I am a results-driven QA expert with 11+ years of experience owning end-to-end quality for complex, high-stakes web applications across Banking, Insurance, and Supply Chain domains. I’ve earned a reputation for stepping into programmes as the singular QA voice—setting quality standards, driving cross-functional alignment, and delivering with ownership across global teams. I’m comfortable surfacing risk in requirements and design reviews, defining testability, and shepherding releases with governance throughout the lifecycle. Beyond traditional testing, I pursue independent AI-powered automation projects using tools like n8n and Make, and I run a technology education YouTube channel to share learning and time-saving techniques. I’m ISTQB certified and continually seek opportunities to reduce risk early in development through proactive testing, data validation, and release governance.

Shrikrupa Bhat

I am a results-driven QA expert with 11+ years of experience owning end-to-end quality for complex, high-stakes web applications across Banking, Insurance, and Supply Chain domains. I’ve earned a reputation for stepping into programmes as the singular QA voice—setting quality standards, driving cross-functional alignment, and delivering with ownership across global teams. I’m comfortable surfacing risk in requirements and design reviews, defining testability, and shepherding releases with governance throughout the lifecycle. Beyond traditional testing, I pursue independent AI-powered automation projects using tools like n8n and Make, and I run a technology education YouTube channel to share learning and time-saving techniques. I’m ISTQB certified and continually seek opportunities to reduce risk early in development through proactive testing, data validation, and release governance.

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I am a results-driven QA expert with 11+ years of experience owning end-to-end quality for complex, high-stakes web applications across Banking, Insurance, and Supply Chain domains. I’ve earned a reputation for stepping into programmes as the singular QA voice—setting quality standards, driving cross-functional alignment, and delivering with ownership across global teams. I’m comfortable surfacing risk in requirements and design reviews, defining testability, and shepherding releases with governance throughout the lifecycle.

Beyond traditional testing, I pursue independent AI-powered automation projects using tools like n8n and Make, and I run a technology education YouTube channel to share learning and time-saving techniques. I’m ISTQB certified and continually seek opportunities to reduce risk early in development through proactive testing, data validation, and release governance.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior E2E Tester at Ascendion Europe Ltd
October 1, 2024 - February 1, 2026
Took full end-to-end ownership of quality across a programme-wide EMEA payments and regulatory reporting initiative, acting as the definitive QA authority across all workstreams. Drove quality from day one of each feature by embedding into requirement workshops and design reviews to surface risk and prevent defects. Served as the go-to expert for functional behavior and user journeys, designing and owning the full test suite with plans, execution, defect triage, and traceability, and governing end-to-end release sign-off with go/no-go summaries for senior stakeholders.
Lead QA Engineer – Product-Embedded at Swatchbook Inc.
September 1, 2022 - May 1, 2024
Sole QA Lead embedded within the product team, accountable for quality across every feature, sprint, and release. Partnered with product across requirement sessions to ensure testability and real-user fitness before development began. Owned the full TestRail lifecycle across multiple feature streams, built API tests in Postman, and drove performance testing with JMeter. Shaped the team’s automated testing strategy and introduced standards and tooling that transformed QA into a predictable, release-confident function.
QA Lead at Shreyas Engineering Enterprises
June 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022
Delivered end-to-end QA across Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM web implementations, including functional, regression, SIT, and UAT. Maintained requirements traceability, conducted API testing with Postman and Swagger, validated SQL data integrity, and enhanced existing Selenium automation scripts to reflect evolving application behavior.
QA Specialist at MCI Career Services
March 1, 2020 - September 1, 2020
Coordinated end-to-end testing for credit card payment web and mobile applications in an Agile insurance domain, partnered with BAs to validate acceptance criteria, reviewed test cases for completeness, and supported release validation.
Associate Test Analyst at JP Infotech
December 1, 2018 - December 1, 2019
Designed and executed sprint-level test cases for APAC banking web/mobile apps, conducted functional, regression, SIT, UAT, and exploratory testing, collaborated with product owners to surface requirement gaps, and validated MS Dynamics 365 core banking workflows.
Operations Manager at Shreyas Engineering Enterprises
February 1, 2017 - August 1, 2018
Managed day-to-day operational workflows, coordinated cross-functional teams, and introduced process documentation and reporting frameworks that improved visibility and accountability.
Associate Software Engineer – QANov at Mphasis Limited
June 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017
Developed and reviewed test cases across server and system environments, executed automation scripts across multiple OS, and performed root-cause analysis from logs to drive defect resolution. Tracked defects in JIRA and PREP and contributed to test documentation improvements.
QA Tester at Tribyte Technologies Pvt Ltd
June 1, 2014 - September 1, 2014
Executed manual test cases for web-based applications, logged defects, and supported QA by performing functional and regression testing.
Senior E2E Tester at Ascendion Europe Ltd – Client: Bank of America | Chester, UK
October 1, 2024 - February 1, 2026
Owned end-to-end quality for a programme-wide EMEA payments and regulatory reporting initiative, acting as the definitive QA authority across all workstreams. Drove quality from Day 1 by surfacing risk in requirements workshops and design reviews, defining testability, and preventing defects from reaching development. Served as the go-to expert for functional behavior and user journey questions, and produced comprehensive test suites, execution plans, defect triage, and traceability matrices. Governed release sign-off end-to-end, delivering go/no-go summaries to senior stakeholders and driving critical issue resolution in JIRA with engineering until closure.
Lead QA Engineer – Product-Embedded at Swatchbook Inc. (Remote, UK)
September 1, 2022 - May 1, 2024
Sole QA Lead embedded within the product team, accountable for quality across every feature, sprint, and release, working autonomously across a globally distributed team. Acted as a product partner in requirement sessions, ensuring testability and user-fit before sprint starts. Owned the full TestRail lifecycle across concurrent feature streams; executed functional, regression, smoke, and UAT cycles, and made independent risk-based prioritisation calls. Built and executed API tests in Postman and drove performance testing with JMeter, shaping the team’s automated testing strategy and introducing QA process improvements that transformed a reactive culture into a predictable, release-ready one.
QA Lead at Shreyas Engineering Enterprises | Bangalore, India
June 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022
Delivered end-to-end QA across Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM web implementations, including functional, regression, SIT, and UAT testing. Maintained requirements traceability in Azure DevOps and Confluence; conducted API testing using Postman and Swagger alongside SQL-based backend data validation. Owned maintenance and enhancement of Selenium automation scripts, triaged defects end-to-end, and managed QA delivery across simultaneous client streams with fast-moving deadlines.
QA Specialist at MCI Career Services – Client: Prudential Assurance Company | Singapore
March 1, 2020 - September 1, 2020
Coordinated end-to-end testing for credit card payment web and mobile applications in an Agile insurance domain. Partnered with BAs to validate acceptance criteria and testability of user stories; reviewed team test cases for completeness and alignment with real user journeys; performed functional, regression, SIT, and UAT; supported release validation.
Associate Test Analyst at JP Infotech – Client: United Overseas Bank (UOB) | Singapore
December 1, 2018 - December 1, 2019
Designed and executed sprint-level test cases from user stories; performed functional, regression, SIT, UAT, and exploratory testing on web and mobile banking applications across APAC. Collaborated with product owners and BAs to surface requirement gaps and ensured story testability before sprint start; delivered testing across concurrent sprint cycles in a high-velocity banking environment.
Operations Manager at Shreyas Engineering Enterprises | Bangalore, India
February 1, 2017 - August 1, 2018
Managed day-to-day operational workflows, coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring process standards were consistently met across delivery cycles. Introduced process documentation and reporting frameworks that improved operational visibility and team accountability.
Associate Software Engineer – QANov at Mphasis Limited | Bangalore, India
June 1, 2014 - January 1, 2017
Developed and reviewed test cases across server and system environments; executed automation scripts across multiple operating systems and analyzed logs for root-cause analysis of defects. Tracked and managed defects in JIRA and PREP, contributing to ongoing improvements in test documentation standards and team review cycles.
QA Tester at Tribyte Technologies Pvt Ltd | Bangalore, India
June 1, 2014 - September 1, 2014
Executed manual test cases for web-based applications, logged defects, and supported the QA team in functional and regression testing activities.

Education

MCA at RNSIT College, Bangalore
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014
BCA at East West College, Bangalore
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2011
Master of Computer Applications (MCA) at RNSIT College, Bangalore
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) at East West College, Bangalore
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2011

Qualifications

ISTQB Foundation Level
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
AI-Driven Test Automation – TestRigor
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
Power Platform Consultant PL-200
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
Scrum Foundation Professional
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
Performance Testing Foundations
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
Agile Testing – LinkedIn Learning
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
JavaScript Testing with Cypress.io
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
Selenium Basics – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
SQL Querying and Python3 – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
Power BI Job Simulation – PwC
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2024
ISTQB Foundation Level
January 1, 2023 - April 22, 2026
AI-Driven Test Automation – TestRigor
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
Power Platform Consultant PL-200
January 1, 2024 - April 22, 2026
Scrum Foundation Professional
January 1, 2024 - April 22, 2026
Performance Testing Foundations
January 1, 2021 - April 22, 2026
Agile Testing – LinkedIn Learning
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
JavaScript Testing with Cypress.io
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
Selenium Basics – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
SQL Querying and Python3 – Udemy
January 11, 2030 - April 22, 2026
Power BI Job Simulation – PwC
January 1, 2024 - April 22, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Other