Divyendu shukla
Staff Software Engineer in Test with nearly 10 years of experience building scalable test automation frameworks and driving quality engineering excellence. Led framework migrations reducing test execution time by 40%+, achieved 95+ Lighthouse scores across 20+ web applications, and built observability dashboards monitoring 20+ microservices. Expert in modern testing tools (Playwright, WebdriverIO, TestCafe), CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, Jenkins), and cloud infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes). Pioneered Generative AI adoption in test automation, reducing test development time by 30%. Specialized in accessibility compliance (WCAG) and OWASP-aligned security testing for enterprise SaaS platforms.
Experience
Staff Software Engineer in Test
Led test automation strategy for Okta Workflows, maintaining 700+ automated test cases with 95%+ reliability. Architected and executed migration of 300+ integration tests from TestCafe to Playwright, reducing execution time by 40% and improving flakiness rate from 15% to 3%. Built comprehensive observability solution using Datadog and Splunk, creating service-level dashboards monitoring 20+ microservices and reducing Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) by 35% through proactive alerting. Established accessibility testing framework achieving WCAG 2.1 AA compliance across 15+ web applications. Pioneered Generative AI integration (GitHub Copilot, Gemini) in test development workflow, accelerating test script creation by 30% and reducing maintenance overhead. Optimized CircleCI pipelines handling daily test executions, reducing pipeline failures by 25% through intelligent job configuration and parallelization strategies.
Senior QA Engineer
Architected and maintained scalable test automation frameworks supporting 8 web applications with 360 automated test cases, achieving 90%+ test coverage across functional, API, and performance test suites. Built unified JavaScript-based UI automation framework using WebdriverIO, Mocha, and Chai, standardizing testing practices across 3 product teams and reducing framework setup time by 60%. Designed and implemented API automation framework handling 100+ REST endpoints with 95%+ reliability, integrated into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation. Developed performance testing strategy using JMeter, identifying and resolving 20+ performance bottlenecks that improved application response times by 45%. Created automated Lighthouse monitoring framework achieving consistent 95+ scores across 25+ desktop web pages, ensuring optimal user experience. Established CI/CD best practices using Jenkins and Git, reducing release cycle time by 30% through automated regression testing. Implemented containerized test execution using Docker and Kubernetes on Oracle Cloud, enabling parallel test runs and reducing infrastructure costs by 40%. Led defect triage process managing 200+ defects with 98% resolution rate within SLA.
QA Engineer
Established mobile and web test automation framework using BDD Cucumber with Appium and Selenium, covering 150+ test scenarios across Android OS versions 6-8 and multiple physical devices. Automated 80% of regression test suite, reducing manual testing effort by 50 hours per release cycle. Owned end-to-end defect lifecycle management, maintaining 95%+ defect resolution rate within SLA and ensuring zero critical bugs in production releases. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define quality gates, resulting in 100% on-time releases with zero rollbacks over 12-month period.
Test Engineer
Designed comprehensive test strategy covering 200+ test cases for enterprise financial applications, ensuring 100% requirement traceability through detailed test documentation. Automated 60% of regression test suite using Selenium WebDriver and Java, reducing regression cycle time from 2 weeks to 3 days. Performed API testing for 50+ REST endpoints using Postman and Swagger, identifying 15+ critical integration issues before production. Coordinated with distributed teams across 3 time zones, delivering test reports and traceability matrices that improved stakeholder visibility and reduced production defects by 40%.
Junior Test Analyst
Developed and maintained test documentation for enterprise audit applications, creating 300+ test cases with complete traceability to business requirements. Executed manual testing for 5+ major releases, maintaining 98%+ test execution rate and identifying 200+ defects. Presented 3 successful POCs for test automation framework using Selenium WebDriver and Java, leading to adoption of automation strategy that reduced testing effort by 35%. Actively participated in defect triage meetings, contributing to 90%+ defect resolution rate and improved product quality metrics.
Education
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MEGHALAYA
GPA: 7.98
KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA
GPA: 8.86
Skills
- End to end Functional and Automation test for UI and Backend
- Cross Browser Testing & Debugging
- Debugging and Analysis of Reports and Failures/Defects.
- Agile methodology- Creating backlog, Refining, Sprint planning, Scrum and Retrospective
Interests
I enjoy outdoor activities, travel and swimming when time allows.
When indoors, I follow sci‑fi and fantasy films and series, and I spend much of my free time exploring advances in test automation, participating in hackathons and competitions, and attending webinars and meetups hosted by the Test Tribe community.
Certifications & Projects
- QA Fullstack Project - GitHub Repository - A production-grade QA automation project demonstrating how to test, run, and report quality across **unit, API, and UI layers** using modern CI/CD practices.
- Selenium Advanced Certification by LambdaTest
- WebdriverIO Automation Framework - GitHub Repository - Scalable test automation framework with Page Object Model, supporting parallel execution and CI/CD integration
- Observability Dashboard - Built real-time monitoring solution using Datadog and Splunk, tracking 20+ microservices with automated alerting reducing MTTR by 35%
- Lighthouse Performance Framework - Automated performance monitoring achieving 95+ scores across 25+ web pages, integrated into CI/CD pipeline