Director

• Jul 2016 - Present

I offer high level of experience and expertise in designing and developing test frameworks for UI testing and API testing, designing and developing automation tests. Flexible and pragmatic approach; have worked as a QA Lead, architect or sole tester with end to end responsibility of test automation. I offer high level of experience and expertise in designing and developing test frameworks for UI testing and API testing, designing and developing automation tests. Flexible and pragmatic approach; have worked as a QA Lead, architect or sole tester with end to end responsibility of test automation.

Test Automation Consultant

• Jul 2022 - Present

QA Lead

• Sep 2021 - Jul 2022

I am the first person to join the QA department as a QA Lead. I have overall responsibility for decisions about quality assurance. I was asked to come up with a QA strategy, tools and processes that will help deliver management's vision. The strategy has been discussed with Director of engineering and, whilst I keep reviewing the strategy often, it seems good enough for now. The technologies that I proposed have been accepted too. I created a framework from scratch for UI testing of React app using BDD style tests. I created a framework for API testing of microservices too. The team worked in an Agile (Scrum) way and I introduced 3-Amigos to the team which worked really well. I also participated in other upstream and downstream initiatives such as requirement capturing, developing user journeys and shaping Release management process. Technologies: Cypress, Cucumber, BDD, Node.js, Docker, Bitbucket, AWS, Jira Show less

Test Automation Consultant

• Aug 2020 - Aug 2021

I was hired to work on a UK Government Department project where part of the automation framework was developed by developers and hence was difficult to understand to many SDETs in market. This was very hands-on role and involved working closely with developers, architects and management on strict deadlines in developing the framework and automation, making it less clunky and more usable. Technologies: Java, C#, Selenium, Cucumber, BDD, Docker, RestAssured, APIs, BrowserStack, Azure, Jenkins, Jira, Agile (Scrum), SQL Server Show less

QA Lead

• Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

I was the first person to join the QA department of this start-up as a QA Lead tasked with setting up the strategy, tools and processes for a green field SaaS platform. It was a fantastic experience where I witnessed how a product is built up from the ground up all the way up to making it good enough for customers. In this role, I spoke with senior management to understand their vision and wrote a QA Strategy from scratch to deliver that vision. I evaluated different technologies and recommended the toolset to conduct UI testing of a React based front end, API testing of microservice based architecture. I created frameworks from scratch for UI and API testing and then created scripts to make sure there are automated tests for each and every story. I updated the CI/CD pipelines to have different tests executed against different environments using SauceLabs infrastructure. I created dedicated pipelines to run regression tests every night. I worked on creating some basic performance tests. I worked with developers, solution architects and senior management spreading awareness of what testing team needs. I had overall responsibility for QA of some of the most important apps that were being developed. I helped in recruiting the right talent as the team was growing up. The team worked in an Agile (Scrum) way and I participated in early discussions of what activities happen in which ceremonies and introduced team to the 3-Amigos. Technologies: TestCafe, JavaScript/TypeScript, UI testing, SauceLabs, BDD, VS Code, Azure (API Management, Functions, Key Vault, AzureADB2C, Service Bus, CosmosDB), CI/CD using Azure DevOps, YAML, C#, SpecFlow, HttpClient, NUnit, JSON, Microservices, Docker, Kubernetes, API Testing, Atlassian toolset (Jira, Confluence), SQL Server, Scrum Show less

Test Lead

• Mar 2019 - Jul 2019

I worked as the Test Lead in Data Integration team within LM TOM program at Lloyds of London. In this role I worked extensively with the development team, project manager, solution architects and business analysts to define and deliver the artifacts. This role was different from most other Delivery based projects where test artifacts (feature files) were part of the deliverables and not the dev artifacts! The team designed the APIs supporting XML and JSON and the testing challenge was to test that the design was correct with very little (stub) back end. The project artifacts were OpenAPI3 yaml and UML in (draw.io and XML). Payload objects were very complex and it was important to certify that they adhered to JSON and XSD schemas. Bulk of testing activity was writing BDD style scenarios and conducting automated API testing using SpecFlow, C#, xUnit, RestSharp. The tests were configured in Azure DevOps release pipeline. Show less

QA Architect

• Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

I had on opportunity to work on 2 projects. I worked a with a sizeable team split in several smaller Scrum teams. I worked on automating regression tests for the functionality added to the Web application that the team developed in BDD format using POM pattern using C#.Net, Selenium, SpecFlow, NUnit, SQL Server, Jenkins, Jira. I also extended and refactored the framework, addressed some of the technical debt. For the major part, I worked on a greenfield project with a small but highly skilled team that was tasked with rewriting a payment gateway using cloud hosted microservices. The team did infrastructure-as-code on AWS cloud (EC2). I was responsible for the end to end QA for the team. That included deciding test strategy, test architecture, automation tools, processes and reporting. For a few months I was leading a team of 9 testers. I was responsible for API testing of RESTful services in BDD format using C#.Net, SpecFlow, HttpClient, SQL Server, JSON, XML, Swagger, NUnit, Azure Service Fabric, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence. I also conducted some Performance testing of the APIs using JMeter, Groovy I developed framework from scratch to test an Asynchronous web application developed in Node.js. I developed test scripts using in BDD format using Protractor, WebdriverJS, Node.js, Javascript, Mocha, Chai. Show less

Automation Test Lead

• Feb 2017 - Sep 2017

As a Test Automation Lead I worked on enhancing test automation framework, automating test scripts and led test automation efforts for the organ donation unit. I was a point of contact for anything about test automation and provided my expertise to other units in NHS. I imparted training and supported manual testers so that they can contribute to test automation. I helped in recruitment for automation tester role. Skills: C#, Gherkin, Cucumber, Specflow, Selenium Webdriver, SQL, Git, Jira, IBM BPMS, Show less

Senior Developer - Plugin

• Aug 2016 - Oct 2016

I had the responsibility to develop a plugin based on FireBreath framework. Technologies: C++, Boost, STL, C#.NET, FireBreath, UnitTest++, CMake, Git, Jira. I had the responsibility to develop a plugin based on FireBreath framework. Technologies: C++, Boost, STL, C#.NET, FireBreath, UnitTest++, CMake, Git, Jira.

Senior Software Developer

• Apr 2008 - Apr 2016

While working with ICAP I sought to work in different roles and on multiple projects. That gave me opportunities to contribute in many way and at the same time enrich my experience with new skills. I developed test automation framework and automated test scripts for a web applications using Java, C#, Selenium WebDriver, JVM-Cucumber, SpecFlow, SoapUI. I developed trade capture system that facilitated trade booking for all asset classes (FX, Rates, Fixed Income, Equity and Energy), brokerage calculation, clearing and regulatory reporting as per Dodd Frank Act. Skills used were C#, C++, SQL, Java, Oracle, ASP.NET, WCF, WPF. I also developed market data system using C# to publish FX Forward prices on RMDS platform. Show less

Software Developer

• Oct 2007 - Apr 2008

As a software developer I worked in a team of 6 developers to enhance trade lifecycle management system.

Senior Member of Technical Staff

• Aug 2006 - Aug 2007

Worked on some development projects for Microsoft and later did a brief stint to understand and formulate templates to implement Scrum agile methodology Worked on some development projects for Microsoft and later did a brief stint to understand and formulate templates to implement Scrum agile methodology

Senior Technical Associate

• Apr 2004 - Jul 2006

Worked on BT's non-geographic number translation and routing program and later moved some of the work to offshore.

Software Engineer

• Mar 2001 - Mar 2004

Software Engineer working on core BT system in front office.