Balaji K.

Balaji K.

QA Engineer

Chennai, India
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About Me

Balaji is an ISTQB certified 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.

Work history

UpStack
UpStack
QA Engineer
2022 - Present (2 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 (formerly Katabat)
Finvi (formerly Katabat)
QA Tester
2020 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Providing end-to-end test strategies and writing test cases on user stories for new features and bug fixes.

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

  • Coaching and mentoring junior devs, providing product knowledge through learning and code reviews.

Crossover
Crossover
Quality Assurance Analyst
2017 - 2020 (3 years)
Remote
  • Wrote test plans and test cases on projects, executing test cases and reporting defects in Jira.

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

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

10decoders
10decoders
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, handled defects and peer reviews, and executed 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.

Portfolio

QA Manual Tester - Aurea Jive
QA Manual Tester - Aurea Jive

Aurea Jive is the engine behind meaningful enterprise work connecting people with ideas, information, and each other to power the organizational missions that matter. Wrote test plans and cases for the Jive user story and participated in product integration tests and 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. Set up the test environment, 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, writing test cases, implementing end-to-end tests, executing integrations and API test cases, and evaluating payment-related APIs. Classified and assigned test cases to the automation team and participated in regression tests for product update releases.

Education

Advanced Diploma Certified
Advanced Diploma Certified
UiPath
2019 - 2019
ISTQB Foundation Level Exam
ISTQB Foundation Level Exam
ISTQB® - International Software Testing Qualifications Board
2015 - 2015
B.Eng Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B.Eng Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Vel Tech Engineering College - India
2007 - 2011 (4 years)