Rajiv Kushwaha is a Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer with nearly 8 years of experience delivering high-quality web and client/server applications through a strong blend of manual and automation testing. He specializes in building and executing robust QA strategies across the full SDLC and STLC, with hands-on expertise in cross-browser, mobile, geolocation, search, and filtering feature testing. Rajiv has extensive experience with modern automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, SpecFlow, and Cucumber, along with API testing, SQL-based backend validation, and CI/CD integration. He is known for his strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective collaboration with distributed Agile teams to deliver reliable, user-friendly, and scalable software solutions.

Rajiv Kushwaha

Rajiv Kushwaha is a Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer with nearly 8 years of experience delivering high-quality web and client/server applications through a strong blend of manual and automation testing. He specializes in building and executing robust QA strategies across the full SDLC and STLC, with hands-on expertise in cross-browser, mobile, geolocation, search, and filtering feature testing. Rajiv has extensive experience with modern automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, SpecFlow, and Cucumber, along with API testing, SQL-based backend validation, and CI/CD integration. He is known for his strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective collaboration with distributed Agile teams to deliver reliable, user-friendly, and scalable software solutions.

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Rajiv Kushwaha is a Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer with nearly 8 years of experience delivering high-quality web and client/server applications through a strong blend of manual and automation testing. He specializes in building and executing robust QA strategies across the full SDLC and STLC, with hands-on expertise in cross-browser, mobile, geolocation, search, and filtering feature testing. Rajiv has extensive experience with modern automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, SpecFlow, and Cucumber, along with API testing, SQL-based backend validation, and CI/CD integration. He is known for his strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective collaboration with distributed Agile teams to deliver reliable, user-friendly, and scalable software solutions.

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English
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Work Experience

QA Automation Engineer
October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017
Involved in analyzing requirements and converting them into test cases; performed manual and automated testing for the entire application; created and executed test scripts; defect tracking; participated in daily standups and sprint planning; built automated test frameworks using Selenium, Cucumber, Java/TestNG/JUnit, and integrated tests into CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
QA Automation Engineer at Guardian Life Insurance
October 1, 2017 - June 30, 2019
Analyzed requirements with stakeholders; created test plans and scripts; performed functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing; implemented automated test scripts with Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, and Java/TestNG/JUnit; defect tracking in JIRA; daily SCRUM participation and mentoring junior QA.
QA Automation Engineer
July 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
Involved in requirements analysis; created and executed manual and automated test suites for the entire application; developed and maintained UI and backend tests; executed SANITY, FUNCTIONAL, NEGATIVE, REGRESSION, SYSTEM, INTEGRATION, END-TO-END, and backend testing; built test assets using Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG/JUnit, and BD D frameworks; defect tracking in JIRA/TFS.
SDET/QA Automation at First Federal Bank of Midwest
January 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022
Analyzed requirements with Business Analysts; created Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM); authored test plans and detailed test scripts; performed functional, regression, integration, and UAT testing; automated web tests using Selenium, Cucumber, SpecFlow; backend data validation with SQL; defect tracking and reporting in JIRA/TFS; participated in daily stand-ups and Agile ceremonies.
SDET/QA Automation
May 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024
Led manual and automated testing for web applications; built multi-environment automation using Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright; conducted mobile web testing; integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines; performed backend data validation with SQL; involved in BD/BDD using NUnit, Gherkin, and SpecFlow; collaborated across remote teams.
SDET/QA Automation at Solid Gigs LLC
December 1, 2024 - Present
Executed manual and automated testing for web-based and client/server applications; validated end-to-end workflows including account registration, subscriptions, and job notifications; designed and implemented automation scripts for regression testing using Selenium WebDriver and C# / SpecFlow; integrated tests into CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub Actions; performed API testing with Postman; collaborated with remote product and engineering teams.

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Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment