I am a QA Automation Lead with a B.E in Computer Science from Sinhgad Institute of Technology. I have 9 years of experience in testing web and mobile applications in various domains, such as retail, analytics, healthcare, and insurance.Currently, I work as an Associate Lead - QA Automation at UST, where I lead a team of automation engineers and oversee the design, development, and execution of test automation frameworks and scripts using tools like Selenium, Appium, Java, TestNG, BDD, Rest-Assured, Postman, Katalon Studio, and Perfecto. I also use test management tools like Testlink and JIRA, and CI/CD tools like Jenkins and Bitbucket pipeline, to ensure the quality and reliability of the software products. Some of my notable achievements include:Automating cross-browser, data-driven, and parallel testing for a large retail client, increasing the test coverage and efficiency by 50%.Executing Selenium tests on SauceLabs and BrowserStack, enhancing the compatibility and performance of the web applications across different platforms and devices.Implementing hybrid frameworks and core Java and SQL programming skills, improving the maintainability and reusability of the test code and data.Collaborating with developers, business analysts, and stakeholders, facilitating the communication and feedback loop throughout the software development life cycle.