PRIYANKA PONNOJU
Summary
An adaptive, high-energy servant leader ensuring the quality and contributing to organizational growth. Experience in Agile and SAFe environments, driving quality strategy, test automation, and cross-functional collaboration across web, mobile, and backend systems.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Software Engineer in Test
Fidelity Charitable
01.2020 - Current
- Own and communicated mobile quality roadmap, managing QA and the automation strategy aligned with product goals.
- Led Beta Testing and coordinated with internal Fidelity employees before rolling out the first version of Charitable Mobile app.
- Led QA teams across mobile and platform portfolios, mentored engineers.
- Built and validated end-end mobile app experiences, scalable automation frameworks improve regression coverage and release confidence.
- Advocate for the adoption of experiences that solve the needs of digitally minded customers.
- Partnered with architecture and product leaders to define engineering standards.
Senior Software Engineer in Test
Fidelity Charitable
05.2015 - 12.2019
- Executed end-to-end testing across frontend, backend, and API layers.
- Created reusable automation components and CI-integrated test suites.
- Played dual roles as Scrum Master and QA lead in SAFe teams.
Software Development Engineer in Test
Microsoft
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Tested enterprise CRM, Xbox Live services, and identity platforms.
- Automated functional and integration tests using Selenium, SOAP UI, and SQL.
- Developed Automated scripts using SQL, optimized the performance.
- Performed Beta testing on new version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2015 on VMs.
- Coordinated offshore and onsite testing teams and delivered complex releases.
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Delivered BI and ERP testing solutions for clients including Microsoft and Citibank.
- Performed ETL validation, data analytics testing, and reporting solutions.
Education
Master’s - Managing Information Technology
Sullivan University
USABachelor of Technology - undefined
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
IndiaSkills
- Methodologies: Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall
- Automation & QA: Selenium, Appium, Protractor, Cucumber, RestAssured, QTP, ALM, JIRA XRAY, LoadRunner
- Languages: Java, Groovy, SQL, PL/SQL, PowerShell, JavaScript, HTML
- CI/CD & Tools: Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, uDeploy, Postman
- Platforms: Web, Mobile (iOS & Android), REST APIs, Cloud-native systems
Certification
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Microsoft Certified Professional
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Customization
Activities and Awards
Award for Best Team of the Year, Technology Platforms by Fidelity Charitable (2016)., Volunteered at various Fidelity Cares events., Active member of the Women’s Leadership group (at Fidelity)., Has been a key contributor in transitioning and developing individuals into strong SMEs for product domain knowledge., Had been a coach at Boundless technology summit for high school kids., Award for Spectacular GPA, Leadership and Contributions to the Grad processes.
Timeline
Principal Software Engineer in Test
Fidelity Charitable
01.2020 - Current
Senior Software Engineer in Test
Fidelity Charitable
05.2015 - 12.2019
Software Development Engineer in Test
Microsoft
01.2011 - 01.2015
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
01.2008 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Technology - undefined
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Master’s - Managing Information Technology
Sullivan University