About

Prasad Shirwadkar is a highly skilled SDET-2 at Fynd, with over 4 years of relevant experience in designing and implementing automated test frameworks, managing QA activities, and optimizing the delivery process. He is a Test Framework Architect who has helped enterprises ship out excellent quality software by ensuring end-to-end functionalities of applications are validated. At Fynd, Prasad has set up test infrastructure and QA process, resource planning and estimation, test management tools, and automation architecture to optimize the delivery process. He has designed and implemented a data-driven UI test automation framework using Selenium and TestNG, which validates end-to-end scenarios of the product, ensuring 90% test coverage. He has also deployed Selenium Grid on Kubernetes Engine and set up auto-scaling using KEDA to facilitate parallel cross-browser testing. Prasad has configured Jenkins on the cloud to trigger periodic builds and send results to ReportPortal. He has also configured Slack notifications using webhooks to send report summary and links to concerned stakeholders. He has led QA activities from test planning to production sign-off for multiple features. Prasad's past experience includes working as an Analyst at Deloitte and a Test Engineering Analyst at Accenture, where he designed and implemented modular automation frameworks using Selenium and TestNG, conducted regular client walkthroughs, and delivered business functionality knowledge transfer to junior members of the team. Prasad holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics from the University of Mumbai and completed his HSC in Science from Parle Tilak Vidyalaya Associations Sathaye College. He is proficient in a wide range of technologies, including test, SDET, software engineering, QA, Selenium, AWS, SQL, Kubernetes, Jenkins, UI, infra, senior software engineering, and backend. Prasad's expertise in designing and implementing automated test frameworks and managing QA activities in all phases of STLC and SDLC makes him a valuable asset to any organization.