Hi, I’m Chaitra, a Senior QA Engineer with over 7 years of hands-on experience in automation and manual testing across telecom and banking domains. I design and implement scalable test automation frameworks using Selenium, Cucumber, and Tosca, and I’m skilled in Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, and performance testing with JMeter. I validate RESTful and SOAP APIs with Postman and SoapUI, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and I currently hold a German work visa for 10 years and can join immediately.

Chaitra Malagikar

Hi, I’m Chaitra, a Senior QA Engineer with over 7 years of hands-on experience in automation and manual testing across telecom and banking domains. I design and implement scalable test automation frameworks using Selenium, Cucumber, and Tosca, and I’m skilled in Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, and performance testing with JMeter. I validate RESTful and SOAP APIs with Postman and SoapUI, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and I currently hold a German work visa for 10 years and can join immediately.

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Hi, I’m Chaitra, a Senior QA Engineer with over 7 years of hands-on experience in automation and manual testing across telecom and banking domains. I design and implement scalable test automation frameworks using Selenium, Cucumber, and Tosca, and I’m skilled in Agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, and performance testing with JMeter.

I validate RESTful and SOAP APIs with Postman and SoapUI, collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, and I currently hold a German work visa for 10 years and can join immediately.

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Language

English
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German
Advanced
Kannada
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Work Experience

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Comviva Technologies
June 1, 2019 - May 1, 2023
Designed and implemented robust test automation frameworks for web applications. Developed and executed automated test scenarios using Selenium with Python in a BDD framework, reducing manual effort. Performed backend testing using Linux shell scripting to validate system-level interactions. Ensured test coverage aligned with RTM and documented results. Led quality initiatives to improve product stability and reduce defect leakage. Enhanced defect management and sprint planning using JIRA. Validated RESTful and SOAP APIs using Postman and SoapUI. Collaborated with development teams to design and execute automated tests for microservices-based applications, ensuring reliability and scalability. Created and maintained test specifications, test plans and scripts based on project data.
Quality Assurance Engineer at Onmobile Global Limited
March 1, 2017 - June 1, 2019
Performed backend testing to ensure frontend data consistency. Created and maintained traceability between test cases and requirements using Xray. Involved in planning automated end-to-end test cases. Extensive data validation using SQL queries. Co-led defect management and improvements using Jira. Strengthened CI/CD collaboration with cross-functional teams using GitLab and Jenkins.
Software Engineer at Infosys Limited
November 1, 2015 - March 1, 2017
Executed manual and automated testing for banking applications, including embedded loan modules. Performed various manual testing types (Web-based, Smoke, Functional, Integration, System, UAT, Non-Functional, Security, Exploratory, Compatibility, Regression). Wrote and maintained regression test cases on the TOSCA automation tool using TDM. Collaborated with Agile teams to define test strategies and improve automation coverage.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University
July 1, 2011 - May 1, 2015
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering at Visvesvaraya Technological University
July 1, 2011 - May 1, 2015

Qualifications

German B1 Proficiency
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
German B1 Proficiency (g.a.s.t authority)
January 11, 2030 - February 18, 2026

Industry Experience

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