Nilava P.

Senior QA Engineer / Lead SDET with 10.5+ years helping SaaS, AI and enterprise teams ship reliable software faster across Web, API and Mobile. I find quality risks early, cut regression effort, and build automation that teams can actually maintain. RESULTS I'VE DELIVERED • Cut regression effort by up to 60% through automation and smarter test execution • Helped raise automation coverage from ~40% to ~80% across UI, API and Mobile • Built UI, API and Mobile automation frameworks from scratch, integrated with CI/CD • Built a QA Requirement Analysis Agent that speeds up requirement review, gap finding and test design WHAT I CAN DO FOR YOU ✔ Manual & exploratory testing: functional, regression, usability, edge cases, cross-browser ✔ Test automation: Selenium WebDriver (Java), TestNG, Cucumber BDD, Page Object Model ✔ API testing: Postman, REST Assured, schema and auth/OAuth validation ✔ Mobile testing: Android & iOS, Appium, cross-device ✔ CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Maven, Git ✔ QA strategy: test plans, risk-based testing, release readiness, mentoring HOW I WORK Requirement → Risk/Gap → Test Scenarios → Execution → Defect → Regression → Release Readiness My bug reports are built for developers: clear steps, expected vs. actual, severity, screenshots or recordings, and impact. BACKGROUND Accenture, Wipro, Cognizant and Xoriant, plus freelance consulting. Top Rated on Upwork with 100% Job Success and 5-star reviews. Clients describe me as "Smart & easy to work with." I also know React, JavaScript, HTML and CSS, so I understand UI behaviour and speak the developers' language. Need a QA lead, an automation framework, or a sharp pair of eyes before release? Send me a message and let's talk.