Kanika Tandon
Verified Expert in Engineering
QA Manager and Developer
Redmond, WA, United States
Toptal member since May 26, 2026
Kanika is a QA manager with 11 years of experience in test automation and quality engineering. She's worked at PepsiCo, Sun Life Financial, Becton, Dickinson, and Tech Mahindra, leveraging her expertise in Selenium, Appium, REST Assured, and Cucumber BDD. Kanika has led QA efforts for PepsiConnect, serving 5+ million customers, and enabled a 100% safe rollout to 50% of global B2B users. She has received PAT on back, Employee of the Quarter, Bravo, and Smile awards across organizations.
Portfolio
Experience
- Website Testing - 7 years
- Mobile App Testing - 6 years
- Java - 6 years
- Selenium - 6 years
- Behavior-driven Development (BDD) - 6 years
- Postman - 5 years
- Appium - 4 years
- REST Assured - 3 years
Preferred Environment
Jira, qTest, Rally, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Azure
The most amazing...
...project I've led in QA ensured a 100% safe release to 50% of PepsiCo's global B2B users.
Work Experience
QA Manager
PepsiCo (PepsiConnect)
- Led QA efforts for PepsiConnect, serving 5+ million customers and processing approximately 90,000 orders daily across global markets.
- Led QA efforts for the critical Mexico release, coordinating multi-team testing and enabling a 100% safe rollout to 50% of global B2B users.
- Architected a mobile automation framework using Appium, Java, and BDD Cucumber, enabling end-to-end front-end testing across Android and iOS platforms.
- Built and scaled back-end API automation suite using Rest Assured and Java, achieving comprehensive coverage of microservices and integration endpoints.
- Led SIT and UAT cycles for B2B and DTC releases, managing cross-team readiness, defect triage, and business sign-offs.
- Partnered with architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to influence solution design and align with market needs.
- Designed QA dashboards for defect tracking, test coverage, and live release readiness monitoring.
- Leveraged AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT to accelerate test case generation, story analysis, and QA documentation, improving productivity and consistency.
- Mentored QA team members, supported onboarding of new teams, and promoted standardized QA practices across services and markets.
Test Specialist
Sun Life Financial
- Developed a UI automation framework for the DNA insurance platform using Java, Selenium, and BDD, enabling localization testing via resource bundles.
- Created API automation scripts using Ready API for end-to-end validation of policy management workflows.
- Took ownership and accountability of all test activities, collaborating closely with development teams and product owners in an Agile environment.
- Managed test artifacts and execution tracking using qTest and Jira.
Senior Engineer QA
Becton Dickinson
- Developed automation frameworks with Silk Test for the MedStation Windows product and Java Selenium for the VPLX web application.
- Built API automation scripts using Robot Framework and Ready API.
- Created Smoke and Regression suites using WinAppDriver.
- Led the migration of the Silk Test automation framework from domestic to international products, supporting internationalization testing.
- Awarded Employee of the Quarter, PAT on Back, and Victory League Certificate for outstanding contributions.
Software Engineer
Tech Mahindra
- Wrote and executed regression and progression test cases.
- Automated regression suites using Selenium for the AT&T Account Management application.
- Performed root cause analysis of defects by examining XML request/response logs, providing first-hand analysis to development teams.
- Hosted WAR rooms and organized cross-team meetings to drive faster defect resolution and minimize turnaround time.
- Awarded PAT on Back and BRAVO Award for project contributions.
Experience
B2B PepsiConnect APP
The app supports end-to-end customer journeys across ordering, loyalty, promotions, and engagement, serving 10+ million customers across global markets.
Pyxis MedStation ES
I worked on internationalization and the functional testing suite, along with the UI automation framework, using Java.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Haryana Engineering College, Kurukshetra University - Haryana, India
Certifications
Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft
Certified TOSCA Level 2 automation Specialist
TOSCA
Skills
Tools
Postman, Jira, Apache Maven, Cucumber, qTest, Silk Test, Rally, Jenkins, GitHub, Git, REST Assured
Frameworks
Selenium, Appium, TestNG, Robot Framework, WinAppDriver
Paradigms
Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Azure DevOps
Languages
Java, Python
Platforms
Azure, ReadyAPI, Tricentis Tosca
Other
Mobile App Testing, Website Testing, CI/CD Pipelines, Computer Science
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