About

Karan Gupta is a highly skilled QA Lead with over 8 years of experience in software testing, specializing in web-based and client-server applications. He is currently working at Paytm, where he has developed expertise in developing RestAssured Hybrid frameworks of RESTful APIs using TestNG/JUnit and Maven. His test framework includes using Java POJO class concepts for formation of JSON requests using Serialization techniques, JSONPath for parsing the JSON and response validation, and Singleton design pattern technique for Oracle JDBC connection. Karan is well-versed in functional testing techniques and methodologies and has experience in writing automated acceptance tests in BDD format using the Cucumber framework, with Ruby as the scripting language. He is also experienced in RESTful web service testing using Hybrid Rest Assured framework Java, validated JSON formatted data, and extensively experienced in Smoke testing, Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, UAT, Accessibility Testing, and Sanity Testing. Karan has worked with Atlassian Jira and Rally for overall Defect Management/Problem solving, including tracking bugs and reporting, and has experience writing SQL queries to extract data from various source tables to perform database testing. He is also proficient in code management source tools such as Tortoise SVN, Bit Bucket, and GIT bash, which are helpful in version control and maintainability of the code across the team. Karan is highly responsive to client needs and changing software requirements by following Agile Scrum Methodology. He has excellent troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills, and is a quick learner who adapts to new tools and technologies and evaluates their test applicability. He has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from VIT, completed in 2014. Karan has worked as a Quality Assurance Technical Lead at Nice Actimize and as a Senior Software Engineer QA at Fulcrum Worldwide in the past. He is a seasoned professional with a strong track record of defining Testing Methodologies, Designing Test Plans and Test Cases, Verifying and Validating Web-based applications, and writing documents.