About Napendra Singh | Senior SDET & QA Automation Lead

## 01. /skills_matrix

const test_automation = ['Selenium', 'Playwright', 'Appium', 'Reqnroll', 'NUnit', 'TestNG', 'BDD / POM', 'Test Data Management'];

const languages = ['Java', 'C#', 'SQL', 'TypeScript', 'JavaScript', 'Python'];

const api_backend = ['REST API Testing', 'REST Assured', 'Microservices Testing', 'AWS SQS', 'DynamoDB'];

const cicd_tools = ['Jenkins', 'CI/CD Pipelines', 'AWS Device Farm', 'Git', 'Bitbucket', 'Jira', 'TestRail'];

const qa_leadership = ['Test Strategy', 'Risk-Based Testing', 'Release & Patch Management', 'Team Mentoring', 'Sprint Planning'];

const ai_assisted_qa = ['Claude Multi-Agent Workflows', 'Claude Skills', 'DeepSeek', 'ChatGPT', 'AI Code Review & Debugging'];

Cornerstone OnDemand Jul 2021 — Present

Sr. SDET (promoted from SDET) · Mar 2024 — Present

Lead and mentor a team of 7 (2 SDETs, 5 QA Engineers): sprint and release planning, work allocation, 1:1s, test-case and code reviews; partner with Engineering and Product on release readiness.
Automated 300+ high-impact end-to-end scenarios through risk-based prioritization, reducing recurring manual testing effort by ~45% per two-week sprint and regression time by ~50%.
Reduced CI/CD pipeline execution time by ~30% through incremental code and test optimization.
Delivered the NUnit-to-Reqnroll BDD migration and contributed to the Selenium-to-Playwright modernization while preserving existing BDD architecture.
Built a Claude-based multi-agent QA workflow (Lead, SDET, and QA agents) that analyzes test reports, investigates failures, applies fixes, and verifies results; created reusable AI skills adopted across teams.
Introduced AI-assisted QA across code generation, code review, debugging, Jira/TestRail tasks, and browser manual testing; established a two-step AI + human code-review process.
Improved release quality with automated test-data setup, scheduled regression execution, E2E documentation, recurring-issue knowledge sharing, and release/patch risk management.

SDET · Jul 2021 — Mar 2024

Built and maintained UI and API automation using Java, Selenium, BDD, and REST APIs, collaborating with developers and Product on requirements, defects, and release readiness.
Owned release and patch testing from unit-test readiness through production; investigated failures, resolved automation issues, and re-ran suites across microservices and APIs.
Validated backend workflows and integrations across environments using AWS SQS and DynamoDB.

Revv Self Drive Car Rental Mar 2019 — Jul 2021

SDET / QA Lead

Led a team of 3 QAs for ~8 months: mentoring, task allocation, test-case and code reviews, and coordination with developers and Product Managers through releases.
Owned API automation, test planning, and end-to-end testing across Android, iOS, and Web applications; supported integration testing and release readiness.
Improved the automation framework and release planning, reducing repetitive manual testing and strengthening release readiness.

Aspiring Minds (AMCAT) Sept 2016 — Mar 2019

QA Engineer

Led end-to-end automation for Android and Web applications using Appium and AWS Device Farm.
Set up and maintained the testing framework and contributed to test plans.

CAN Tech Labs Pvt Ltd Aug 2014 — Sept 2016

QA Engineer

Tested client projects including ZopNow, Delhivery, AskMeBazaar, and American Swan.
Mentored junior QA engineers and supported sprint planning and client communication.

Croissance Services Nov 2013 — Jul 2014

QA Engineer

Developed and executed test cases and automation for Android, iOS, and Web applications.
Delivered end-to-end automation for Sherman Brothers, First Vintage, and BioTrust.

Amazon March 2013 — Sept 2013

SDET Intern

Enhanced Amazon detail-page test coverage using mock UI/API automation and contributed to DPX (Detail Page Experience) framework unifying PC and Mobile rendering loops.
Developed A/B testing and QA Dashboard tools to support testing analysis, monitoring, and quality validation.

HR Institute of Technology (UPTU)

B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering

2009 — 2013