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Smitha Hebbar

Senior Software Development Engineer In Test
San Jose,CA

Summary

Experienced Quality Assurance Automation Engineer working towards quality of the product and reducing manual testing efforts. Experience in designing and setting up the automation framework from scratch and setting up the CI/CD pipeline. Working very closely with the scrum team to identify bugs and missing implementation at a very early stage in the sprint cycle. Expertise in implementing cross browser and cross platform web testing. Experienced in all aspects of testing processes includes Planning, Preparation, Execution and Completion. Having very good experience in Component Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, System testing. Very good team player and also have the ability to work independently in a time sensitive environment. Mentoring the QA Engineers by providing guidance on best practices, tools and processes. Leading the quality mindset within the team and working closely with Product and designers keeping Customer first. Always working towards customer satisfaction.

Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr.SDET

Dropbox
San Francisco, California
6 2021 - Current

Currently working on developing frontend UI tests using Playwright/TypeScript and integrating with CI

  • Using the Bazel for build orchestration and test execution tool, tests declared in the Bazel BUILD file can be run on DevBox and also CI
  • Also working on debugging test failures in CI and guiding the team
  • Setup Grafana dashboard to monitor the tests
  • Setup On-call process to monitor and triage the failing tests
  • Worked in the Sign API team for automating end-to-end e-signature flow, set up an automation framework using Python/PyTest and Selenium WebDriver
  • Worked on setting up the Dropboxsign Open API SDK automation using a wrapper in python to run against 6 different SDK languages in a docker container
  • Link to project here
  • All the automation is written using a data-driven approach where much of the data comes from the JSON file into the API test method as parameters using PyTest Parametrize approach
  • Working on setting/improving the time taken to run tests using multiple executors in Jenkins
  • Perform functional testing within the sprint and also being part of different agile processes like sprint planning, grooming, retro
  • Working with the Product team to give early feedback and also leading and coordinating with multiple teams for the quality product
  • Leading the SDET's by mentoring junior engineers and defining the automation practices in the framework
  • Working closely with over 10 product teams to get 100% automation for the entire Core Sign Team
  • Been awarded Spotlight award for the extensive ownership on the Product testing and implementing automation within product release
  • Defining the automation/testing best practices and documenting it for future reference

QA Engineer

Synack Inc
07.2018 - 06.2021
  • Extensively automated micro-services/API like AssetServices, Launchpoint using Python/ PyTest by deploying them in the QA environment for every merge list
  • Experienced in testing IPSec and site-to-site VPN
  • Planned and implemented UI automation using TestCafe(JavaScript) framework from scratch and hooked up with TeamCity CI Server and pushed the results to TestRail
  • Created the Docker container to execute cross browser tests in TeamCity
  • Provisioned new test cases/use cases to TestRail for the new features developed by the scrum team
  • Participate actively in the sprint planning and grooming for the better product development
  • Reproduce/resolve Production issues collaborating with the Customer success team
  • Collaborated closely with Web Teams and Backend teams in every release cycle to deploy the product successfully
  • Leading the team with all the automation and QA infrastructure efforts

SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

Syapse
06.2017 - 01.2018
  • Automated test cases using Selenium WebDriver,Python with lettuce framework(BDD)
  • Analyzed the Business Requirements Document (BRD), developed Test cases and Test scripts for the application under test
  • Experienced in developing and executing SQL queries
  • Involved in testing various business rules User/Customer Functionality, Change Process, Configuration Data Requirements, Legacy Data Requirements, and Access Permissions Requirements
  • Actively participated and Interacted with product management teams in the review and analysis of functional requirements
  • Involved in preparing test strategies for client-side verifications and validations
  • Worked closely with Product Manager and Scrum Master in the Agile methodology

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Manipal Institute of Technology

Skills

Python

TypeScript

JavaScript

Java

Pytest

Playwright

Selenium WebDriver

API Testing

TestCafe

TestRail

BrowserStack

Postman

Amazon Workspace

Docker

Jenkins

Bazel

TeamCity

Github Actions

Grafana

Kibana

DNS

TCP/IP

HTTPS

AWS

Github

SDK automation

Test case design

Functional Testing

Regression Testing

Test Automation Frameworks

Cross-browser testing

Personal Information

Citizenship: US Citizen

Timeline

QA Engineer

Synack Inc
07.2018 - 06.2021

SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER

Syapse
06.2017 - 01.2018

Sr.SDET

Dropbox
6 2021 - Current

Master of Science - Computer Science

Manipal Institute of Technology
Smitha HebbarSenior Software Development Engineer In Test