews, knowledge transfers, and performance feedback sessions. Coordinated Agile ceremonies and collaborated with onshore stakeholders across US time zones, ensuring QA deliverables aligned with business priorities. Developed UI automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver (Java, TestNG, Maven), cutting manual testing effort by 40% and significantly accelerating regression cycle time. Validated REST APIs using Postman and performed backend data validation with SQL queries across MySQL and SQL Server, ensuring data integrity. Managed defects via JIRA and Azure DevOps, improving defect closure rate by 30% and reducing resolution time by 25%. Provided quality sign-off and ensured production readiness across multiple deployment cycles. Integrated automated test suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for continuous regression testing on every build.