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Himali Patel

QA Automation Engineer
London
Himali Patel

Summary

Experienced QA Automation Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in both manual and automation testing roles for over 5 years. Skilled in testing web applications, designing automation frameworks, and writing scripts for web UI using Selenium. Proficient in backend API testing using RestAssured and HTTP client, as well as mobile app UI testing using Flutter Dart. Strong collaboration skills, working closely with developers and product owners to understand requirements, write test scenarios, and create automation flows. Sound knowledge in end-to-end, regression, and UAT Testing, with a focus on enhancing automation frameworks and implementing new scripts.

Overview

6
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Alpian Technologies Ltd
London, UK

Automation QA Engineer
04.2022 - 03.2024

Job overview

A digital private bank in Switzerland

Tech used: Web UI testing using Selenium WebDriver, Java, Cucumber, Page Object Model, Maven, JUnit; Rest API test automation using HTTP client; Mobile App testing using Flutter, Dart, Robot pattern

  • Conducted manual end-to-end functional testing for a complex banking application, overseeing testing across 20+ microservices, including database interactions, Kafka streaming, and UI validation
  • Automated mobile app testing using Flutter and Dart, and integrating it with API responses to make real-time validations
  • Delivered over 80% of mobile automation along with creating a framework from scratch
  • Tested mobile banking applications and back-office web tools
  • Utilized Selenium WebDriver, Java, Cucumber, Maven, and JUnit for web UI testing
  • Participated in UAT testing, sprint reviews, and business demos
  • Investigated bugs thoroughly and liaised with product owners to prioritize fixes.

MadeToLast Pvt Ltd
Cambridge, UK

Automation Tester
03.2020 - 04.2022

Job overview

Brand selling home furniture in the UK

Tech Used: Selenium WebDriver for web UI automation; Postman tests; API tests using RestAssured and Serenity.

  • Added web UI automation scripts for customer-focused websites and internal tools.
  • Used Selenium WebDriver, Postman, RestAssured, and Serenity for automation testing.
  • Contributed to the design and development of test plans and test cases. Redesigned existing automation scripts for improved readability and maintainability.
  • Replicated user issues to identify and eliminate root causes.

Meesho
India

QA Test Engineer
01.2019 - 02.2020

Job overview

Online fast fashionwear brand in India

  • Involved in manual testing of end-user mobile and web apps. Maintained a clean code base by re-factoring existing test scripts when expanding the test suite to encompass new features.
  • As a part of learning on the job, engaged in web automation framework enhancements, code reviews, and maintaining deliverable quality.
  • Developed automation scripts for user interface testing using Selenium WebDriver (Java), Page Object Model, TestNG and Cucumber, log4j, etc.
  • Contributed to reducing overall testing hours by 60% by creating and optimizing automation test scripts.
  • Tracked, prioritized, and organized defects with JIRA, working with the development team to facilitate timely corrections

Digit Insurance
India

Manual QA tester
05.2018 - 01.2019

Job overview

Digital insurance company in India

  • Involved in manual testing of the end-user iOS/Android mobile app and back-office customer management tool.
  • Major work around testing sanity and regression flows before new features releases.
  • Contributed to devising test plans based on user requirement specifications.
  • Manually handling third-party and API integration tests using Postman. Investigating bugs using the BE database, logs, API responses, etc.
  • Defect logging, tracking, and reporting in JIRA.
  • Maintained regression test suite and executed it before every release to ensure overall stability with new features.

Education

London South Bank University
UK

Master of Science from Business Project Management
01.2020 - 04.2021

Fergusson College
Pune, India

Bachelor of Science from Environmental Sciences
07.2014 - 04.2017

Skills

  • Web UI Testing: Selenium WebDriver
  • API Testing: RestAssured, HTTP Client
  • Mobile Integration Testing: Flutter/Dart
  • RestAssured
  • Java
  • Cucumber BDD
  • MySQL
  • JUnit/TestNG
  • Postman
  • Kafka
  • Functional testing
  • MongoDB / Postgres
  • Maven
  • Git/Github
  • Jira

Timeline

Automation QA Engineer

Alpian Technologies Ltd
04.2022 - 03.2024

Automation Tester

MadeToLast Pvt Ltd
03.2020 - 04.2022

London South Bank University

Master of Science from Business Project Management
01.2020 - 04.2021

QA Test Engineer

Meesho
01.2019 - 02.2020

Manual QA tester

Digit Insurance
05.2018 - 01.2019

Fergusson College

Bachelor of Science from Environmental Sciences
07.2014 - 04.2017
Himali PatelQA Automation Engineer