Wasiq Bhamla

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Defines automation frameworks and quality standards across security platforms, flight booking systems, and marketing applications, steering technical execution for diverse client environments.

• •Implemented API test automation for a security platform, ensuring accurate detection of vulnerabilities across Email and Cloud storage systems.
• •Designed Web UI automation using Playwright with TypeScript for a flight booking application, reducing manual regression effort by 45% by covering critical user journeys.
• •Automated 300+ manual test cases for an AI-driven marketing platform for a global eCommerce client, achieving 95% test coverage.

Reported to the head of engineering while directing quality assurance alignment across cross-functional teams. Shaped test automation strategy for law enforcement and smart mobility platforms, guiding stakeholders toward scalable release frameworks without relying on temporary fixes.

• •Automated over 100 manual test cases within 08 weeks for web applications using the Boyka Framework in Java, reducing regression testing time by 40%.
• •Migrated web and android automation scripts to Katalon Studio, enabling manual quality assurance teams to contribute and accelerating release cycles by 30%.
• •Enforced page object model and dry principles through code reviews, improving framework maintainability and reducing flaky tests by 25%.

Reported to delivery leadership, directing a four-person quality assurance team focused on prepaid and postpaid web applications. Steered testing frameworks and software quality standards across multiple operational workstreams.

• •Conducted an automation health check using Selenium WebDriver with Java, identifying technical gaps and applying POM and best practices to boost framework stability.
• •Mentored four junior automation engineers, providing training on test automation tools and coding standards, which improved team proficiency and delivery velocity by 20%.

Shaped testing strategy for a financial technology startup, advising on API test automation for payments middleware while delivering customized training and career mentorship to quality assurance professionals.

• •Wrote technical articles on test automation for LambdaTest.
• •Produced Appium tutorial videos for YouTube audience.

• •Engineered an API testing solution using Rest-Assured, Java, and Builder patterns for Axis Bank, reducing regression execution time by 50% percent.
• •Optimized test architecture for IDFC Bank by integrating BrowserStack and implementing visual regression testing, cutting cross-browser testing time by 35% percent.

• •Automated end-to-end testing scenarios for PatientPay, reducing total regression time by 60%.
• •Architected a scalable test automation framework using Java, Selenium WebDriver, and Rest-Assured, reducing maintenance costs by 40%.

• •Built API test automation for REST and SOAP APIs using Rest Assured, SoapUI, and TestNG, reducing manual effort by 50 percent.
• •Designed a mobile automation framework with Appium and Java for Bluetooth-enabled applications, executing end-to-end testing for university merchants.

• •Automated desktop and web applications including Protector.Net and Match-Web through IBM Rational Functional Tester and Java, enabling parallel test execution.
• •Managed the migration of 1,200 test scripts from IBM Rational Robot to IBM Rational Functional Tester, completing the transition ahead of schedule.

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