Karan Sabharwal

About Karan Sabharwal

Results-driven QA Test Engineer Professional with expertise in manual and automation testing, ensuring high-quality software delivery within Agile and DevOps environments. Skilled in test planning, execution, automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, and defect management. Proficient in leading-edge testing methodologies, tools, and scripting, with a strong focus on optimizing testing efficiency and coverage. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive software quality.

Experience

1. Associate Test Engineer

   Cognizant

   Apr 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Designedandexecuted200+functionalandUItestcases,reporting 50+ reproducible defects via JIRA with 90% pre-release closure, ensuring 100% coverage of business-critical modules. ConductedFunctional,Integration,System,andUATTestingfor customer-facing retail applications and internal enterprise tools.OptimizedandrefactoredamodularSeleniumautomation framework using Java, TestNG, and Page Object Model (POM) to automate 80+ UI regression and smoke test cases, reducing manual effort by 60%.ParticipatedinAgileceremonies(DailyStand-ups,SprintPlanning, Backlog Grooming, Retrospectives) across 20+ sprints, ensuring QA alignment with sprint goals.GainedexposureinPlaywrightUIautomationandcollaboratedwith Senior QA Engineers to design and implement 10+ end-to-end test scripts using the Playwright framework with JavaScript, validating critical workflows across Chrome, Firefox.

Education

• PSIT Kanpur (Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology)

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering