Shalini Balasubramani

QA Engineer

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 3+ yrs exp 87 · Excellent

About

Quality Assurance Engineer with 3+ years testing enterprise applications, combining Tricentis Tosca automation with strong API and performance-testing capability. Validated 100+ REST endpoints under functional and load conditions using Postman and Apache JMeter, and authored 300+ test cases with 100+ automated in Tosca, cutting regression cycle time by around 50%. Hands-on with Playwright for web UI automation across selected modules, delivering across functional, regression, and UAT cycles in Agile teams.

Skills & Expertise (18)

Tricentis Tosca Advanced

8.5/10

Years Exp

Postman Advanced

8.0/10

Years Exp

REST API Testing Advanced

8.0/10

Years Exp

Playwright Intermediate

7.5/10

Years Exp

Apache JMeter Intermediate

7.5/10

Years Exp

SQL Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Jira Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Agile Scrum Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Functional Testing Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Regression Testing Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Retesting Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

User Acceptance Testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

sanity testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

smoke testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Defect Lifecycle Management Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

STLC Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

SDLC Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Git Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Work Experience

QA & Testing Engineer

Mindsprint Pvt Ltd

Feb 2025 - Present

Lead end-to-end QA for an enterprise agriculture platform spanning 10+ business modules across 4 environments. Authored 300+ test cases and automated 100+ in Tricentis Tosca, reducing regression cycle time by around 50% and improving release turnaround. Validated 100+ REST API endpoints with Postman and ran performance/load testing with Apache JMeter, verifying system stability under concurrent load. Built Playwright scripts for web UI functional and regression automation on selected modules, extending coverage beyond the Tosca suite. Executed Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, and UAT cycles; tracked 20+ defects/month in Jira. Wrote SQL queries to validate backend data and verify data integrity during functional and regression testing.

OutSystems Developer & QA

Mindsprint Pvt Ltd

Aug 2022 - Apr 2024

Developed, tested, and validated 7 enterprise applications on the OutSystems low-code platform. Conducted functional and regression testing to confirm requirements and safeguard stability after enhancements and bug fixes. Partnered with dev teams on defect analysis and pre-production verification across the full SDLC, maintaining clear test documentation.