About

Balu Chowhan is an experienced Senior Software Development Engineer Test with expertise in quality engineering concepts and developing automation frameworks for UI/API regression tests. With over 7 years of relevant experience, he is an expert in writing performance scripts, monitoring load generation, running scripts and analyzing results, and finding bottlenecks in the system. Balu is skilled in coding and executing automated test scripts using Java, including design and execution of API level. He has developed tools and scripts to automate backend tasks, and performs functional/system testing of the product. Balu's current role at demandbase involves working on API Aggregator Microservice, Saved search Microservice, Common Automation jar to test Export Files xlsx/csv, and ElasticSearch. He has also taken up the Scrum Master role, understanding the individual strengths of team members and effectively delegating tasks to them with clear responsibilities and expectations. In his past roles at Tide and InsideView, Balu worked on open banking systems, generic automation frameworks, and CRM communicators, among others. He has mentored fellow junior members, set measurable goals for himself and the team, and regularly monitored performance. Balu's experience in performance testing includes monitoring CPU utilization, memory usage, garbage collection, and DB connections to verify the performance of applications. He has also conducted load testing to suggest the best infrastructure configuration considering cost and stability of the server. Balu has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Warangal. His tech stack includes test, software engineering, microservices, SDET, search, infra, Selenium, Elastic Search, Java, UI, and backend. Balu's expertise in automation testing and performance testing makes him a valuable addition to any team in the software development industry.