Immediate joiner QA Automation Engineer

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NANDINI LN GOWDA

QA ENGINEER MANUAL & AUTOMATION TESTING

Bangalore, India +91-988**-***** *********************@*****.*** PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

QA Engineer with 7+ years of experience across Manual and Automation Testing, covering Web, API, Database, AI-assisted and non-functional testing. Strong in test planning, test design, execution, defect management and automation using Playwright, Selenium, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, Rest Assured and Postman. Experienced in functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, system, E2E, exploratory, UAT, compatibility, performance, load and stress testing, with basic ETL/data validation exposure. Experienced in Agile/Scrum, SQL validation, CI/CD and reusable automation frameworks.

CORE SKILLS

Manual Testing Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, System, E2E, Exploratory, Ad-hoc, UAT, Acceptance, Compatibility, Cross-browser, Usability, UI, API, Database, Positive/Negative, BVA, Equivalence Partitioning, Error Guessing, Risk-based Performance Performance, Load, Stress, Volume, Endurance/Soak, Spike, Scalability, Baseline, response-time and throughput validation, bottleneck analysis

Automation Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, BDD, POM, Data-Driven, Hybrid

API / Backend REST APIs, Rest Assured, Postman, request/response validation, JSON, status codes, headers, reusable API utilities

Database / ETL SQL, MySQL, CRUD, Joins, backend validation, source-to-target validation, completeness, consistency, transformation checks, reconciliation

AI Testing Generative AI, LLM validation, prompt engineering, AI-assisted automation, test generation, optimization and result analysis

Tools / Process Git, GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, Maven, JIRA, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code, SDLC, STLC, Agile, Scrum, Defect Life Cycle, test planning, reporting and triage

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant / QA Automation Engineer

Capgemini Technology Services India Limited Bangalore May 2023 – July 2026 IEINVX: AV2 – LPL Financial Insurance Java, Playwright, Selenium, TypeScript, JavaScript, Rest Assured, MySQL, GitLab CI/CD, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, Maven

• Analyzed requirements and translated business flows into test strategy, scenarios, test cases, automation coverage and validation criteria.

• Executed functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, system, E2E, exploratory, compatibility, cross-browser and UAT-oriented testing.

• Developed and maintained scalable UI automation using Playwright and Selenium with Java, TypeScript and JavaScript.

• Built reusable Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit, BDD, POM, Data-Driven and Hybrid automation components.

• Built reusable API test utilities and validated REST payloads, status codes, headers, JSON and backend data.

• Performed SQL-based backend validation, data reconciliation and troubleshooting.

• Performed exposure-level non-functional testing covering load, stress, volume, endurance/soak, spike, scalability and response-time/throughput validation.

• Performed ETL/data validation exposure including source-to-target checks, completeness, consistency, transformation validation and reconciliation using SQL.

• Integrated automation suites into GitLab CI/CD and used Selenium Grid for distributed/cross-browser execution.

• Applied Generative AI and LLM-based validation for test generation, automation assistance, content validation and test-result analysis.

• Reported defects in JIRA, analyzed failures and collaborated with developers, BAs and stakeholders in Agile delivery. Test Engineer

Infosys Limited India November 2021 – March 2023 Citi Bank KYC Banking / KYC / AML Java, Selenium, Selenium Grid, Rest Assured, MySQL, GitLab CI/CD, Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit

• Analyzed KYC, client onboarding, due diligence and risk-scoring requirements and designed test scenarios.

• Performed functional, regression, integration, system, API, database, smoke, sanity and E2E testing.

• Developed Java/Selenium automation with Cucumber, TestNG and Page Object Model.

• Validated APIs with Rest Assured/Postman and backend data using SQL queries.

• Analyzed automation results, prepared test summaries, reported defects and supported Agile ceremonies. Nandini LN Gowda QA Engineer Page 2 of 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE — CONTINUED

Quality Analyst

Heraizen Technologies India India October 2018 – November 2021 DHI – Student ERP Education

• Created test plans, scenarios, test cases and test data from business and functional requirements.

• Performed functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration, system, exploratory and UAT testing.

• Validated student profiles, attendance, examinations and academic records.

• Managed defect identification, logging, retesting, verification and closure through the defect life cycle.

• Supported UAT, end-user training, execution reporting and quality status reporting. Test Engineer

Vyoma Technologies Pvt. Ltd. India August 2017 – October 2018 Web Applications

• Performed manual functional, regression, smoke, sanity, integration and exploratory testing.

• Prepared test scenarios/cases, reported defects, verified fixes and performed regression testing.

• Supported test documentation and execution reporting. AI TESTING PROJECT

AI-Powered Test Automation & LLM Validation

• Built an E2E Playwright flow and integrated an LLM API into test infrastructure.

• Designed prompts for professional rewriting, summarization, CTA generation and translation.

• Implemented expected-behavior and confidence-based PASS/FAIL validation for AI-generated responses.

• Analyzed response quality and documented validation results for test reporting. SELECTED QA STRENGTHS

• Strong blend of Manual Testing and UI/API Automation with practical SQL and database validation.

• Experience across Insurance, Banking/KYC and Education domains.

• Reusable automation framework development using POM, BDD, Data-Driven and Hybrid approaches.

• Exposure to performance/load/stress testing and ETL/data validation alongside functional QA.

• Agile delivery experience with defect triage, test reporting and CI/CD integration. EDUCATION

B.E. – Computer Science & Engineering Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), India 2017 LANGUAGES

English Hindi Kannada

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