Welcome! I'm Divya Shankar Kumar.

I am an experienced Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with a quality-first and customer-first mindset, specializing in creating robust automation frameworks and enabling continuous delivery of high-quality software.

🔧 Senior SDET 🤖 Automation Expert 👥 QA Leader
Divya Shankar Kumar
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Test Automation

Expert in designing and implementing Selenium-based UI automation frameworks using Page Object Model and BDD patterns with Java/Kotlin.

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CI/CD Integration

Extensive experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and containerization using Docker and Kubernetes for scalable testing.

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Quality Leadership

Proven track record of improving test coverage from 65% to 90%, reducing defects by 40%, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for faster releases.

Key Achievements

90%
E2E Test Coverage

Boosted from 65% to 90% within six months

40%
Defect Reduction

Reduced escaped defects through comprehensive testing

80%
Automation Rate

Automated repetitive manual test cases

75%
Time Saved

Cut CI/CD execution time from 4 hours to 1 hour

Professional Experience

June 2020 - Present

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Varo Bank - San Francisco, CA

Domain: Payments/Digital Banking

  • Created Selenium-based UI Automation Framework for iOS and Android applications using React Native and WebDriver IO
  • Designed and implemented real-time Grafana dashboards providing actionable insights to stakeholders
  • Reduced test cycle times by 50% and improved team efficiency by 90%
  • Integrated Chromatic with Storybook for automated visual regression testing
November 2017 - May 2020

Senior Software Engineer in Test

HelloSign (A Dropbox Company) - San Francisco, CA

Domain: Digital E-Signatures Platform

  • Created Selenium-based UI Automation Framework from scratch using Java 8 and TestNG
  • Automated environment build and provisioning using Docker, AWS, and Vagrant
  • Created load tests to handle more than 5K requests with Selenium and TestNG
  • Developed UI automation framework with JavaScript using Mocha and Chai
December 2016 - August 2017

Senior Software Quality Engineer

Gap Inc - San Francisco, CA

Domain: Planning and Merchandising

  • Improved code coverage by 85% by adding new integration test cases
  • Automated exclusive features including CSV Export, Dropdown enhancement, and Style Grouping
  • Performed extensive database testing using complex queries in RoboMongo
January 2015 - October 2016

Software Quality Engineer-2

Green Dot Corporation - Palo Alto, CA

Domain: Cards and Payments

  • E2E mobile testing experience on both Android and iOS platforms
  • Improved code coverage by 85% through integration test cases
  • Set up continuous test environment using Jenkins

Technical Skills

Automation & Testing

Selenium TestNG JUnit Cucumber TestRail JMeter Postman SOAP UI

Programming Languages

Java Kotlin JavaScript HTML/CSS SQL

CI/CD & DevOps

Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI Bamboo Docker Kubernetes AWS

Databases & Tools

Oracle MySQL MongoDB Git JIRA Maven Gradle Grafana

Get In Touch

I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, collaborations, or quality engineering challenges.

📧 divyakumar.qa09@gmail.com
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