Quality Assurance Engineer

Kanchana Tankala

Lead, Quality Assurance Engineer

*.*****@*****.***: 650-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanchana-tankala-2532497/ Summary

Seasoned QA Engineering Leader with over 15 years of hands-on experience designing, leading, and executing enterprise-level software testing strategies across web, mobile, and backend systems. Proven success in leading global teams through Agile and Waterfall models, with deep expertise in Selenium, REST API testing, and continuous integration pipelines using Jenkins. Adept at building robust automation frameworks, improving test efficiency, and ensuring quality delivery in high-impact environments. Strong collaborator with cross-functional teams, focused on driving quality at scale, reducing release risks, and delivering seamless user experiences. Core Competencies:

Automation Tools: Karate Framework, Selenium WebDriver, RestAssured

Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, Cucumber

Testing Types: UI Testing, API Testing, Performance Testing, Database Testing, Regression testing, integration and functional testing.

Tools & Platforms: Postman, JMeter, TestNG, JIRA, Git, BitBucket, Jenkins, Confluence, Sharepoint, microservices, .net, kubernetes

CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub, Bitbucket

Databases: Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban

Cloud Platforms : GCP, AWS

Mobile Application : Android Apps, iOS Apps, Appium

AI Tools/Technologies: Github copilot, OCR, Report IQ iTradeNetwork / Based in Dublin, CA May 2018- Present Lead Quality Assurance/SDET

Responsibilities:

Worked with Product, Design, and Engineering teams on requirements gathering and evaluation.

Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, test estimates, schedules and potential risks.

Extensive Knowledge in Agile Methodology and participated in Sprint planning, Sprint Retrospective, Product Backlog Refinement and daily Scrum meetings.

Worked in an onsite- offshore model and coordinated test efforts for more than one project

Implemented selenium-testng framework for UI test cases automation on Legacy and rewrite websites for Order Maestro and Branded Procurement.

Experience with test automation in CI/CD environments.

Created automated regression suites for backend services ( API) using Karate API framework Page: 1 of 5

Kanchana Tankala

Lead, Quality Assurance Engineer

*.*****@*****.***: 650-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanchana-tankala-2532497/

Developed and maintained UI tests and Karate automation framework codebase and resources in Bitbucket repository over the time for improvements and new features.

Engaged in Cross team collaboration with developers and product managers to define test scenarios and improve application stability.

Maintained test cases in JIRA/Testrail and documented defects for tracking and resolution.

Performed Cross Browser and parallel testing to test the applications are working as desired in different browsers and environments.

Performed devices testing for Native Apps on Test, UAT and production environments

Implemented test procedures and overseeing the QA process to ensure successful deployment of products

Tested AI/ML powered applications like Spend Application using Report IQ. Designed test plans and validated data generated from complex reports focussing on aspects such as accuracy, scalability and metrics

Performed Database Testing for integration applications and OM rewrite.

Conduct test case reviews, provide project related status reporting, coordinate all release planning and lead the testing team through all project phases.

Report project status through various reporting tools and dashboards to senior leadership.

Worked on .net and microservices platforms for testing Legacy and modern rewrite applications.

Tools: Java, Selenium, TestNG, JIRA, Test rail, JMeter, Karate, Jenkins, Bitbucket, MySQL, Oracle, Confluence, Report IQ, Github copilot, OCR, GCP, CI/CD Apple Inc / Cupertino, CA Nov 2014- May 2018

Lead Quality Assurance/SDET

Responsibilities:

Worked as Onsite Lead and Involved in all phases of QE right from Requirement analysis to completion of testing deliverables.

Involved in coordination with offshore teams and delegation of tasks for both functional and automation testing.

Worked closely with business, PM, development and cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and for smooth completion of projects.

Worked in around 6 different projects in Apple and have been involved in a wide variety of testing activities.

Involved in web-app, desktop application and native app iOS testing on apple devices.

Was involved in preparing test Plan and strategy documents, test execution plan, execution reports and other metrics related to the project.

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Kanchana Tankala

Lead, Quality Assurance Engineer

*.*****@*****.***: 650-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanchana-tankala-2532497/

Involved in framework development, test script development and execution using selenium web driver for functional automation.

Development and maintenance of smoke, sanity and regression test suites for each project and sending Automation Reports to the upper management.

Involved in iOS automation using Appium and Rest services automation using Rest assured.

Worked in multiple projects in agile as well as a waterfall model in Apple.

Tools: Java, Selenium, Jenkins, GIT, Appium, Xcode, Apple Radar. Intuit Inc, Mountain View, CA Oct 2013- Oct 2014

Sr QA Engineer /Lead

Responsibilities:

Involved in the Requirement analysis, Development of the Test Scenarios and test cases as part of functional testing.

Involved in offshore co-ordination to delegate the Projects and provide updates on various user stories and assisting offshore in testing.

Worked closely with marketers, development team and cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and identify risks.

Performing Sanity, Execution of the Test cases and reporting the bugs through Jira for the Payments, Payroll and upgrade flows.

Involved in A/B testing and checking tracking through tools like fiddler, httpfox and inbuilt browser tools.

Involved in web, desktop application and device testing for the payments pages.

Involved in component testing using mobile devices like iphone, ipad, tablet etc.

Preparing release readiness and documenting testing procedures in wiki.

Involved in test script development, execution using selenium web driver, eclipse and Perforce.

Developed and maintained automated regression test cases in Selenium WebDriver using Java programming language

Involved in maintaining the smoke/sanity automation jobs through Jenkins and reporting numbers to management through Dashboard.

Involved in performance monitoring of landing pages using tools like web page test.

Involved in coordination with the cross functional teams for projects and delivering the projects on time.

Working in an agile model and attending the scrum meetings, sprint planning, backlog grooming meetings and participating in the retrospectives.

Involved in capacity estimations for the offshore team, for each sprint and driving the release and iteration planning through Rally.

Tools: Jira, Selenium, Jenkins, SiteCatalyst, HttpFox, Fiddler, Perforce, Rally. Page: 3 of 5

Kanchana Tankala

Lead, Quality Assurance Engineer

*.*****@*****.***: 650-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanchana-tankala-2532497/ WellsFargo, SF, CA Feb 2012- Aug 2013

Sr Quality Engineer

Responsibilities:

Participated in Test planning and directing testing milestones/schedules and assignments, and monitoring project status in comparison to cost/time projections.

Analyze requirements, test, and certify application-specific software and perform ambiguity reviews of business requirements and use cases and functional specification documents.

Worked closely with application development teams to clarify requirements and identify risks and incompatibilities with design to ensure certification of code with quality.

Log, track, and verify resolution of software and specification defects. Defect management through ClearQuest.

Was involved in automating test cases using ITKO Lisa and execution and analysis of the scripts.

Was responsible for running the automation suite through Batch and debugging the failures, fixing the scripts and logging defects.

Checking the logs through the dashboard.

Worked on Message Queues as part of the web service testing.

Used Quality Center (ALM) for integrated test case management.

Was responsible for leading more than one project and coordinating with offshore for training purposes and to address automation issues.

Tools: ALM, ClearQuest, ITKO Lisa, Java, Oracle SQL Developer, SVN. Gap, SFO, CA July 08- Mar 11

Senior QA Analyst

Responsibilities:

Involved in the Requirement analysis and Development of the Test Scenarios and test cases using Mercury Quality Center.

Development of test cases in Test Plan, and execution in Test Lab of QC.

Performed Black Box/ manual testing of the application to test the system for both the functional and business requirements for positive and negative scenarios.

Performed System and integration testing of the Matrix One application and other out of box functionalities integrated to it like crystal reports, Import/export, Technia, Spicer viewer etc. Page: 4 of 5

Kanchana Tankala

Lead, Quality Assurance Engineer

*.*****@*****.***: 650-***-****

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanchana-tankala-2532497/

Identification of the critical functionality and Test Cases for automation using Win runner and executing them based on the key driven framework.

Development of Automated Test Scripts suite using WinRunner 8.2 and Running the Build Validation Test (BVT) after each new build is deployed for System Testing and Regression testing.

Worked on a Key driven framework in which the WinRunner engine is capable of reading the spreadsheets.

Took part in the Spec review meetings with the Business for understanding the new functionality, and defect review meetings with the developers for clarifications regarding the defects.

Cross platform testing in Mackintosh environment and Windows for Comparison Testing using IE and Firefox.

Worked in an agile environment which promotes development iterations and open collaboration throughout the lifecycle of the project.

Have done testing on Virtual Machines using VM ware and by accessing machines remotely using VNC.

Worked with the production support team on hot fixes and the SC tickets which were a part of

Defect management using QC.

Tools: WinRunner, LoadRunner, Mercury QC, Oracle, WebSphere, VMWare. EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration, Andhra University, India ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Work Authorization: US Permanent Resident

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