Parminder Grewal

Shop Circle is a software development company that provides industry-leading eCommerce solutions to the world's most innovative brands.

• Streamline and manage day to day QA tasks for multiple apps focusing on QA sprint efficiency.
• Work with the development team to enhance our automation pipeline for release stability.
• Coordinate with Product Managers and Dev team to define acceptance criteria for user stories and defects.
• Work with the engineering leadership team to find areas of improvement to increase release stability and pace.
• Ensure that test foundation (test artifacts) are up to date based on new products improvements and features
• Work with the QA team to understand pain points and create a plan of action to address them.
• Responsible for creating, reviewing and maintaining all test artifacts (Test Strategy, Test Plan, Test Summary, Defect Reports).
• Responsible for production release.
• Mentor and coach QA resources on other business teams on how to streamline QA processes across projects

Environment: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, MySQL WorkBench, GitLab, GitHub,, Postman, REST API, Selenium, Typescript and TestRail

Bold is a software development company which helps businesses grow revenue by increasing customer checkout experience and seamlessly processing millions of transactions per day. Specialized in developing applications and plugins for eCommerce platforms and assist merchants to extend online platform capabilities by adding features like upsell and cross-sell, discount codes, subscriptions, and multicurrency.

• Acquired proficiency in JavaScript, CodeceptJS and Playwright for automating functional, API and end-to-end tests during role transition.
• Led a project from start, identified comprehensive test scenarios, implemented automation to streamline QA, reducing manual workload.
• Resolved issues in existing e2e tests causing failed pipelines, enhancing efficiency by 30%.
• Elevated product quality with rapid CI/CD feedback, proactively fixing bugs before testing which ensured excellence.
• Used Git to create GitHub pull requests and provided constructive feedback to uphold consistent coding standards across the company.
• Gained experience in e-commerce quality assurance, integrating platforms (Shopify, BigCommerce, CommerceTools, Magento and WooCommerce) which elevated quality and boosted sales conversions for online shoppers.
• Crafted, executed and maintained thorough test plans, cases, and regression suites with detailed documentation for manual testing.
• Conducted rigorous feature testing, proactively addressing critical bugs pre-release for an enhanced user experience and heightened satisfaction.
• Leveraged web browser developer tools to inspect elements, monitor console and precisely check headers, payload, and responses in the network tab.
• Aligned teams for efficient testing, ensuring timely and quality product delivery, improving 20% project efficiency.
• Analyzed test results, communicated insights to development and project management team using data-driven metrics to show improvements.
• Simplified business needs into user stories, defining acceptance criteria, enhancing development efficiency by 15%.
• Conducted GUI, API, usability, functionality, regression, and integration/system testing, showcasing solid testing methodology comprehension.
• Applied BDD principles and Gherkin syntax to create automated test cases in Xray.

Environment: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, MySQL, GitLab, GitHub, Concourse, Postman, REST API, CodeceptJS, Typescript and Xray

• Learned to develop my QA skills with Manual testing.
• Participated in software design reviews and provided valuable feedback to improve software quality, resulting in a reduction in post-release issues.