I am Aparna Gopireddy, a dedicated technology professional with over 12 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, spanning manual testing and automation across client/server, web, and mobile applications. I have a proven track record of delivering high-quality software in fast-paced Agile environments, collaborating closely with product, development, and business stakeholders. I excel at integrating testing into the development lifecycle, designing comprehensive test plans, building robust automation frameworks, and driving data-driven validation. My strengths include strong communication, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to risk mitigation, ensuring reliable releases and positive user experiences.

Aparna Gopireddy

I am Aparna Gopireddy, a dedicated technology professional with over 12 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, spanning manual testing and automation across client/server, web, and mobile applications. I have a proven track record of delivering high-quality software in fast-paced Agile environments, collaborating closely with product, development, and business stakeholders. I excel at integrating testing into the development lifecycle, designing comprehensive test plans, building robust automation frameworks, and driving data-driven validation. My strengths include strong communication, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to risk mitigation, ensuring reliable releases and positive user experiences.

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I am Aparna Gopireddy, a dedicated technology professional with over 12 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance, spanning manual testing and automation across client/server, web, and mobile applications. I have a proven track record of delivering high-quality software in fast-paced Agile environments, collaborating closely with product, development, and business stakeholders.

I excel at integrating testing into the development lifecycle, designing comprehensive test plans, building robust automation frameworks, and driving data-driven validation. My strengths include strong communication, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to risk mitigation, ensuring reliable releases and positive user experiences.

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Work Experience

Sr. QA Engineer at CoStar Group
September 1, 2022 - Present
Sr. QA Engineer in an Agile Scrum team. Responsibilities included reviewing BR/technical design docs, preparing test plans, test cases, test data, and executing Smoke, Functional, System, Integration, Security, Negative/Positive, and UAT tests. Performed Backend testing with MySQL/SQL Server, API testing using Postman/Swagger (XML/JSON), and validated online payments with Stripe. Logged defects in JIRA and tracked them to closure. Developed automation in Visual Studio using C#, Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, and SpecFlow; extended a Page Object Model framework with data-driven testing. Executed cross-browser and cross-device testing, ran nightly builds via Jenkins/BrowsertStack, and produced Extent reports. Collaborated with BI/Analytics teams for production readiness across test/staging environments.
Sr. QA Engineer at Ally Financial
May 1, 2019 - September 1, 2022
Responsible for reviewing Business/Technical Requirements and Design Documents; managed testing across multiple features in an Agile environment. Designed and executed Test Plans, Scenarios, and Test Cases using qTest; performed automation with Selenium WebDriver (Java) and built a Page Object Model with Data-Driven testing (Apache POI). Used Maven, Jenkins, and GitLab for CI/CD; conducted cross-browser testing and backend validation using SQL. Participated in daily scrums, defect triage, and status reporting; supported UAT with business stakeholders.
Senior QA Analyst at AARP
May 1, 2012 - November 1, 2018
Senior QA Analyst for CRM/Ciboodle projects, CTI/IVR, and PCI-compliant payments. Performed Smoke, Functional, Security, Whitebox/Blackbox, System, and Regression testing. Led Automation efforts with Selenium, TestNG, Java; built data-driven frameworks and integrated with Jenkins for nightly runs. Participated in UAT support, defect triage, and cross-team collaboration. Extensive backend validation using SQL.
QA Analyst at BizRate
November 1, 2009 - February 1, 2012
Analyzed requirements and technical specifications; performed System, Integration, Regression, and Functional testing of the e-commerce site. Automated tests using QTP, and created reusable libraries. Integrated with Quality Center for test management and authored data-driven tests. Wrote SQL queries to verify data and produced daily/weekly status reports.

Education

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Qualifications

Post Graduation in Computer Applications
January 11, 2030 - December 31, 2025
Bachelor of Science
January 11, 2030 - December 31, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Real Estate & Construction, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment