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Sonali Patil

Sonali Patil

Senior QA Engineer
Pune

Summary

Full Stack QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience in manual, automation (Web, API, Data), performance, and functional testing integrated with CI/CD pipelines. Skilled in developing scalable automation frameworks using Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, Java, and TestNG, with strong expertise in API testing using Postman/Newman and data testing using the Pytest BDD framework. Proven ability to deliver high-quality software in Agile environments through strategic test planning, execution, and continuous improvement.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior QA Engineer

Fractal Analytics
Pune
12.2020 - Current

Client : Bible Study Fellowship (BSF)

  • Leading a QA team of 5 engineers, managing end-to-end QA activities including test planning, execution, and release validation.
  • Oversee both manual and automation testing across multiple product modules, ensuring thorough business scenario coverage.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients to translate business requirements into effective test strategies.
  • Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and TestNG.
  • Drive defect management and triage using Azure DevOps, and ensure smooth UAT and production releases.
  • Enforce QA best practices, mentor team members, and own the complete test lifecycle from analysis to reporting.

Client : Direct Line Group (DLG)

  • As an Automation Test Engineer, I led the automation of testing for various AWS Glue jobs.
  • I have hands-on experience with the PyTest Data Testing Tool, having built the PyTest framework from scratch and fully automated the Glue job testing process.
  • Responsible for all test management activities, including creating test plans, writing test cases, raising issues, and conducting defect triage meetings.
  • Additionally, I worked on datamart testing and utilized DBT (Data Build Tool) for data transfers into data warehouses. I also managed Redshift queries and generated reports

QA Engineer

Exadatum Software Pvt Ltd
Pune
09.2018 - 12.2020

StreamFlux: Data Science and Machine Learning Platform

  • Experienced in testing the entire platform, including machine learning algorithms, data processing components, ETL workflows, Kafka, Airflow scheduling, and streaming functionalities.
  • Designed and developed UI automation scripts for all modules using the Cypress UI automation framework.
  • Created a REST API testing framework using Python and Behave BDD framework.
  • Conducted load testing on the platform using the Locust framework.
  • Took ownership of QA AWS infrastructure readiness, including installation and configuration of all dependencies in the test environment.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Shivaji University
Kolhapur
06.2013 - 05.2017

Skills

Test automation frameworks

Python scripting

Postman tool

Selenium webdriver

Root-cause analysis

Git

Timeline

Senior QA Engineer

Fractal Analytics
12.2020 - Current

QA Engineer

Exadatum Software Pvt Ltd
09.2018 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication Engineering

Shivaji University
06.2013 - 05.2017
Sonali PatilSenior QA Engineer