Amit Kumar
Lead QA Specialist
Krakow
Summary
Experienced SDET Specialist with over 12 years of experience in software testing. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certificates
Work History
Senior Software Test Automation Engineer
EPAM Systems
Krakow
07.2022 - Current
- Designed and implemented test automation frameworks; planned, scoped, and scripted automated tests to support product development and delivery.
- Maintained, debugged, and optimized automation frameworks for enhanced performance.
- Mentored junior QA engineers and led test planning, scoping, and management efforts.
- Applied a shift-left testing strategy by integrating testing early in the development cycle.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by resolving issues and establishing quality best practices.
- Actively participated in all Scrum ceremonies—Backlog Refinement, Planning, Review, Demos, and Retrospectives—while applying Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
- Conducted comprehensive testing across all levels, including Unit, Integration, System, and Acceptance testing.
- Implemented a shift-right testing strategy with post-production monitoring to proactively detect and prevent defects.
- Leveraged Cloud Computing expertise with a focus on Azure.
Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to streamline development workflows.
SDET Specialist
Global Payments Inc
Noida
07.2017 - 06.2022
- Leading overall QA activities: Creating test strategy & planning, taking decisions on testing approaches, tools and technologies.
- Designing test automation frameworks and automating test scenarios using almost all latest tools and technologies.
- Trained and guided onsite and offshore team members in quality assurance standards, policies and procedures
- Software testing: manual, automation, API and non-functional
- Agile product owner: requirement gathering from business and converting them into actual deliverables for development teams
- AWS Cloud: Setting up cloud environments for development team
- Have been part of production release deployment activities for rapid releases as release QA engineer
- Production monitoring: Dynatrace / Splunk
- Implemented CI / CD using Jenkins
- Agile: Scrum, Kanban.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
3Pillar Global
Noida
12.2015 - 07.2017
- Supported product managers and development teams across all phases of testing from planning to execution, troubleshooting and reporting within high-volume, agile environment
- Created automated test scripts, using selenium and java.
Lead QA Specialist
Metso Poland
Krakow, Poland
10.2024 - Current
Software Quality Analyst
Accretive Health
Noida
07.2014 - 12.2015
- Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements
- Completed pre-implementation testing for new system modifications to assess potential impacts
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability
- Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication
- Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
Member Technical Staff
HCL Technologies
Noida
11.2011 - 07.2014
- Broke down and evaluated user problems, using test scripts, personal expertise and probing questions
- Implemented process improvements to smooth development cycle and increase collaboration
- Execution of test suites (Smoke & Regression) using QTP11 (Keyword Driven Framework).
Education
Bachelor of technology - Computer Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh technical University
07.2007 - 06.2010
Diploma - Engineering, Electrical engineering
Board of Technical Education
07.2004 - 06.2007
Skills
JAVA, Java Scripts
Soft Skills
- Effective communicator written & verbal
- Team player
- Adaptable towards the changes
- Willingness to accept feedback and learn
- Logical and creative thinker
- Leadership skills: both top down & bottom up
Certification
Software testing board ISTQB- Advanced Level Certification (Test Analyst) - 2017
Timeline
Lead QA Specialist
Metso Poland
10.2024 - Current
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
06-2023
Tosca: Test Automation Specialist
03-2023
Senior Software Test Automation Engineer
EPAM Systems
07.2022 - Current
SDET Specialist
Global Payments Inc
07.2017 - 06.2022
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
3Pillar Global
12.2015 - 07.2017
Software Quality Analyst
Accretive Health
07.2014 - 12.2015
Member Technical Staff
HCL Technologies
11.2011 - 07.2014
Bachelor of technology - Computer Science and Engineering
Uttar Pradesh technical University
07.2007 - 06.2010
Diploma - Engineering, Electrical engineering
Board of Technical Education
07.2004 - 06.2007