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Vasim Kapadia

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11+ years of experience delivering end-to-end test automation and quality assurance for Banking, Financial Services, and FinTech applications.

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11+ years of experience delivering end-to-end test automation and quality assurance for Banking, Financial Services, and FinTech applications. Experience in Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium WebDriver (Java), and REST API automation using Rest Assured. Proven track record of reducing manual testing effort by 75%+, improving release cycle velocity, and building scalable automation frameworks using Page Object Model (POM), BDD/TDD, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Maven, Git). Experienced in performance testing (Apache JMeter), mobile testing (Appium), and cloud-native applications on AWS and Azure DevOps. Strong team leader who mentors junior QAs and collaborates across Agile Scrum teams.

  • 11 years' experience
  • Joined December 2025

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • JavaneseAdvanced

Industry experience

  • Financial Services
  • Software & Internet
  • Professional Services

Work experience· 9 roles

Senior QA Automation Engineer · The Clearing HouseAug 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Designed and implemented scalable Playwright (TypeScript) automation framework using Page Object Model (POM) architecture with 300+ end-to-end scenarios for real-time payment and fraud-detection workflows. Built parallel Selenium WebDriver (Java + TestNG) regression suite achieving 90% test coverage across payment initiation, authorization, fraud rule validation, settlement, and reconciliation modules. Automated REST API testing with Rest Assured (OAuth2/JWT, GET/POST/PUT/DELETE) with schema validation and data integrity checks. Performed complex PostgreSQL database validation to verify transaction consistency between UI, API, and database layers. Integrated automation suite with Jenkins CI/CD and Maven to trigger regression on deployment, reducing manual regression effort by 70%. Conducted Apache JMeter load/performance tests to validate API throughput and SLA compliance under high-volume scenarios. Generated Extent Reports and TestNG dashboards; tracked defects in JIRA and qTest. Men

Senior QA Engineer · The Clearing HouseAug 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Designed, developed, and implemented test automation frameworks using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Cucumber (BDD/Gherkin), and Rest Assured for web and API testing. Built reusable automation components reducing manual testing effort by over 40%. Implemented BDD with Cucumber/Gherkin; Led API automation testing for REST and SOAP services; performed DB validation with SQL; implemented data-driven tests; conducted security, authorization, and performance testing; integrated test suites into CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub; configured cross-browser testing; mentored junior QA engineers; collaborated with DevOps to improve reliability and speed; supported TDD/ATDD/BDD adoption.

Senior QA Engineer · Northwest BankMay 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos

Developed and executed Test Plans, Test Cases, and Test Scripts; automated using Selenium WebDriver with Java and TestNG; created functional tests and test data; designed and executed performance tests with Apache JMeter; API testing with Rest Assured and Postman; Web Services testing with Rest Assured; developed and maintained automation for regression; used BDD with Cucumber; integrated API testing with CI/CD using Jenkins and Maven; mobile automation with Appium; tracked defects in JIRA; collaborated with business analysts.

QA Automation Engineer · Sallie MaeMay 2021 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs
QA Automation Engineer · Synchrony FinancialFeb 2020 – Apr 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos
QA Automation Engineer · Fifth Third BankSep 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 5 mos
QA Automation Engineer · RebagJan 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos
QA Automation Engineer · NBT BankApr 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science · New York City College of Technology2030 – 2015
Bachelor of Science · New York City College of Technology2030 – 2015

Certifications and awards

Selenium WebDriver with Java: Udemy Advanced Certification2030 – 2026

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