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Overview
Work History
Education
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Project: Canonizer
Project: MeetingScience by LOGITECH
Project: Eventsfy
Timeline
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Sandeep Singh Brar

Toronto,ON

Summary

Experienced QA professional with 7 years' total experience, including 2+ years in test automation and 1 year in team leadership. Skilled in Finance, Marketing, Human Capital Management, and E-commerce applications. Proficient in web applications on Windows and Linux. Well-versed in both waterfall and agile project lifecycles. Extensive experience in manual testing and implemented Selenium-based test automation frameworks. Experience in crafting comprehensive test plans and cases, and managing defect reporting and tracking. Expertise includes system integration, regression, usability, and exploratory testing. Experienced in requirement gathering, test strategy planning, risk analysis, and client communication. Strong team player with excellent communication skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Software Quality Test Lead

Talentelgia Technologies PVT LTD
Mohali
01.2023 - 12.2023
  • Lead a team of QA professionals, providing guidance and performance feedback
  • Develop and implement test strategies, and procedures for high-quality software delivery
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams for requirement analysis, risk assessment, and test coverage
  • Oversee the execution of manual and automated testing, ensuring thorough test coverage
  • Manage defect tracking, reporting, and resolution processes, ensuring timely resolution of issues
  • Conduct regular reviews of test artifacts to ensure adherence to quality standards and best practices
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize testing activities and communicate project status
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance testing processes and efficiency
  • Provide leadership in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and participate in project planning and estimation activities.

Software Quality Engineer

Talentelgia Technologies PVT LTD
Mohali
06.2020 - 12.2022
  • Develop robust automation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver with Java
  • Design, implement, and maintain automation frameworks to support efficient testing
  • Execute automated test suites to validate software functionality and identify defects
  • Collaborate with development teams to identify, prioritize, and resolve software defects
  • Participate in requirement analysis, test planning and strategy development
  • Conduct functional testing, regression testing, GUI testing and end to end system testing to uncover hidden defects and ensure comprehensive test coverage
  • Stay updated on emerging trends and best practices in test automation and quality assurance
  • Document test results, defects, and test artifacts in accordance with project standards

Software Quality Manual Tester

Talentelgia Technologies PVT LTD
Mohali
01.2016 - 06.2020
  • Develop and execute manual test cases to ensure the quality of software products
  • Collaborate with the development team to understand requirements and identify test scenarios
  • Perform functional testing, regression testing and integration testing
  • Identify, document, and track software defects using defect tracking tools such as JIRA
  • Participate in requirement analysis and contribute to test planning and strategy development
  • Conduct exploratory testing to uncover defects and enhance test coverage
  • Continuously update test documentation and procedures to maintain quality standards.

Education

Skills

  • Functional Test Automation Tool: Selenium
  • Programming Languages: Java
  • Defect Tracking Tools: Jira, Bugzilla and Mantis
  • Source Code Management Tool : GIT
  • Testing Frameworks: Test-NG and Cucumber
  • Build Management Tool: Maven
  • Databases: MySql, SqlServer and MongoDB
  • Other supporting Tools/technologies: Firebug, Postman

Project: Canonizer

Description: Canonizer.com is a social communication platform focused on facilitating consensus-building on contentious topics. Users can create, categorize, and summarize topics, establishing hierarchical camps within them. The platform offers two types of support (Delegate and Direct) for camps, utilizing 12 algorithms to determine support counts.
Responsibilities:
> Led Canonizer project, ensuring client objectives alignment and team progress oversight.
> Conducted regular client communication for updates and issue resolution.
> Developed, executed, and updated comprehensive test cases for various testing types.
> Performed API and GUI testing to verify functionality and user experience consistency.
> Adapted test cases based on feedback to enhance coverage and accuracy.
> Facilitated project reviews, collecting feedback for improvements ensuring client satisfaction.

Project: MeetingScience by LOGITECH

Description: It is the project or science of optimizing human meeting performance. It’s a cloud-based application that helps organizations identify the true cost, value, and impact of meetings, and how to improve them. It also provide the Badges to the users and allow the user to review the meetings.. It shows meeting mastery report, coaching report and recommendations, and in time machine module it allows the user to reduce the monthly meeting time.
Responsibilities
> Participated in Agile processes, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
> Developed comprehensive test plans and cases for manual and automated testing.
> Executed and documented test cases, reporting defects in JIRA.
> Collaborated with teams to address high-priority issues and ensure seamless testing.
> Coordinated with product owner for integration, UAT, and usability testing.
> Utilized both manual and automated testing methodologies within Agile frameworks.
> Conducted cross-browser testing for compatibility across IE, Chrome, and Firefox.
> Reported bugs in JIRA and provided regular progress reports to management.
> Integrated Jenkins with Maven and TestNG for efficient continuous integration.

Project: Eventsfy

Description: Eventsfy is a global live events platform that allows users to discover, create, and engage with various events worldwide. Users can create new events, venues, and artist profiles, with artists able to highlight their events through payment options. The platform enables users to search for events within a 50-mile radius of their current location. Eventsfy offers features such as event exploration through calendars, trending events and highlights. Users can book tickets, add reviews, view upcoming events, share events, add them to their
calendar, watch trailers, and obtain directions to event locations using map navigation.
Responsibilities:
> Collaborated with diverse teams to address critical issues and prioritize high severity tasks.
> Coordinated with product owners for seamless integration and user acceptance testing
> Implemented a blend of manual and automated testing methodologies within Agile practices to optimize testing efficiency.
> Utilized Selenium and TestNG to automate test cases to enhance accuracy and speed.
> Automated cross-browser testing across to ensure consistent functionality.
> Recorded and tracked bugs efficiently in JIRA for effective issue resolution and tracking.
> Facilitated UAT testing with business users, ensuring alignment with project requirements
> Provided progress reports to the test manager and stakeholders to keep them updated
> Developed and delivered training modules for employees to enhance testing capabilities

Timeline

Software Quality Test Lead

Talentelgia Technologies PVT LTD
01.2023 - 12.2023

Software Quality Engineer

Talentelgia Technologies PVT LTD
06.2020 - 12.2022

Software Quality Manual Tester

Talentelgia Technologies PVT LTD
01.2016 - 06.2020

Sandeep Singh Brar