Balaji K.

About Me

Balaji is an ISTQB certified Senior QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience driving test planning, strategy, and execution, employing modern SDLC, STLC, and defect lifecycle techniques to enhance tests for performance, ease of use, and high reliability across various devices. He delivers high-quality test plans, strategies, cases, scripts, environments, procedures, logs, and traceability matrix on solutions. Balaji possesses knowledge and working experience in various testing methodologies like Waterfall, Agile/Kanban, and Scrum and 5+ years of experience working remotely with globally distributed teams.

Backend

Database

QA & Testing

Workflow

Other

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
Senior QA Engineer
2022 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Monitoring QA processes/activities and various project meetings for clients across multiple industries.

  • Partnering with cross-functional departments to work on process problems and challenges affecting customer satisfaction in project implementation.

  • Facilitating QA ceremonies, identifying and removing impediments to success, tracking progress, and recognizing opportunities for continuous improvement.

Finvi
Finvi
QA Tester
2020 - Present (5 years)
Remote
  • Providing end-to-end test strategies and writing test cases on user stories for new features and bug fixes.

  • Running integration tests and executing API test cases to verify new codebases per requirements.

  • Maintaining existing regression test cases by reviewing and fixing the failure test cases.

  • Creating new automation test cases in the Jenkins pipeline.

Crossover for Work
Crossover for Work
Quality Assurance Analyst
2017 - 2020 (3 years)
Remote
  • Wrote test plans and test cases, executed test cases, and reported defects in Jira.

  • Worked on different product integration tests on several storage solutions, delivering functional and regression tests.

  • Contributed high-quality solutions across various browsers to verify and improve compatibility parameters.

10Decoders Consultancy Services
10Decoders Consultancy Services
Senior Programmer Analyst
2017 - 2017
Chennai, India
  • Managed issue triage meetings and worked on defect fixes and resolutions with the product owner.

  • Developed and delivered test strategies and plans, handling defects, peer reviews, and executing matrix.

  • Drove mobile testing tasks and reported bugs for resolution with the dev team.

Mphasis
Mphasis
Delivery Software Engineer
2013 - 2017 (4 years)
Chennai, India
  • Designed and prepared test scenarios, executed manual test cases, and worked on defect validation and logging.

  • Worked on test data setup, analyzed specification documents, reported defects during test execution, and maintained test results.

  • Delivered test summary reports, documented app changes, and prepared RTMs on projects.

Showcase

QA Manual Tester - Aurea Jive
QA Manual Tester - Aurea Jive
  • QA Manual Tester performed extensive testing for Aurea Jive, an enterprise connection platform.

  • Tasks included writing test plans and cases for user stories, and participating in product integration tests.

  • Performed E2E, functional, and regression tests for mobile devices and across various browsers.

Delivery Software Engineer - QBE Insurance
Delivery Software Engineer - QBE Insurance
  • Prepared test scenarios and handled manual test case execution, defect validation, and logging for the QBE Insurance project.

  • Set up the test environment and analyzed functional specification documents.

  • Worked on defect identification and collaborated with back-end devs for data validation.

QA Analyst - Katabat
QA Analyst - Katabat
  • Provided QA solutions for the Katabat project, including writing and implementing end-to-end test cases, and executing integrations and API test cases

  • Evaluated payment-related APIs for the project

  • Participated in regression tests for product updates and classified, assigned test cases to the automation team

Education

Advanced Diploma
Advanced Diploma
UiPath
2019 - 2019
ISTQB Foundation Level Exam
ISTQB Foundation Level Exam
ISTQB
2015 - 2015
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering
BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Vel Tech Engineering College - India
2007 - 2011 (4 years)