Shalini Mahavratayajula
Crossroads,USA
Summary
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with around 9 years of experience and a master’s degree in information systems technologies, specializing in designing comprehensive test strategies and building scalable automation frameworks in Agile environments. Experienced in both manual and automation testing, including requirement analysis, test planning, test case design, defect management, and end-to-end validation of complex enterprise applications. Skilled in API and UI automation, backend data validation, and cloud-based systems, with a strong focus on ensuring product quality through risk-based testing approaches and early validation. Proven ability to improve testing processes, expand automation coverage, support release readiness, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software solutions.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior SDET
Fidelity Investments | Workplace Stock Plan & Health Technology
Westlake, Texas
01.2024 - Current
- Developed new API automation scripts within the existing Karate and JUnit 5 framework, leveraging Maven builds and Cucumber-style reporting to expand coverage for termination and stock-plan workflows.
- Validated backend logic to ensure correct calculation of vesting, forfeiture, cancellation, and reissued awards.
- Tested downstream impacts of termination events on RSU, RSA, and Cash award components.
- Created comprehensive test data sets covering positive, negative, boundary, and business-critical scenarios.
- Designed and executed automated validations for accrued cash dividends and shared dividends by verifying payout eligibility, dividend accrual schedules, proration factors, and event-driven recalculation logic across multiple grant types.
- Collaborated closely with business analysts, product owners, and engineering teams to confirm compliance with stock compensation rules.
- Executed SQL queries to validate grant reversals, lifecycle updates, vesting recalculations, and reconciliation data.
- Ran automation via Jenkins pipelines daily, monitoring trends, triaging failures, and ensuring clean execution for continuous validation.
- Led end-to-end functional, regression, and integration testing within Stock Plan Services domain.
- Validated grant lifecycle events including termination, cancellation, reinstatement, expiration rules, and vesting logic.
Senior SDET
Fidelity Investments | Workplace Retirement & Benefits Technology
Westlake, Texas
07.2023 - 12.2023
- Enhanced the existing backend Java automation framework using Cucumber, Java, Jenkins, and TestNG by developing new test scripts and extending backend validation coverage.
- Automated queue-based Outstanding Loan Balance (OLB) adjustments and validated recalculated balances through API and DB layer using REST Assured and SQL queries.
- Developed automated scripts that send OLB adjustment messages to the processing queue to simulate real-time back-office updates.
- Used TestNG groups, priorities, and parameterization to organize high-priority backend test suites and speed up regression runs.
- Created automated test flows that validate accurate loan reprocessing for accounts with same-day transactions and back-office OLB corrections.
- Executed SQL queries to confirm new loan records, void markers, event triggers, and recalculated OLB values.
- Implemented Data-Driven Testing (DDT) using Excel-based inputs and a custom Java–Apache POI utility to feed dynamic data into TestNG suites.
- Performed end-to-end validations ensuring queue message → backend processor → DB updates occurred seamlessly.
Senior Software QA Engineer
UHG Optum Financial Services
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
02.2021 - 06.2023
- Designed and maintained automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Maven, TestNG, Cucumber, and Jenkins.
- Managed and triaged defects, collaborating with development teams for rapid resolution.
- Developed Keyword-Driven and Data-Driven frameworks integrating Excel and SQL data sources.
- Supported performance testing with JMeter for large-scale portal transactions.
- Provided UAT support and documentation for stakeholders.
- Maintained traceability matrices ensuring strong test coverage.
- Supported cloud migration from on-prem environments to Azure.
- Enhanced Selenium automation frameworks for UI testing.
- Participated in all SDLC phases with detailed documentation of test processes.
Software QA Engineer
TCF Bank
Plymouth, Minnesota
08.2019 - 01.2021
- Designed and executed API automation tests for backend and UI components.
- Performed REST/SOAP testing using Postman and SOAP UI.
- Created sensitive-data masking scripts using Java Rest Assured.
- Developed automation scripts for functional and regression testing generating TestNG reports.
- Executed JMeter scripts for API performance testing.
- Conducted SQL and Cassandra-based database validations.
- Managed test results and defects using VersionOne.
Software QA Analyst
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
Miami, Florida
01.2018 - 08.2019
- Designed and executed Gherkin-based test cases within JIRA.
- Performed Functional, Integration, Regression, E2E, Smoke, and Sanity testing.
- Automated mobile applications using Appium on iOS, Android, Tablets, and Blackberry.
- Prepared user-specific test environments simulating real-world conditions.
- Conducted accessibility testing and supported UAT cycles.
- Tested augmented reality gaming applications.
- Performed AS400-based database validations using DBeaver.
Education
Master of Science - Information Systems Technologies
Wilmington University
DE01-2017
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
JNTUH
Hyderabad, India01-2015
Skills
- AS400/ IBM i (DB2/400), Oracle, PostgreSQL, Cassandra
- Performance Tools: Apache JMeter
- Automation Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Selenium RC, Selenium Grid, Appium
- Frameworks & Libraries: Karate, Cucumber, Maven, TestNG, Gradle, BDD, DDT, Apache POI, Rest Assured
- Languages: Java, HTML, XML, JavaScript, SQL
- Tools: GitHub Desktop, Bitbucket, Splunk, Swagger, Jenkins
- Project Management Tools: Version One, JIRA, Rally, Zephyr, Confluence
- Testing: Functional, Regression, Integration, E2E, Performance, UAT, Smoke, Sanity
- OS: Windows, MacOS
Timeline
Senior SDET
Fidelity Investments | Workplace Stock Plan & Health Technology
01.2024 - Current
Senior SDET
Fidelity Investments | Workplace Retirement & Benefits Technology
07.2023 - 12.2023
Senior Software QA Engineer
UHG Optum Financial Services
02.2021 - 06.2023
Software QA Engineer
TCF Bank
08.2019 - 01.2021
Software QA Analyst
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
01.2018 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
JNTUH
Master of Science - Information Systems Technologies
Wilmington University