Ashish Kshatriya

Built end-to-end automation for Web3 and dApp platforms using Playwright, boosting test coverage by 70% across mobile and web UI. • Developed reusable automation libraries covering functional, regression, UI/UX, API, and performance testing, aligned with blockchain standards and best practices. • Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub), accelerating release cycles and cutting manual testing effort by 60%. 05/2022 – 04/2025 Ahmedabad, India • Standardized automation practices by defining and enforcing coding guidelines, ensuring consistency, scalability, and maintainability across test frameworks. • Mentored and upskilled junior testers in Playwright and API automation, enabling a smooth transition from manual to automation testing.

Defined test strategy, automation roadmap, and process improvements, ensuring alignment with functional & technical requirements. • Designed and implemented automation frameworks (Web, Mobile, API, DB) using Selenium, Appium, RestAssured, JDBC, following SOLID principles and MVC architecture. • Reduced manual testing efforts by 70–80% by scaling automation coverage across regression and integration testing. • Delivered core/shared libraries and service virtualization (Mountebank, Fiddler) to remove test dependencies and accelerate execution. • Led 4 automation teams (9 members), mentoring testers and enabling cross- skilling from manual to automation. • Improved test efficiency by integrating CI/CD pipelines, executing tests on SauceLabs cloud devices, and capturing coverage via JetBrains DotCover. • Automated complex payment gateway and wallet integrations, ensuring seamless transaction validation. • Consistently increased automation ROI and streamlined test processes across multiple teams.

Reviewed requirements, backlog items, and design documents to ensure test coverage and clarity. • Developed and executed automation test scripts for Web UI, REST API, and Mobile apps, reducing regression time by 60%. • Automated test execution via Jenkins pipelines on SauceLabs, enabling cross- browser and cross-device validation. • Performed functional, database, localization, non-functional, system integration, and UAT testing using manual and automation approaches. • Converted manual test cases into automation, improving efficiency and reducing repetitive manual efforts. • Participated in code and test script reviews, ensuring best practices and maintainable automation.

Contributed to defining test strategy, estimation, and execution plans in alignment with customer requirements. • Designed and executed automation test scripts for UI, API, and database testing, improving test coverage and reducing manual effort by 40%. • Performed functional, non-functional, and system integration testing using both manual and automation methods. • Conducted automation script reviews to ensure coding standards and maintainability. • Identified root causes of defects by analyzing client and server logs, reducing developer debugging time and accelerating defect resolution.

Executed functional and system tests on iOS mobile applications, ensuring quality across devices. • Designed and executed manual and basic automation test cases, contributing to early automation adoption. • Performed ad-hoc and exploratory testing, identifying critical defects in early stages. • Maintained daily test trackers and project status reports for visibility across stakeholders. • Collaborated with teams to understand business requirements and align test coverage with project goals.

Executed functional and system tests on web browser. • Executed manual test cases. • Performed ad-hoc and exploratory testing, identifying critical defects in early stages. • Maintained daily test trackers and project status reports for visibility across stakeholders. • Collaborated with teams to understand business requirements and align test coverage with project goals.