Sai Venkata Shreyas Bandaru
Los Angeles,California
Summary
Results-driven Software Quality Assurance Engineer with 5+ years of experience in developing and scaling manual and automated test frameworks for fintech and consumer-facing platforms. Expertise in Python, Java, and JavaScript, leveraging Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cypress, and Appium. Integrates automated suites into CI/CD pipelines while ensuring backend/API correctness. ISTQB CTFL certified, focusing on risk-based testing and defect lifecycle management within Agile teams.
Overview
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Certification
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Engineer (Manual & Automation)
US Bank
Los Angeles, California, USA
10.2024 - Current
- Designed and maintained a 150+ test case automation suite in Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, and Python (Pytest) using Page Object Model and reusable framework design, which reduced manual regression testing effort by 40%.
- Enabled automated release gating on every build, as measured by a 45% reduction in manual release verification time, by integrating mobile and web automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins) with Git-based version control.
- Cut manual regression testing effort by 40%, as measured by hours saved per release cycle, by designing and maintaining a 150+ test case automation suite in Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, and Python (Pytest) using Page Object Model and reusable framework design.
- Expanded automated test coverage to 85% of critical user journeys across iOS, Android, and web, as measured by regression suite scope, by building cross-platform automation suites in Appium, Playwright, and Selenium.
- Prevented production defects across 15+ high-risk financial workflows, as measured by zero critical incidents in transaction processing, by automating validation of complex transfer, approval, retry, rollback, and reconciliation flows.
- Increased data integrity confidence across distributed systems by reducing data validation defects through backend/API test coverage built with Postman, REST Assured, and SQL.
- Minimized requirement-related defect reopens by designing BDD test scenarios in Gherkin and translating acceptance criteria into Cucumber test cases, achieving a 40% reduction across 3 Agile squads as tracked in Jira.
- Achieved 95%+ regression pass rate across all release cycles by maintaining test coverage and managing flaky-test rates in TestRail, ensuring timely triage of flaky tests within 24 hours.
- Expanded mobile and accessibility coverage to 100% of new features, as measured by every release validated against WCAG 2.1 standards with zero post-release accessibility bugs, by auditing screen reader and keyboard navigation compliance across iOS/Android real devices and BrowserStack cloud farms.
Manual Test Engineer (QA)
TCS
Telangana, India
07.2019 - 07.2022
- Delivered 10+ product releases without client-reported critical defects by designing and executing manual and early automated test cases for business applications, web portals, and internal systems.
- Reduced escaped production defects by 20%, as measured by post-release defect rate, by executing functional, regression, smoke/sanity, and cross-browser testing for enterprise web applications and building early automated smoke checks.
- Ensured 98% UI/API data consistency, as measured by validation test pass rate, by validating backend data accuracy using SQL and maintaining detailed test plans, test cases, and traceability records.
- Accelerated defect resolution time by 25% by logging and tracking 100+ defects in Bugzilla/Jira and managing full defect lifecycle.
- Achieved first-cycle UAT sign-off on all major feature deliveries by preparing targeted test data and validating features against business requirements before stakeholder review.
Education
Master of Science - Software Engineering
California State University, Northridge
CA08-2024
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Vardhaman College of Engineering
Hyderabad, India06-2019
Skills
- Automation tools
- API testing
- Performance Testing
- Mobile testing
- Quality engineering
- CI/CD & DevOps: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Git, Docker, PR-Based Automated Regression Gating
- Languages & Scripting: Python (Pytest), Java, JavaScript, C#, SQL, Bash
- Tools & Cloud: Jira, TestRail, Confluence, Bugzilla, AWS/GCP/Azure (working exposure)
- Agile methodologies
Certification
ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level (CTFL), 2024, Selenium Automation & Testing Frameworks, API Testing Using REST Assured, Mobile Testing with Appium, Agile Testing
Timeline
QA Engineer (Manual & Automation)
US Bank
10.2024 - Current
Manual Test Engineer (QA)
TCS
07.2019 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Vardhaman College of Engineering
Master of Science - Software Engineering
California State University, Northridge
Personal Information
Title: Software Quality Assurance Engineer