Pratiksha Ghumare

Led and mentored a QE team of 8 engineers across SAFe release trains, managing test planning, execution, and quality reporting for VW Group Aftersales applications. Defined QE strategy including automation roadmap, regression optimization, and CI/CD quality gates. Directed functional, integration, and API testing, improving defect detection by ~30%. Migrated automation from UFT/ReadyAPI to Cypress, reducing costs and cutting regression cycles from ~5 days to ~2 days through CI/CD and parallel execution.

• Led integration and API testing across interconnected systems • Reviewed interface specifications and validated end-to-end data flows • Designed integration test scenarios covering complete business processes • Performed root cause analysis for complex defects • Coordinated with development and business teams to resolve cross-system issues • Improved regression coverage and test efficiency through automation support