United States

QA Engineer

Smitha K

QA Architect

Time management

Critical-thinking

Integration Testing

Analytical skills

Java

Python

UserTesting

Selenium

Empathy

Communication

Problem-solving

Introduce yourself, define mentoring expectations and goals. Learn and grow together.

General mentorship

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Navigating micro-aggression, getting paid what you are worth and finding a community.

Being a woman in tech

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Practice HR, technical and behavioural interviews with mentors.

Practice mock interviews

Talk to people who've broken into the tech industry and learn their stories.

Breaking into tech

Learn the best ways to answer technical interview questions with frameworks

Acing technical interview questions

• Led QA Automation Architecture for the Credit Card Line of Business, overseeing 4 cross-functional QA teams and driving automation strategy for event-driven and API-based applications, resulting in a 30% increase in testing efficiency.
• Designed and implemented scalable automation frameworks using Java, JUnit, Selenium, Karate, and Shell scripting, achieving a 50% reduction in manual testing efforts and maintaining a 99% defect-free delivery rate across releases. Demoed prototype using Playwright and Cypress.
• Validated data ingestion pipeline (ETL) from internal and external sources (Experian), ensuring completeness, format accuracy, and schema consistency across multiple upstream systems.
• Mentored teams in adopting automated testing best practices and shift-left methodologies, achieving a 35% reduction in post-release defects and a 25% increase in test coverage.

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