---
title: "Madhu Bala - Software Test Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Madhu Bala, Automation Test Engineer | Selenium | TestNG | API Automation | SaaS & Android Testing | Product-Based QA | SDET Aspirant based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and deepmind."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/madhu-bala-2/share-image"
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# Madhu Bala on Tal

## Headline

Automation Test Engineer \| Selenium \| TestNG \| API Automation \| SaaS & Android Testing \| Product\-Based QA \| SDET Aspirant

## About

QA Analyst \| Automation Test Engineer \| SDET Selenium · REST Assured · Playwright · Maestro Studio · Java · Android · POS · Hardware QA I'm a hands\-on automation engineer who joined Warely Private Limited as the founding QA hire — and built the entire quality infrastructure from zero\. In 2\+ years, here's what I delivered: 85% reduction in deployment rollbacks — through structured regression and post\-deploy validation across Dev, Stage & Production 40 hours/week saved — by building a Selenium \+ TestNG automation framework \(Page Object Model, 200\+ test cases\) 90% test coverage increase — from defining test plans, traceability matrices, and QA processes from scratch REST Assured \(Java\) API automation — validating Orders, Products, Payments across all HTTP methods with JSON schema assertions Playwright \(Java\) cross\-browser automation — parallel execution on Chrome, Firefox & Edge Maestro Studio mobile automation — 40\+ Android journey flows, nightly automated regression Automated hardware integration tests validating API\-to\-device communication for POS printers, cash drawers, barcode scanners, and payment terminals — covering success flows, failure handling, and recovery scenarios Tech I work with daily: Selenium WebDriver · TestNG · REST Assured · Playwright · Maestro Studio · Postman · Katalon Studio · Java · MySQL · JIRA · Android · POS Systems · Kiosk 📌 I'm open to opportunities in: QA Analyst \| Automation Test Engineer \| SDET \| QA \| Test Automation Engineer

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

deepmind

deepseek

gemini

github copilot

## Work experience

Software Test Engineer at Warely, Mar 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Singapore, First QA hire, handled \~90% of QA ownership during initial six months Selenium automation using Java and TestNG REST API testing & automation using Katalon and Postman and playwrite With Javascript \(UI autoamtion \+Api automation \) Android and SaaS product testing Weekly deployments, build validation & regression testing Backend validation using MySQL Worked with a 3\-member QA team Defect tracking using CRM/JIRA tools

Full\-time parenting at Career Break, Mar 2024 \- Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

Quality Analyst at Novastrid, Mar 2022 \- Apr 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, During my time at Novastrid IT Venture as a Quality Analyst, I was responsible for managing the day\-to\-day activities of the onshore and offshore QA team\. My key responsibilities included analyzing and monitoring product performance, creating and checking live meetings, developing and implementing test plans for product defects, reviewing and approving results, tracking test metrics, and maintaining documentation\. I also have experience in creating test scripts, test cases, and test data, as well as testing on different platforms and environments\. One of my significant achievements during this role was improving the efficiency of the QA process, resulting in a higher quality of products being delivered to clients\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE\(cse\), NPRCET

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