I'm Malarkodi Balu, a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 8 years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, and project management. I excel at turning product requirements and risk analysis into solid test plans, automated scripts, and reliable releases. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed QA into the SDLC and deliver high-quality software for web, mobile, and embedded systems. I specialize in building automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, and Appium, and I perform thorough manual testing across web, iOS, Android, and embedded HMI apps. I love mentoring teammates and driving continuous improvement—from CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to visual UI testing with Percy.

Malarkodi Balu

I'm Malarkodi Balu, a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 8 years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, and project management. I excel at turning product requirements and risk analysis into solid test plans, automated scripts, and reliable releases. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed QA into the SDLC and deliver high-quality software for web, mobile, and embedded systems. I specialize in building automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, and Appium, and I perform thorough manual testing across web, iOS, Android, and embedded HMI apps. I love mentoring teammates and driving continuous improvement—from CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to visual UI testing with Percy.

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I’m Malarkodi Balu, a Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 8 years of experience in software quality assurance, test automation, and project management. I excel at turning product requirements and risk analysis into solid test plans, automated scripts, and reliable releases. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to embed QA into the SDLC and deliver high-quality software for web, mobile, and embedded systems.

I specialize in building automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, and Appium, and I perform thorough manual testing across web, iOS, Android, and embedded HMI apps. I love mentoring teammates and driving continuous improvement—from CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins to visual UI testing with Percy.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions
September 1, 2014 - July 1, 2019
Worked with the development team to develop and execute test plans and test cases for web applications; designed and implemented automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG; conducted functional, integration, and regression testing; managed the test environment and test data; reported defects using Jira and Bugzilla; integrated Percy for visual UI testing and CI/CD pipelines; contributed to process improvements.
QA Engineer at VisitorsCoverage Inc.
May 1, 2022 - February 1, 2025
Performed manual and automated testing for web and mobile products; participated in test planning, identified defects, and collaborated with developers; contributed to CI/CD pipelines; improved testing processes; produced test artifacts.

Education

M.Sc., IT at S.N.R Sons College, Coimbatore, TN, India
January 1, 2010 - January 1, 2012
B.Sc., IT at Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, Madurai, TN, India
January 1, 2007 - January 1, 2010
M.Sc., IT at S.N.R Sons College, Coimbatore, TN, India
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012
B.Sc., IT at Subbalakshmi Lakshmipathy College of Science, Madurai, TN, India
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2010

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Manufacturing