Sharanya Ramesh
QA Engineer
London
Summary
Experienced QA Engineer | Expertise in Full-Stack Testing, Automation, CI/CD Integration, and Team Building | Proven Track Record in Reducing Defects, Enhancing Efficiency, and Delivering High-Quality Web & Mobile Applications
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Engineer
Profinda
London, UK
09.2023 - Current
- Pioneered QA efforts as the first QA hire in my pod, establishing testing frameworks, processes, and best practices from scratch, leading to a 40% reduction in production defects and improving release cycle time by 25% within the first six months.
- Acted as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for QA processes, mentoring team members and ensuring adherence to quality standards.
- Owned the entire QA lifecycle, from defining strategies and test plans to execution, defect management, and final delivery, ensuring 100% on-time delivery of QA deliverables for all major releases.
- Interfaced directly with clients, translating business requirements into actionable QA objectives, aligning 80% of customer requirements with QA processes and enhancing customer satisfaction by 20%.
- Led Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for critical issues, identifying underlying problems and implementing preventive solutions to improve product stability.
- Collaborated in Agile teams to test and deliver high-quality web and mobile applications, ensuring software met acceptance criteria and business requirements.
- Developed and automated regression test suites using Playwright and JavaScript, reducing manual testing effort by 50% and increasing test coverage by 30%.
- Refined user story acceptance criteria with team members, embedding quality from the requirements analysis phase and ensuring clear, testable requirements.
- Performed exploratory testing to identify defects and recommend improvements, ensuring newly developed features met high standards of quality.
- Streamlined QA workflows by integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, supporting a fast-paced and regular release cycle.
- Conducted performance testing using JMeter to validate application scalability and stability under load.
- Utilized cloud-based testing solutions on AWS, enabling scalable and efficient QA practices, which led to a 25% increase in test execution speed across multiple environments.
- Collaborated with cross-functional QA teams for integration testing and shared component validation, ensuring consistent functionality across systems.
Senior QA(Mobile) Engineer
Plentific Technologies
London, UK
04.2021 - 09.2023
- Pioneered QA efforts as the first QA hire for the company, establishing testing frameworks and processes, resulting in a 50% reduction in critical defects during production releases.
- Performed functional, regression, exploratory, UAT, security, and cross-browser testing for web and mobile applications (iOS/Android), ensuring high-quality product launches.
- Automated test cases using Cypress and TypeScript, as well as Playwright and JavaScript, to enhance test reliability and reduce manual effort.
- Developed cross-browser testing solutions and created Proof of Concepts (POCs) that enhanced test execution efficiency, leading to a 25% improvement in testing speed across supported browsers.
- Integrated CI/CD pipelines to enable automated nightly test runs, ensuring continuous feedback and early detection of defects.
- Led full-stack testing (Front End, Back End, API) for mobile applications, ensuring seamless functionality and integration across all layers.
- Conducted security testing, identifying vulnerabilities and ensuring applications adhered to industry security standards.
- Collaborated with Project Managers and QA teams to optimize testing processes, reducing QA cycle times by 20% through reusability of assets and streamlined communication.
- Expanded the QA team by hiring and onboarding 4 new QA engineers, successfully scaling the QA function to meet the company’s growth needs.
- Mentored junior QA engineers, fostering skill development and instilling best practices to align with company goals and quality standards.
- Streamlined QA workflows by integrating automation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines, supporting a fast-paced and efficient release cycle.
- Owned the entire QA lifecycle, from planning and test strategy development to execution, defect management, and delivery.
- Conducted performance testing using JMeter, ensuring application stability and scalability for up to 10,000 concurrent users.
Test Engineer
Cast Software India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
03.2017 - 10.2020
- Performed tests for REST APIs, various web applications, and SQL Server databases.
- Utilized risk-adaptive testing techniques where appropriate.
- Refined QA approaches across departmental and project scopes.
- Facilitated the production and maintenance of guides for application products, old and new.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams in a vast corporate setting.
- Authored system specifications and oversaw QA metric tracking.
- Collaborated with the Integration team for testing and release management to achieve high-quality products
- Engaged in professional development to master new testing tools.
- Addressed and fixed complicated problems for add-on services of dashboard data.
Test Engineer
Oak Systems
Bangalore, Karnataka
11.2015 - 03.2017
- Prepare Test matrix like Test case effectiveness, defect aging
- Creation of defect summary and test summary report in JIRA
- Reviewed over 50 new features/designs for functionality and quality before release
Test Engineer
Qualcomm
Bengaluru, Karnataka
03.2015 - 10.2015
- Handled all field audio mixing for 2 productions per week
- Worked with video editors to synchronize audio with video segments
- Performed sound quality checks and front-of-house mixing to maintain the company sound system
- Set up, maintained, and operated audio recording equipment and performed troubleshooting and audio system breakdown for many broadcasts
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication
Vishweshwaraiah Technological University
Bengaluru 06.2010 - 06.2014
Skills
- Test Automation
- Playwright / Cypress - JavaScript
- Regression Testing
- Functional Testing
- REST API
- Test Cases
- SQL
- POSTMAN
- Shift left testing
- Validation QA methodologies mastery
- Ability to monitor
- Project management expertise
- Software development knowledge
- Technical troubleshooting
- Performance testing
- SQL, AWS, CI CD
Accomplishments
- Performed root cause analysis on production issues and developed and implemented corrective actions to improve efficiency by 21%.
- Awarded twice with the 'Sprint champ' for contributions to Sprint tasks.
Certification
Playwright using JavaScript
Timeline
Playwright using JavaScript
01-2025
QA Engineer
Profinda
09.2023 - Current
Senior QA(Mobile) Engineer
Plentific Technologies
04.2021 - 09.2023
Test Engineer
Cast Software India Pvt Ltd
03.2017 - 10.2020
Test Engineer
Oak Systems
11.2015 - 03.2017
Test Engineer
Qualcomm
03.2015 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communication
Vishweshwaraiah Technological University
06.2010 - 06.2014