# Krupa S.

> Staff Quality Engineer @ Albertsons Companies

Location: Pleasanton, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/krupa

I’m a Staff Quality Engineer with extensive experience in quality assurance, test automation, and cross-functional collaboration. I have a proven track record of building and leading high-performing QA teams and delivering robust automation strategies across iOS, Android, Web, and API platforms.

Technical Expertise:
Automation Frameworks: WebDriverIO, Appium, PyTest
Programming Languages: JavaScript / TypeScript, Python
API Testing & Network Inspection: Postman, Charles Proxy, Swagger
Cloud Device Testing: Sauce Labs, Headspin, Lambda
Performance Monitoring: Grafana
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Version Control & Collaboration: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence
Azure sql 

Core Skills:
Designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks
Mobile and web automation using WebDriverIO with Axios for API assertions(Web, IOS, Android), Appium(IOS and Android apps), Selenium(web)
API testing and assertions using Postman, Requests (Python), Axios (JS)
Continuous integration and delivery with Jenkins/GitHub Actions
Performance monitoring and dashboards with Grafana

Domain Expertise:
I’ve successfully managed complex projects with onshore and offshore teams, ensuring seamless communication, timely delivery, and exceptional quality outcomes.
Beyond my technical expertise, I bring hands-on experience in e-commerce operations, supporting both customer-facing workflows and backend Order Management System (OMS) processes. This includes grocery and merchandise services and pharmacy testing—strengthening my ability to optimize retail workflows, improve system efficiency, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Passion & Vision:
I’m passionate about delivering high-quality projects through advanced automation frameworks and AI-driven testing solutions. My focus is on creating scalable, intelligent test strategies that accelerate release cycles while maintaining exceptional product quality.
I thrive on exploring emerging technologies in automation and AI to optimize testing efficiency, reduce manual effort, and ensure seamless user experiences.
Beyond technical execution, I believe in fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement—mentoring teams, driving innovation, and collaborating closely with product and engineering stakeholders to align testing with business goals.
My mission is to transform QA from a checkpoint into a strategic enabler of success.

## Work Experience
### Staff Quality Engineer @ Albertsons Companies
Jan 2021 – Present | Pleasanton, California, United States
Leading and delivering OMS features by doing functional level and E2E testing, automating regression, building the automation frameworks from scratch as per the project requirements,  building a strong automation team, unblocking the team on time for any testing or automation queries by providing required inputs.

### Automation Engineer @ Albertsons Companies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Pleasanton, California, United States
Worked as an automation Engineer for web application, built the framework from scratch that meets project requirements with CICD set up.

### Automation Engineer @ HeadSpin
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Palo Alto, CA
Worked as a Software Automation Engineer, as part of my roles and responsibilities automated around 40 plus various mobile applications basic flows for both IOS and Android applications using various frame works based on customer requirements, along with the automation supporting the customer for any automation related issues with the headspin devices by troubleshooting the problems onsite.

### QE Automation Engineer @ Walmart Labs
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Sunnyvale, CA
Functional testing, API testing and automation, Mobile apps functional testing and automation using WebdriverIO framework, Web app functional testing, UI and automation, Casandra DB, PNA system end to end testing along with developers, Test management tools like TestRail, bug reporting tool Jira, cloud services sauce labs to run mobile automation scripts on various devices, Mountebank services etc.,

### Web Developer @ Workerbee Technologies, Inc.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Foster city, CA

### Quality Engineer @ Merck Millipore
Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 | Bangalore, India
Testing individual switch gears, various K prim systems and customized systems for quality assurance

### Design Engineer @ Concept Hydro Pneumatic Private Limited, Bangalore.
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Bangalore India
Designing control panels layouts using auto-cad and programming using PLC and SCADA as per the customer requirements

### Associate Test Engineer @ Central Power Research Institute (Cpri), Bangalore, Karnataka
Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 | Bangalore, India
Involving in testing of all types transformers, power panels, switch gears etc.,


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Jan 2005 – Jan 2009

### Postgraduate Degree
University of the Cumberlands
Jan 2019

### Data Analysis
Calbright College
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/krupashiva

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Last updated: 2026-03-23