Esra B. Hazinedar
Summary
Extensively skilled in SDLC and STLC with over 4 years of experience in Quality Assurance, specializing in manual and automated testing using tools like Selenium and Cucumber. Demonstrates strong collaboration in Agile teams, contributing to sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives. Recognized for excellent communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities, fostering teamwork to drive high-quality results. Adaptable, resilient, and solution-focused, with a proven ability to respond to challenges and implement effective resolutions in dynamic environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Quality Assurance Engineer (Automation/Manual Tester)
AVENA - RETRACE
08.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: (Based in the USA)(Fully Remote)
- Led the adoption of the Selenium-Maven-Cucumber framework, transitioning the team to full automation and reducing regression testing time from two weeks to three days
- Led smoke and regression tests using Jenkins and AWS for CI/CD pipeline integration, achieving 95% test coverage in critical functionality and ensuring smooth releases
- Followed Agile-Scrum Methodology as fully remote and participated in all the work with overseas teams
- Interacted with web elements using locators such as id, name, XPath and CSS Selector in HTML code and Selenium Web Driver to test the Web-Based Application
- Exploited MongoDB to optimize and automate testing workflows, efficiently managing and validating 500+ test cases to ensure data consistency and integrity across the database and UI layers
- Developed a smoke test within the regression suite to validate core web app functionalities, enhancing automation efficiency by 25% and reducing defect resolution time by 30%
- Leveraged Jira-Xray and GitHub for efficient bug tracking, project management, and version control, streamlining workflows and ensuring seamless collaboration across development and testing teams
- Contributed to customer satisfaction by ensuring feature functionality, achieving 95% testing success, reducing post-release defects by 30%, and increasing satisfaction by 15%
- (Based in the USA)(Fully Remote)
QA Engineer (Automation/Manual Tester)
VIPTalkers Online Teaching LLC
06.2022 - 07.2023
- Company Overview: (Remote, USA)
- Converted requirements into test scenarios using Cucumber and Gherkin, implementing BDD, which led to a 30% reduction in defects after manual testing ensured a bug-free application
- Employed utility classes and the Page Object Model (POM) to store locators, enhancing test execution efficiency by 40%, improving maintainability, and reducing script duplication by 25%
- Maintained Selenium, Java, XPath, and CSS automation code in Git/GitHub, ensuring code quality and team collaboration, resulting in a 20% reduction in code conflicts
- Experienced in using Jenkins for Continuous Integration(CI) and Continuous Delivery to build up jobs and scheduling test executions
- Raised and tracked bugs/defects using JIRA/Xray, collaborating with developers to ensure 80% of defects were resolved within the first sprint
- Tested APIs with POSTMAN for 95% coverage and critical defect identification
- Automated with RestAssured, reducing manual testing by 40% and accelerating API issue resolution by 30%
- (Remote, USA)
SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) Contractor
Relatware
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Developed test cases from user stories and feature files for BDD/Data-Driven testing using Java, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber, Gherkin, and Maven, managing 300+ test cases
- Implemented a Page Object Model design framework, improving test script maintainability and scalability by 40%
- Followed SDLC best practices for both manual and automated testing, contributing to a 20% reduction in testing time and improving release cycles
- Actively participated in Agile ceremonies and iterative development, contributing to 85% of sprint commitments and successful releases
- Performed cross-browser UI testing, ensuring 100% compatibility and functionality across Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers
- Resolved over 50 bugs and contributed to a 30% decrease in post-release issues, achieving the goal of delivering a bug-free application
QA Engineer (Manual Tester)
Applause Inc.
08.2019 - 03.2021
- Company Overview: (Remote, USA)
- Participated in countless projects documented 500++ bugs, helped enhance product reliability, and supported my team in resolving issues promptly
- Improved product quality by 20% and defect tracking accuracy by 25%
- Collaborated with the team to resolve issues promptly, resulting in a 20% improvement in product quality and a 25% increase in defect tracking accuracy
- Conducted functional, black-box, and regression testing to enhance product quality, ensuring that
- (Remote, USA)
Education
Bachelor's Degree - English Literature
Skills
- Selenium WebDriver
- Cucumber
- RestAssured
- Cypress
- Playwright
- JMeter
- Maven
- Java
- JavaScript
- Gherkin
- SQL
- JSON
- HTML
- XPath
- CSS Selector
- Oracle
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- GitHub
- TestNG
- JUnit
- Jira
- Xray
- IntelliJ IDEA
- VS Code
- Page Object Model (POM)
- Singleton
- Agile
- Waterfall
- QA reporting
Certification
- ISTQB CTFL (ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level), 2023, ISTQB CERTIFICATE
- IELTS Cambridge 7.5 Band, 2021, 20TR005237HAZE021G
Technical Skills - Tools And Technologies
Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, RestAssured, Cypress, Playwright, JMeter, Maven, Java, JavaScript, Gherkin, SQL, JSON, HTML, XPath, CSS Selector, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, GitHub, TestNG, JUnit, Jira, Xray, IntelliJ IDEA, VS Code, Page Object Model (POM), Singleton, Agile, Waterfall
Timeline
Quality Assurance Engineer (Automation/Manual Tester)
AVENA - RETRACE
08.2023 - Current
QA Engineer (Automation/Manual Tester)
VIPTalkers Online Teaching LLC
06.2022 - 07.2023
SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) Contractor
Relatware
04.2021 - 05.2022
QA Engineer (Manual Tester)
Applause Inc.
08.2019 - 03.2021