About

Gaurav Dalal is a Principal QA Engineer with over 13 years of hands-on experience in software life cycle, specializing in effective use of QA and testing practices on web-based, mobile-based, and client-server applications. He is currently associated with Goibibo, where he is responsible for app quality by automating functional areas in mobile apps. Gaurav is an automation enthusiast for Android app using Espresso and UI Automator frameworks and for iOS app using XCTest framework. He has experience in building test automation frameworks for Google Analytics validations for product funnel event validations. He is well-versed in designing and executing test plan suites (including use cases and test cases) from scratch. With his QA team management and leadership skills, Gaurav has successfully set up CI/CD platforms (Jenkins/Bitrise) for Android/iOS apps through CLI. He has a good experience of Shell scripting, Groovy scripting, and core JAVA. He has tested in e-commerce, e-learning, print & publishing, and travel and payment gateway domains. Gaurav's past experience includes working as a Quality Assurance Lead at Miracle Corporate Solutions, where he worked (at Client Goibibo) as manual QA Lead on Goibibo Mobile apps (iOS and Android). He has also worked as a Senior Test Engineer at Micar Sharing Technologies Pvt. Ltd., where he was responsible for requirement analysis and test case design based on requirements for current and future sprints. He also managed sprint planning, cross-functional team discussion, and backlog maintenance. Gaurav holds a B.E in Computer Science from Maharshi Dayanand University and an H.S.C in Science Stream from Kendriya Vidyalaya. His tech stack includes QA, test, mobile, iOS, Android, CI/CD, SDET, UI, web, Jenkins, and Java. With 14.19 years of relevant experience, Gaurav is a skilled QA professional who has a proven track record of delivering high-quality products.