Praveena Muvva
Verified Expert in Engineering
Quality Assurance Developer
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Toptal member since December 28, 2021
Praveena is a quality assurance engineer with 6 years of experience testing large-scale products and managing teams. Before joining ServiceNow, she built a test automation framework from scratch, which reduced the manual testing effort by 40%. Praveena's skills include automation testing with Selenium, Protractor, WebdriverIO, and API and performance testing. Besides leading teams to deliver quality products on time, Praveena's always ready to research, learn, and apply new technologies.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Selenium, Protractor, WebdriverIO, Git, Postman, Apache JMeter, Jenkins, Java, JavaScript, Functional Testing
The most amazing...
...thing I've done was research and set up a test automation framework from scratch for a startup product, which reduced manual testing efforts by 40%.
Work Experience
QA Automation Engineer
Berry Appleman & Leiden - Main
- Contributed to the enhancement of a new test automation framework.
- Developed automation tests for smoke test cases with better standards.
- Wrote test cases and revamped them to align with automation standards.
- Performed regression testing of the application to identify defects.
QA Engineer
Next Jump Inc.
- Contributed to the PHP upgrade in the project to the latest version.
- Took part in defect fixing with the API failures and the front end.
- Wrote and executed test cases and tracked defects of the application.
- Worked on the end-to-end manual testing for platform upgrade.
Software Quality Engineer
ServiceNow
- Delivered a new product within three months of joining ServiceNow and served as the key contact for quality signoff and the whole delivery process.
- Prepared test plans and test cases and performed functional testing of the new product.
- Automated test cases with Selenium, Java, and some internal frameworks.
- Performed API, load, localization, and accessibility testing with WSAG guidelines.
- Interviewed QA candidates and mentored new team members within a few months of joining ServiceNow.
QA Engineer
Freelance Work - Toptal
- Performed end-to-end manual and functional testing for an eCommerce application due to the tech stack upgrade.
- Logged the defects and triaged them for release through Jira software.
- Provided suggestions by testing from a user perspective which added value to the product.
- Designed a functional test automation framework with WebdriverIO tool and TypeScript.
- Designed an API test automation framework using Postman.
QA Engineer
Freelance Work (Toptal Client)
- Performed manual and functional testing of a new cryptocurrency platform and released the product MVP as a single QA.
- Created the test plan to accommodate a short deadline.
- Prepared manual and functional test cases for the application.
- Tested and ensured the application's stability and was in charge of quality assurance.
- Raised defects, triaged, and retested the product bugs.
- Tested the application's compatibility with various browsers via a browser stack and for UI compatibility with mobile devices.
Senior Software Engineer - Testing
Keka Technologies Private Limited
- Designed the test plan and test cases and performed manual and functional testing for a large-scale product.
- Developed a test automation framework from scratch, using Selenium, Protractor, and WebdriverIO, which reduced manual testing efforts by 40%.
- Performed API testing with Postman and performance testing with Apache JMeter.
- Owned the deadlines and delivery of the product and was actively involved in the deployments.
- Served as a bridge between product management and the development teams to meet requirements. Also served as a scrum master and assigned work to the team.
- Managed the entire testing team on manual testing and automation, trained and guided team members on initial steps, and presented demos to clients and support teams.
- Served as the head of hiring and onboarding for the quality engineering team; interviewed and mentored many new hires.
Software Engineer - Testing
Keka Technologies Private
- Performed requirements analysis and ensured project design compatibility.
- Prepared test plans and wrote manual test cases for the application.
- Executed manual test cases and logged and triaged the defects in the VSTS defect management tool.
- Designed an API test plan and performed API testing with Postman.
- Contributed to test automation by maintaining existing tests and creating new tests using Selenium and Java.
- Owned project sign-off and delivery as the only QA engineer on a team and trained an incoming team member.
- Served as a scrum master and point of contact for development team communications with the product management and support teams.
Quality Analyst
Keka Technologies Private
- Learned the testing procedures and skills very quickly and contributed to product testing within a month of joining.
- Prepared test plans and manual test cases for the product.
- Executed the manual test cases and logged defects in the VSTS defect management tool.
- Analyzed the project requirements by working closely with product managers to understand the user experience.
Experience
New Cryptocurrency Platform
I contributed as the sole QA in the team and as a lead on the application's MVP. This included preparing test plans and test cases and testing the application mainly for functional stability through manual testing. I also proposed changes from an end user's perspective and pointed out defects and prioritized them for the MVP. Finally, I also worked on the blockchain contract to ensure the transactions were carried out as intended.
Supply Chain Operations
Key Activities
• Manual testing of the end-to-end functionality
• API testing
• Single-user performance testing
• UI automation with Selenium and Java
• Headless automation with an internal framework
• Localization and accessibility testing per WSAG guidelines
Core HR Management Apps
I performed manual testing on all these apps from scratch, owned quality signoffs, presented demos to the client, and handled client concerns and issues related to these. I also performed API and performance testing, designed an end-to-end test automation framework using Protractor to perform regression testing, and later migrated to WebdriverIO.
HR Helpdesk
I performed manual testing on all these apps from scratch, owned quality signoffs, presented demos to the client, and handled client concerns and issues related to these. I also performed API and performance testing, designed an end-to-end test automation framework using Protractor to perform regression testing, and later migrated to WebdriverIO.
Internal Operating System & Client Billing Portal
Expense Management and Travel Booking
I performed manual testing on all these apps from scratch, owned quality signoffs, presented demos to the client, and handled client concerns and issues related to these. I also performed API and performance testing, designed an end-to-end test automation framework using Protractor to perform regression testing, and later migrated to WebdriverIO.
Employee Asset Management
I performed manual testing on all these apps from scratch, owned quality signoffs, presented demos to the client, and handled client concerns and issues related to these. I also performed API and performance testing, designed an end-to-end test automation framework using Protractor to perform regression testing, and later migrated to WebdriverIO.
e-commerce Application
I contributed as the sole QA in testing the application due to tech stack upgrade. This included preparing test plans and test cases and testing the application mainly for functional stability through manual testing. I also proposed changes from an end user's perspective and pointed out defects and prioritized them for the release.
I have designed functional and API test automation frameworks
New Automation Framework
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology - Andhra Pradesh, India
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery
Tools
WebdriverIO, Git, Postman, Jenkins, Jira, Apache JMeter, BrowserStack, REST Assured, TestRail
Languages
Java 8, TypeScript, C, SQL, Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, C++, JavaScript 6, C#
Frameworks
Selenium, Protractor, Cypress, TestNG
Paradigms
Functional Testing, Test Automation, Manual Testing, Testing, Load Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Automated Testing
Other
Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), Manual QA, Regression Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), Test Cases, API Testing, Scrum Master, Team Management, QA Testing, Task Analysis, QA Automation, Test Management, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Planning, QA Test Plan Management, Documentation, Website QA, Data Structures, Web Accessibility, Test Automation Frameworks, Interviewing, Code Review, Source Code Review, Accessibility, Localization Testing, Performance Testing, CI/CD Pipelines, Mobile App Testing, Bug Discovery & Tracking, UX Testing
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