Amlan Kumar

Amlan Kumar

Software Engineer in Testing - II
A dedicated Software Test Engineer(SET-II) who enjoys the synergies of proving concepts, team working and collaboration, as well as learning in the process while offering creative problem-solving skills by independent analysis. With around six and a half year experience as QA in Agile environments, I’m fully versed in complete SDLC and quickly adaptive to learning new concepts, software end equipment, tools etc. with good attention to detail.
Manual testing
STLC
Sanity/Regression testing
Mobile/Tablet/Desktop testing
Functional(E2E) Automation testing
API manual testing
The Most Amazing...

....thing that I have done, developed Frontend GUI for an automated RSS feed Application using ASP.net framework and also Managing end to end Agile test deliveries for a whole project, single handedly.

Interest & Expertise
Interest & Expertise
  • Breaking down an application to the edge.
  • Finding bugs, tracking the entire bug cycle.
  • Tracing the root causes of problems.
Achievements
Achievements
  • Got the RSS feed web app, live in Qatar, which was developed using ASP.net
  • Got numerous appreciations/recognitions from the clients for handling the QA process single handedly without escalations.
  • Oracle Certified Professional Java SE6 Programmer
Skills
Languages
HTML / CSS, JavaScript, C, C#, C++, TypeScript, Core Java, CSS
Version Control
GitHub
Project Management
JIRA, Remedy
Testing Tools
Selenium
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
Jenkins
Cloud Services
Azure
Tools
XCode, Android Studio, Cypress, Appium
Editors
Visual Studio Code, Eclipse
Frameworks
Playwright
Device Farm
BrowserStack
Proxy Tools
Charles Proxy, Fiddler
Projects
PANIndian Telecom Service Provider
Third largest mobile telecommunications network in India. Involved in Exchange, ISA, SMTP server health checks using Command Line Editors(DOS, Powershell). Used HP ALM to work on Work orders, Incidents etc.
American multi-brand restaurant operator
The app is used by restaurant employees under an American chain of restaurants’ portfolio of brands. App is manually tested on all mobile, tablet apps and also the web app. React is used to develop the app mostly. Azure is used for test repository management, running test cases, bug tracking, version releases and other CI/CD actions based as per sprint plans. Used PostMan for API testing and Rest Assured for automating the APIs. Used Burpesuite for basic network testing and accessing the app via proxies and VPN use.
Webapp/Smartphone Consumer Forum Widget for Various Brands and Tenants
This application affiliates itself with various brands as a widget and offers general solutions to the consumers with an agent assigned to help on the specified topic. React, AngularJS, and JS are used to develop the app. Single handedly managed the projects test plan, bug management, manual testing across web and mobile devices post the SIT phase. Used Playwright(JS) for automating the functional scenarios for Brand App. Used Salesforce portal for setting campaigns and their conditions, monitoring the traffic’s network ids. Later added AI chatbots to the chat feature as well.
E-educational platform for music learners
This application helps users to learn musical pieces with the inbuilt libraries provided and assigns relevant practice that targets skill gaps and proficiency standards with a combination of embedded benchmark assessment. ReactNative was used to develop this application. Initially started with manual functional testing on Android/iOS devices for bugs. Later performed mobile automation using Appium(TestNG) using Eclipse IDE.
E-Commerce Website
American e-commerce company focused on handmade or vintage items and craft supplies. Performed Functional and Non functional testing(JMeter) for cross platform browsers and devices. Basic API testing using postman, devtools etc. Used Cypress(JS) using Typescript to automate the web app.
Mobile Money Service for Africa
Africa's most successful mobile money service and the region’s largest fintech platform. Provides financial services to people who have mobile phones, but do not have bank accounts, or only have limited access to banking services etc. Manual testing was done for functional sanity/regression testing. JIRA was used for maintaining/running test suites, defect tracking and version release management. Automation was done using Selenium with cucumber reports generated.
E-education Platform for School Students
Online educational platform with personalized instructions to automatically assign relevant practice that targets skill gaps and proficiency standards with a combination of embedded benchmark assessments. Used manual functional testing on cross platforms, devices and browsers regularly. Used MongoDB for their database management and NoSQL for basic DBA activities. Used JIRA for SDLC, STLC and Bug management.
Reward Based Mobile Gaming App
Revenue based on geo-specific advertisement campaigns in their in-app mobile games. Involved in daily ad mediation checks for Mobile and tablet devices for both Android and iOS.
Direct Marketing Company
A direct marketing company that markets merchandise and magazine subscriptions with sweepstakes and prize based games. Involved in manual cross browser-functional testing for Desktop, Mac, Mobile and tablet devices for both Android and iOS and non functional testing using Jmeter. Used VersionOne for version control and release, Selenium for automation and TeamCity for running automation scripts frequently.
Online food delivery and recipe app in India
App uses React for development. Lead QAs to maintain the test suite, perform functional testing during releases, perform API testing using devtools/postman, provide sign offs,etc. There was no particular pipeline as the app is in its early stage.