Pranusha Banka

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Katalon, Appium, TestNG, Maven, Extent Reports, MySQL, Putty, Postman, JMeter, Jira, Jenkins, GitHub, TestRail, Confluence, Microsoft Teams.

• Created and executed test plans for a wide range of online services, helping to deliver features with 99.9% accuracy and fewer bugs in production.
• Ran daily automated tests and handled ad hoc testing requests to quickly find and report issues before release.
• Maintained a strong attention to detail during feature development and audits, reducing missed bugs by 35%.
• Helped resolve operations tickets quickly by identifying bugs and working with developers to fix them.
• Tested new features in the ad delivery system, helping improve ad accuracy and reduce delivery issues by 25%.
• Converted over 500 manual test cases into automated scripts using Selenium saving the team hours of manual testing.
• Maintained and improved automation test suites to keep them stable and reliable—resulting in zero flaky tests in critical paths.
• Monitored automated test results daily, quickly reported issues, and helped teams fix them before they reached users.
• Worked closely with QA engineers, analysts, and product teams to plan what should be automated and improved over time.
• Wrote clean and reusable code for automation to run smoothly in CI/CD pipelines supporting faster and safer deployments.
• Automated repetitive test scenarios across different platforms (web, mobile), which reduced regression testing time by 60%.
• Partnered with development, product, and operations teams throughout the entire software development cycle, improving quality and speed.
• Created and maintained detailed project documentation in Confluence, improving team knowledge sharing and onboarding.

Environment: Selenium WebDriver, Groovy, BDD Cucumber, Katalon Studio, Jenkins, Jira, GitHub, Confluence, Microsoft Teams.

• Developed 150+ BDD automation test scenarios using Cucumber with Gherkin syntax, improving test clarity and functional coverage across teams.
• Built and maintained automation scripts in Groovy for Selenium-based frameworks, enabling reliable and reusable end-to-end test execution.
• Created and managed Test Suites in Jenkins, automating nightly builds and boosting release confidence by 40%.
• Performed Continuous Integration testing using Jenkins, reducing integration issues by 30% through early defect detection.
• Actively participated in PR reviews, ensuring clean and high-quality merges in Git, supporting a smooth CI/CD pipeline.
• Logged and tracked bugs in Jira with detailed severity and steps; used Log-browser tools for backend and data validation.
• Documented QA processes and test strategies in Confluence, creating a centralized knowledge base that improved onboarding and cross-team alignment.
• Conducted regular regression testing during releases, validated failed test cases, and ensured consistent automation reliability.
• Participated in Agile ceremonies (Daily Standups, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives), ensuring timely feedback and continuous improvement.
• Collaborated closely with Development, Product, and DevOps teams via Microsoft Teams to align feature development with test automation goals.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Espresso, Xcode, Gherkin, TestNG, Maven, Extent Reports, Android Emulator, iOS Simulator, BDD Cucumber, BrowserStack, DBeaver, Jira, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Confluence, Slack, macOS, Agile, Rest Assured

• Designed and built a robust UI automation framework from scratch for web and mobile platforms, improving front-end test coverage by 80% and reducing manual effort by 65%.
• Created automation frameworks for native iOS and Android apps using Appium, supporting smoke and regression test suites with execution stability >95%.
• Automated Open API testing using Rest Assured and BDD Cucumber, enabling end-to-end backend validation across services and increasing API test coverage by 70%.
• Developed custom Rest Assured libraries and reusable utilities, enhancing test efficiency and reducing duplication across test suites.
• Conducted Proof of Concepts (PoCs) before framework implementation to validate ROI, scalability, and feasibility, ensuring optimal technology choices.
• Used Java, Selenium, and Maven to create a scalable web test framework; integrated with Android Studio and Xcode for cross-platform mobile testing via simulators and emulators.
• Applied Page Object Model and Page Factory design patterns, building custom Selenium WebDriver utilities that generated detailed Extent Reports with logs, timestamps, and screenshots for faster debugging.
• Implemented Bitbucket pipelines with parallel test execution using Docker, significantly reducing test run times by 40%.
• Configured BrowserStack and Sauce Labs for cloud-based device testing and performance benchmarking across multiple OS and browser versions.
• Mentored manual QA engineers, conducted regular code reviews, and ensured adherence to best practices in automation.
• Actively involved in the Agile development lifecycle, contributing to sprint planning, stakeholder demos, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups, ensuring timely and high-quality releases.

Environment: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Espresso, Xcode, Gherkin, TestNG, Maven, Extent Reports, Android Emulator, iOS Simulator, BDD Cucumber, BrowserStack, DBeaver, Jira, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Confluence, Slack, macOS, Agile, Rest Assured

• Designed and implemented a scalable UI Automation Framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Maven, serving as the foundation for front-end automation testing across multiple projects.
• Integrated Page Object Model and Page Factory design patterns to improve code readability, maintainability, and reduce test maintenance effort by 40%.
• Automated UI, functional, and regression testing, improving test coverage and reducing manual testing effort by 60% across sprints.
• Developed custom Selenium WebDriver methods to generate detailed Extent Reports with logs, timestamps, results, and screenshots for better issue tracking.
• Manually validated UI tickets and performed database validation using HeidiSQL and Elastic Search, ensuring data consistency and UI accuracy.
• Used Jenkins to deploy and manage QA test environment builds, reducing setup time and improving release coordination by 30%.
• Validated REST APIs using Postman, ensuring integration quality between frontend and backend services.
• Conducted performance and load testing using JMeter, identifying bottlenecks and helping to optimize application performance.
• Logged and tracked bugs in Jira with accurate severity and detailed reproduction steps, supporting quick resolution by developers.
• Maintained test scripts in GitHub and used TestRail to create and manage manual test cases, while tracking automation progress and results.
• Collaborated closely with developers and product owners in an Agile team, contributing to daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives, ensuring QA efforts aligned with product goals.
• Created and maintained detailed project documentation in Confluence, improving team knowledge sharing and onboarding.