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I’m Yogita Karkal, a QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience testing web applications, APIs and databases. I bring hands-on expertise with Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and Agile methodologies to ensure robust software quality. I excel at building and maintaining automation frameworks, validating requirements, and driving quality through CI/CD pipelines. I enjoy collaborating with product and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into effective test plans, identify issues early, and continuously improve processes to accelerate safe releases.…I’m Yogita Karkal, a QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience testing web applications, APIs and databases. I bring hands-on expertise with Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and Agile methodologies to ensure robust software quality. I excel at building and maintaining automation frameworks, validating requirements, and driving quality through CI/CD pipelines. I enjoy collaborating with product and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into effective test plans, identify issues early, and continuously improve processes to accelerate safe releases.

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I’m Yogita Karkal, a QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience testing web applications, APIs and databases. I bring hands-on expertise with Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and Agile methodologies to ensure robust software quality. I excel at building and maintaining automation frameworks, validating requirements, and driving quality through CI/CD pipelines. I enjoy collaborating with product and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into effective test plans, identify issues early, and continuously improve processes to accelerate safe releases.…I’m Yogita Karkal, a QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience testing web applications, APIs and databases. I bring hands-on expertise with Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and Agile methodologies to ensure robust software quality. I excel at building and maintaining automation frameworks, validating requirements, and driving quality through CI/CD pipelines. I enjoy collaborating with product and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into effective test plans, identify issues early, and continuously improve processes to accelerate safe releases.

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I’m Yogita Karkal, a QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience testing web applications, APIs and databases. I bring hands-on expertise with Selenium, Playwright, Postman, and Agile methodologies to ensure robust software quality. I excel at building and maintaining automation frameworks, validating requirements, and driving quality through CI/CD pipelines.

I enjoy collaborating with product and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into effective test plans, identify issues early, and continuously improve processes to accelerate safe releases.

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Work Experience

QA Engineer at Macquarie Bank

October 1, 2023 - July 1, 2025

Designed and executed end-to-end, integration, and regression test strategies for web-based banking platforms; validated requirements with business analysts; designed and executed comprehensive test plans and test cases; performed manual testing and optimized regression test suites using Selenium (Java); validated backend data integrity using SQL; identified and tracked 50+ high-priority defects, supported defect triage, and contributed to cost savings; collaborated with cross-functional Agile teams to support in-sprint delivery and improve testing practices.

Test Automation Engineer at ING Bank Pune

November 1, 2019 - June 1, 2023

Upgraded 150+ critical regression tests to a hybrid Selenium-Java automation framework, improving test execution speed from 40% to 65% and accelerating release cycles; mentored and onboarded five junior engineers through code reviews and framework training.

Test Analyst at ING Bank Pune

January 1, 2016 - November 1, 2019

Verified backend APIs and system integrations across 20+ modules including payments, accounts, and reporting; built and executed 250+ Postman API test scripts; validated backend data with SQL and conducted JMeter performance testing; led UAT with business stakeholders and supported post-production validation.

Quality Engineer at Macquarie Bank

October 1, 2023 - July 1, 2025

Led end-to-end system integration testing for business-critical platforms in a regulated trade reporting environment, ensuring regulatory compliance through QA best practices. Partnered with business analysts to validate requirements and translate them into detailed test cases, ensuring 100% coverage and full traceability between requirements and corresponding test cases. Designed and executed test plans and test cases, performed manual testing and automated regression tests using Playwright (JavaScript), reducing regression time by 5 hours per release. Identified and tracked 50+ high-priority defects, supported defect triage, and performed root cause analysis, contributing to reduced defect leakage and ~$250K in cost savings. Built CI/CD automation pipelines with Jenkins and Git, enabling automated test execution and cutting release cycles by 2 weeks. Collaborated with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, supported sprint testing and kept up to date with industry developmen

Senior Test Analyst at ING Bank

November 1, 2019 - June 1, 2023

Improved user experience via comprehensive GUI testing for a large-scale web application, achieving complete test coverage and consistent cross-browser performance. Upgraded 150+ critical regression tests to a hybrid Selenium-Java automation framework, improving test execution speed from 40% to 65%, significantly accelerating release cycles. Mentored and onboarded five junior engineers through code reviews, automation best practices, and framework training, enabling them to contribute production-ready test automation within weeks.

Test Analyst at ING Bank

April 1, 2016 - November 1, 2019

Verified backend APIs and system integrations across 20+ integrated banking modules including payments, accounts, and reporting, ensuring 99% accuracy across interconnected platforms. Built and executed 250+ Postman API test scripts covering positive, negative, and edge cases. Validated backend data using SQL and conducted JMeter performance testing to identify bottlenecks. Executed UAT in collaboration with business stakeholders and supported post-production validation and release activities, ensuring critical workflows functioned as expected.