Sarang Purandare
London
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven professional with over a decade of experience in quality assurance. Demonstrated expertise in establishing and optimizing test practices, delivering comprehensive end-to-end QA solutions. Acclaimed for developing robust, scalable test automation frameworks using a variety of tools and technologies. Recognized for driving innovation by creating advanced tools that streamline testing processes and enhance quality standards.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Quality Assurance Specialist
Genomics England
London
2024.06 - Current
- Responsible for developing and maintaining framework using Selenium with Java and Cucumber
- Responsible for conducting thorough testing before and after each release to ensure quality and functionality.
- Spearheaded the implementation of the shift-left testing approach, significantly enhancing early defect detection and prevention. Conducted comprehensive demos to educate the team on its advantages, fostering a culture of proactive quality assurance.
- Played a key role in executing thorough tests for new developments and identifying critical bugs at early stages.
- Manage a team of several contractors, collectively ensuring project success and accountability.
Senior QA lead
LTI Mindtree
London
2022.06 - 2024.06
- Developed web automation framework using Selenium with Java and Cucumber from scratch and added ~350 TSc
- Worked on various PoCs including Selenium, Javascript, Playwright, typescript, Node.js,
- Organised automation proposal meetings for API, Mobile and TV automation by explaining key solution For automation strategy and roadmap
- Responsible for testing on multiple devices (i.e., Android/i0S, Roku, TV0S, Fire, Fetch, Philips TV, Comcast )
- Responsible for making test strategy, planning, effort estimation and follow agile process
- Responsible for requirement gathering, Test Design, Test Automation, Test Execution, Defect Reporting, Defect Tracking, Regression testing, Test Status Reporting and Test Closure Activity
- Coordinating with customers, vendors, and cross functional team (UX, Prod, Dev, BA)
- Leading Onshore and Offshore QA team of 21 members and handling all QA activities.
- Created utility and conducted knowledge transfer sessions
Senior QA engineer
LTI Mindtree
Pune, India
2017.07 - 2022.05
- Contributed in development of Page Object Model design selenium
framework. - Performed automation test scripts development and maintenance, added code with maximum reusability while following all the coding standards.
- Debugged and analysed the automation failures to find root cause and reported those to corresponding stakeholders.
- Performed manual testing at times and identified some crucial bugs.
Received good exposure to each phase of Software Testing Life Cycle
(STLC). - Gained excellent understanding and experience of working in an agile environment.
Software engineer
LTI Mindtree
pune, India
2015.07 - 2017.06
- Involved in and contributed to test planning, requirement analysis, test scenarios creation, test case creation and test case execution.
- Performed Sanity Testing, Regression Testing and ad-hoc testing.
Identified multiple potentials defects/bugs and logged them into the
system. - Performed defect tracking till closure, performed retesting and regression testing when the bug is fixed.
Trainee Software Engineer
Indrajit Systems Pvt. Ltd
Pune, India
2013.08 - 2015.06
- Contributed in development of Loan Processing Application: The module used in Encore and Net Banking for loan sanctioning.
- Wrote object-oriented code to improve software structuring solutions.
- Peer-reviewed code to create clean and stable software solutions.
- Worked thoroughly in Java, Apache Wicket 1.4, 1.6, HTML, Java Script, CSS, Hibernate and PostgreSQL.
- Performed activities like requirements gathering, UI design, application design, coding and unit testing.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Pune University
2009.08 - 2013.08
Skills
- Selenium
- BDD-Cucumber
- Playwright
- WebdriverIO
- Python
- TypeScript
- Java
- JUnit
- Java-Script
- Postman
- Rest Assured
- JSON Management
- Appium
- TDD, ATDD
- AWS- S3 bucket, Codedeploy, CloudWatch Dashboard, Codebuild
- Jenkins
- Git
- Automation Testing
- Manual Testing
- Agile
- Scrum
- Kanban
- SQL
- Project Management
- CI/CD
- CMS Testin
- Browser Stack
- Test Rail
- Jira Confluence
- Git
- Bitbucket
- Accessibility Testing
- Performance Testing
- Protractor
- Charles Proxy
- Web Testing
- Mobile Testing
- TV Testing
- GraphQL
Timeline
Quality Assurance Specialist
Genomics England
2024.06 - Current
Senior QA lead
LTI Mindtree
2022.06 - 2024.06
Senior QA engineer
LTI Mindtree
2017.07 - 2022.05
Software engineer
LTI Mindtree
2015.07 - 2017.06
Trainee Software Engineer
Indrajit Systems Pvt. Ltd
2013.08 - 2015.06
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Pune University
2009.08 - 2013.08