I am a results-driven Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 7+ years of experience in manual and automation testing. I thrive on collaborating with cross-functional teams to define quality standards and implement testing frameworks that reduce defects and enhance user experience. I am passionate about leveraging technology to innovate QA processes. I have increased automation coverage from 0% to 80% using Selenium, Cypress, Karate, JUnit, Cucumber-BDD, and Silk4J. I have designed and implemented test frameworks (Keyword-Driven, Data-Driven, Hybrid, and Page Object Model) and followed TDD/BDD practices. I automated REST and SOAP APIs and integrated frameworks with Jenkins, Jira, and SonarQube for CI/CD. I also integrated Jenkins pipelines and quality gates into CI/CD, explored monitoring with AWS, and led agile ceremonies as a Scrum Master.

Prachi Sahu

I am a results-driven Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 7+ years of experience in manual and automation testing. I thrive on collaborating with cross-functional teams to define quality standards and implement testing frameworks that reduce defects and enhance user experience. I am passionate about leveraging technology to innovate QA processes. I have increased automation coverage from 0% to 80% using Selenium, Cypress, Karate, JUnit, Cucumber-BDD, and Silk4J. I have designed and implemented test frameworks (Keyword-Driven, Data-Driven, Hybrid, and Page Object Model) and followed TDD/BDD practices. I automated REST and SOAP APIs and integrated frameworks with Jenkins, Jira, and SonarQube for CI/CD. I also integrated Jenkins pipelines and quality gates into CI/CD, explored monitoring with AWS, and led agile ceremonies as a Scrum Master.

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I am a results-driven Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 7+ years of experience in manual and automation testing. I thrive on collaborating with cross-functional teams to define quality standards and implement testing frameworks that reduce defects and enhance user experience. I am passionate about leveraging technology to innovate QA processes.

I have increased automation coverage from 0% to 80% using Selenium, Cypress, Karate, JUnit, Cucumber-BDD, and Silk4J. I have designed and implemented test frameworks (Keyword-Driven, Data-Driven, Hybrid, and Page Object Model) and followed TDD/BDD practices. I automated REST and SOAP APIs and integrated frameworks with Jenkins, Jira, and SonarQube for CI/CD. I also integrated Jenkins pipelines and quality gates into CI/CD, explored monitoring with AWS, and led agile ceremonies as a Scrum Master.

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Work Experience

Senior Software QA Engineer at Blackhawk Network
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2025
Led the Hawk Marketplace and Program Modeler testing efforts, increasing automation coverage from 0% to 80% using Java, Selenium, and REST API testing. Implemented shift-left practices by embedding automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual regression effort by 60%. Integrated security and quality gates (SonarQube, Snyk, Karate) into Jenkins workflows and conducted root-cause analysis for production defects. Automated deployment validation and service switching in AWS environments and led end-to-end functional, regression, UAT, and performance testing cycles. Mentored junior QA engineers and collaborated with product owners, developers, and stakeholders in Agile ceremonies and third-party integrations.
Software QA Engineer at Lumen Technologies (formerly CenturyLink)
July 1, 2020 - July 1, 2022
Automated regression suites using Java, Selenium, Cucumber, and JUnit for the DQP platform. Used AI-assisted tooling guidance (GitHub Copilot) to optimize test design and contributed to CI/CD release cycles, ensuring quality gates and traceability across modules.
QA Engineer at Hofincons (Client – Micro Focus)
May 1, 2018 - July 1, 2020
Automated test cases using Java, Selenium, JUnit, Silk4J; designed GUI using Vaadin; wrote shell/Perl scripts for Linux-based performance testing; collaborated with QA and Dev teams and participated in Agile ceremonies (PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Standups).
Software Developer Intern at Clinikk Healthcare
September 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
Developed web UI using JavaScript, jQuery, JSP, and CSS. Participated in software design, development, testing, and debugging; used Git for version control and collaboration.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology at Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University (CSVTU)
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017
Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology at Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University (CSVTU)
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017

Qualifications

PEP Hackfest Winner – QA Automation Using Single Jar
January 11, 2030 - March 9, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Healthcare, Professional Services

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