I am a QA Lead with over 15 years of experience delivering high-quality software in Agile and Scrum environments. I design and execute comprehensive manual and automated testing strategies for functional, regression, integration, and UAT to ensure system reliability and user satisfaction. I collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to validate data integrity, troubleshoot production issues, and implement AI-enhanced testing workflows. I have hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, SQL validation, and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate test cycles and improve product quality.

Mahendra Kumar Yadav

I am a QA Lead with over 15 years of experience delivering high-quality software in Agile and Scrum environments. I design and execute comprehensive manual and automated testing strategies for functional, regression, integration, and UAT to ensure system reliability and user satisfaction. I collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to validate data integrity, troubleshoot production issues, and implement AI-enhanced testing workflows. I have hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, SQL validation, and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate test cycles and improve product quality.

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I am a QA Lead with over 15 years of experience delivering high-quality software in Agile and Scrum environments. I design and execute comprehensive manual and automated testing strategies for functional, regression, integration, and UAT to ensure system reliability and user satisfaction.

I collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to validate data integrity, troubleshoot production issues, and implement AI-enhanced testing workflows. I have hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium, SQL validation, and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate test cycles and improve product quality.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

QA Test Lead (Web) at Tech Mahindra Americas Inc. (Client: Cisco)
May 1, 2023 - Present
Lead QA efforts for Cisco web applications, automating daily QA workflows, converting Jira test cases into executable Playwright scripts, configuring qTest MCP for test case linkage, and conducting functional, integration, ad-hoc, smoke, regression, and UAT testing. Performed data validation with PostgreSQL, supported ATDD-based UAT, and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to improve testing efficiency and reliability.
QA Test Lead (Web & Mobile Application) at Tech Mahindra Americas Inc. (Client: Google LLC)
July 1, 2022 - May 31, 2023
Collaborated with developers, business analysts, and project managers to refine requirements, implemented data-driven testing with Selenium WebDriver and TestNG, and built a Page Object Model framework. Developed UI test scripts for regression, created and maintained Appium-based mobile automation for Android, integrated tests with CI/CD (Jenkins), and validated APIs via Postman.
QA Test Lead (Web & Mobile Application) at Tech Mahindra (Client: Google LLC)
May 1, 2017 - June 30, 2022
Led QA for web and mobile apps, performed data-driven testing with Selenium and TestNG, and applied Java-based automation with Page Object Model. Built and maintained Appium automation for Android, integrated tests into CI/CD pipelines, and managed defect tracking with Jira while coordinating with stakeholders.
Senior Mobile Test Engineer at Sasken Communication (Client: Qualcomm India)
August 1, 2010 - May 31, 2017
Created test cases and scripts using TestNG and qTest, coordinated with designers and developers to improve application functionality. Flashed new Android builds across device versions, performed compatibility testing, prepared test data, conducted manual, ad-hoc, integration, and compatibility testing, and maintained Quality Center defect tracking.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering Technology, Computer and Information Sciences at Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
February 1, 2008 - June 1, 2009
Bachelor of Engineering Technology, Computer and Information Sciences at Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya
August 1, 2007 - June 1, 2009

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Telecommunications

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