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Urbi Sengupta

Melbourne,Australia

Summary

Lead - Test Automation with 10+ years of experience defining enterprise-wide test strategies, building scalable automation frameworks, and leading cross-functional teams across the banking and healthcare domains. Proven track record of implementing shift-left testing methodologies that reduced release cycles by 40% and improved product quality. Expert in mentoring SDETs and QA engineers, establishing Communities of Practice, and embedding best practices in Agile, BDD, and TDD environments. Delivered robust UI, API, performance, and mobile test automation suites integrated into CI/CD pipelines, managing teams of up to 10 testers across multiple projects.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chapter Lead Automation

Trideca
Melbourne, Australia
11.2021 - Current
  • Define and govern quality engineering strategy across 5+ client engagements, aligning QA objectives with business and technology roadmaps
  • Architect enterprise automation frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, and REST Assured covering UI, API, performance, and integration testing layers
  • Lead shift-left initiatives, partnering with development squads to embed unit-level testing and establish testable requirements, reducing defect leakage by 60%
  • Build Communities of Practice for 20+ QA professionals and deliver technical workshops on AI-augmented testing, cloud device labs, and containerized test execution
  • Establish quality KPIs and performance metrics, conduct maturity assessments, and report testing progress to executive stakeholders
  • Recruit, mentor, and performance-manage 8+ SDETs and Test Engineers, conduct regular one-to-ones, and create professional growth plans

Senior Automation Quality Engineer

Medibank
06.2023 - Current
  • Crafted Playwright mono-repo test automation framework for micro-apps web repository, improving test execution speed by 50%
  • Integrated Percy for visual regression testing and BrowserStack for cross-browser coverage across 15+ browser combinations
  • Implemented API functional test suites in Postman and REST Assured, executed via Jenkins and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines
  • Led test automation modularization program and shift-left initiative as QA Coach for 3 development teams
  • Retired 200+ legacy Appium test cases and introduced Kotlin Espresso and Swift XCUITest for native mobile testing
  • Implemented AXE accessibility testing in Playwright and large-scale visual testing automation with Percy
  • Built analytics test automation for Adobe datalayer and Google Tags validation using Playwright
  • Developed end-to-end test automation suites for Android and hybrid mobile applications using Appium and Java
  • Implemented Lighthouse performance automation testing for web applications, establishing performance benchmarks

Senior Mobile Automation Engineer

National Australia Bank
11.2021 - 05.2023
  • Automated native mobile banking features including Salary Transfer, Google Pay, and Apple Pay using Appium/TestNG on Perfecto cloud platform, saving 40 hours per regression cycle
  • Built BDD API testing framework with REST Assured and Cucumber for 13 microservices, integrated with GitHub Actions
  • Served as onshore Test Lead, collaborating with product owners, solution architects, and DevOps teams across 3 squads
  • Implemented accessibility testing automation for iOS and Android applications using Perfecto and Applitools

Senior Automation Engineer

Planit
Perth, WA
07.2021 - 11.2021
  • Enhanced Selenium-C# test automation framework for member portal and introduced shared component library
  • Reduced test script duplication by 70% and improved maintainability for 5-member QA team
  • Cleared automation backlog of 10 epic features within 3 months, delivering 100+ executable test scenarios
  • Stabilized nightly regression builds achieving 95% test pass rate and established code review standards for Git pull requests

Senior Test Analyst / Test Engineer

Infosys
Melbourne, Australia
07.2015 - 07.2021
  • Delivered REST Assured BDD framework for payment processing validation including inbound/outbound payments, returns, reversals, and fraud detection
  • Automated 500+ test scenarios enabling triple end-to-end testing cycles during release hardening phases
  • Led UI test automation development in Protractor-Jasmine for Angular single-page applications while coordinating 5 offshore testers
  • Built hybrid Selenium-Java framework with JDBC database connectivity, automating 1000+ regression test scenarios
  • Ensured data integrity validation across mainframe-generated financial reports and regulatory compliance testing

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) -

Heritage Institute of Technology
India
06-2015

Skills

  • Programming Languages: Java, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, C#
  • Test Automation Tools: Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Protractor, Appium, Espresso, XCUITest
  • API Testing: REST Assured, Postman, SOAP UI, Kafka
  • Performance Testing: JMeter, Lighthouse, BrowserStack Performance Hub
  • Mobile Testing: Appium, Perfecto, BrowserStack, AWS Device Farm Visual &
  • Accessibility Testing: Percy, Applitools, AXE
  • CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket Pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, BrowserStack
  • Test management: JIRA, XRay, TestRail, Rally, Test, HP ALM
  • Development IDEs: VS Code, IntelliJ, Android Studio, and Xcode
  • Build Tools: Maven, Gradle
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Team management
  • Innovation management

CORE COMPETENCIES

  • Enterprise Test Automation Strategy
  • Quality Assurance & Governance
  • Software Testing Lifecycle
  • Shift-Left & Continuous Testing
  • Test Framework Architecture
  • Regression Testing
  • Team Leadership & Coaching
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Bug Tracking & Resolution
  • SDET Mentoring & Development
  • Test Case Design & Execution
  • Community of Practice Leadership

Certification

  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (2023)
  • Certified in Building LLM-Powered Applications with Lan: Chain (2024)
  • Certified Android Espresso Test Engineer (2022)
  • Certified iOS XCUITest Engineer (2022)
  • Infosys Certified SDET, Java Programmer, DevOps Professional (2020)
  • Selenium with Java, Agile Testing, C# Foundations, API Test Automation with Java (Linkedin Learning)

Accomplishments

  • Nominated for STEMS Women in Tech Trailblazer Award 2024 Australia
  • Reduced regression testing time by 60% through test automation framework implementation
  • Led successful migration from manual to automated testing for 2 major banking applications
  • Established Center of Excellence for Test Automation serving 50+ QA professionals across organization

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Automation Quality Engineer

Medibank
06.2023 - Current

Chapter Lead Automation

Trideca
11.2021 - Current

Senior Mobile Automation Engineer

National Australia Bank
11.2021 - 05.2023

Senior Automation Engineer

Planit
07.2021 - 11.2021

Senior Test Analyst / Test Engineer

Infosys
07.2015 - 07.2021

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) -

Heritage Institute of Technology

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