I’m Anjali Pawar, a QA leader with 11+ years of experience delivering quality across enterprise SaaS platforms through a strong blend of hands-on testing, automation, and people leadership. I’ve built and scaled automation frameworks using Playwright, RestAssured, TestNG, and CI/CD pipelines, driving coverage for critical user flows and boosting deployment confidence across releases. I’m known for setting quality standards, mentoring diverse teams, and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to align quality outcomes with business goals. I lead by example, guiding QA to maximize productivity and ensure seamless, high-confidence releases in Agile environments.

Anjali Pawar

I’m Anjali Pawar, a QA leader with 11+ years of experience delivering quality across enterprise SaaS platforms through a strong blend of hands-on testing, automation, and people leadership. I’ve built and scaled automation frameworks using Playwright, RestAssured, TestNG, and CI/CD pipelines, driving coverage for critical user flows and boosting deployment confidence across releases. I’m known for setting quality standards, mentoring diverse teams, and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to align quality outcomes with business goals. I lead by example, guiding QA to maximize productivity and ensure seamless, high-confidence releases in Agile environments.

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I’m Anjali Pawar, a QA leader with 11+ years of experience delivering quality across enterprise SaaS platforms through a strong blend of hands-on testing, automation, and people leadership. I’ve built and scaled automation frameworks using Playwright, RestAssured, TestNG, and CI/CD pipelines, driving coverage for critical user flows and boosting deployment confidence across releases.
I’m known for setting quality standards, mentoring diverse teams, and partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to align quality outcomes with business goals. I lead by example, guiding QA to maximize productivity and ensure seamless, high-confidence releases in Agile environments.

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Experience Level

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Lead QA Specialist at Cornerstone OnDemand India Private Ltd
November 1, 2023 - November 1, 2025
Global HR Tech SaaS leader, serving 7,000+ organizations and 100M+ users worldwide. Involved in automating a Java-based UI automation framework with Playwright, achieving up to 85% coverage for critical user flows, reducing manual regression effort by 75%, and improving deployment confidence across releases. Directed technical leadership to a 7-member QA team, optimizing automation workflows, defining quality metrics, mentoring engineers, and driving a 30% improvement in overall productivity. Led end-to-end quality delivery across project requirements and translated them into test specifications, effort estimates, execution planning, production rollout, and post-release validation, ensuring high-confidence releases in Agile environments. Integrated automation pipelines with Jenkins CI/CD, delivering clear and actionable insights through Allure, TestNG, and improving release transparency. Collaborated closely with Product, Engineering, and DevOps teams to refine requirements, define aut
Senior QA Engineer at EdCast Asia Private Ltd
June 1, 2016 - November 1, 2023
Enterprise SaaS learning and talent experience platform used by Fortune 500 organizations globally. Analyzed high-usage and business-critical APIs for automation coverage using RestAssured, achieving maximum risk coverage by 85%. Coordinated root cause analysis sessions for critical defects, resulting in process improvements that prevented future recurrence by 70-80%. Executed and monitored manual and automated regression test suites across multiple environments to ensure milestone quality and enable early defect detection. Performed functional, regression, and exploratory testing for Android and iOS mobile applications, ensuring consistent user experience and defect-free releases. Executed cross-browser and cross-device compatibility testing to ensure a consistent user experience across all platforms.
QA Engineer at WAG m ob Private Ltd
May 1, 2014 - May 1, 2016
EdTech platform with 2M+ users. Performed API, UI, functional, and database testing across multiple releases in Agile environments. Analyzed product requirements and designed detailed test cases for functional and regression testing. Identified, logged, and tracked defects in JIRA while coordinating closely with development teams. Actively contributed to daily Agile stand-ups to track testing progress, communicate risks, and resolve sprint impediments.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication at Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV)
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2013

Qualifications

Mastering Core Java (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - April 29, 2026
Rest Assured API Automation using Java (Udemy)
January 11, 2030 - April 29, 2026
AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations by Anthropic
January 11, 2030 - April 29, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Education

Experience Level

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