Vaibhav Pawar

About Vaibhav Pawar

Amazon leverages my expertise in manual and automated testing to ensure seamless performance across Alexa-enabled devices, including Echo Pop and Matter integrations. My contributions focus on testing Alexa’s audio and media applications, spanning platforms like Spotify, Audible, and Amazon Music, while maintaining quality on both Android and iOS devices. With a solid foundation in SDLC, STLC, and IoT, I collaborate with cross-functional teams to create test strategies, execute end-to-end testing, and manage defect triaging through tools like JIRA. My Mechanical Engineering degree complements my ability to optimize quality processes, supporting Amazon’s commitment to delivering high-performing, user-centric digital experiences.

Experience

1. Quality Assurance Tester

   Amazon

   Oct 2022 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Experienced Quality Assurance Tester with strong expertise in manual and automated testing, and a solid understanding of SDLC and STLC. Skilled in delivering end-to-end quality assurance across web and voice-based applications, with a strong focus on test planning, execution, defect management, and release validation.Actively contributed to creating and maintaining test strategies, test plans, and traceability matrices aligned with agile release schedules. Provided regular release readiness updates, including go/no-go decisions and risk assessments, ensuring high-quality deployments.Hands-on experience in defect triage, root cause analysis, and tracking using JIRA, driving timely resolutions and continuous quality improvements. Utilized Confluence, TestRail for test documentation, execution, and reporting. Monitored test metrics and dashboards to identify bottlenecks and improve testing efficiency.Collaborated closely with SDETs, developers, and cross-functional teams to identify automation opportunities and integrate them into regression pipelines. Played a key role in post-release retrospectives, analyzing customer feedback and beta insights to recommend product enhancements. Supported bug bash activities to uncover critical issues early in the development cycle.Defined and executed test cadences for agile sprints, reviewed and optimized test cases for functional, integration, and regression coverage, and closed test gaps by analyzing production defects and customer tickets. Also contributed to internal QA onboarding documentation and training guides.Key Projects & Launches:• Supported the successful launch of Smart Home (IoT) features on Amazon Echo Pop, ensuring seamless user experience.• Delivered QA sign-off for Matter protocol support on Amazon Echo devices.Technical Skills:Selenium, TestNG, Maven, REST API Testing, Postman, Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence, TestRail, SQL, Java, Git/GitLab, Agile & Scrum methodologies, Linux/Unix basics, AWS exposure.

Education

• Janata vidyalaya Saundane

  10th, Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering

• K.B.H.vidyalaya and jr. College, Malegaon Camp, Dist.Nashik

  12th, Science