Minal Patil

Gathered and documented business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for new feature sets. Collaborated with Product, Development, and QA teams to resolve blockers and align on deliverables. Led sprint planning, grooming sessions, and retrospectives as a key agile team member, automating workflows to improve task visibility and reduce delivery bottlenecks by 40%.

Led manual testing for auction and curation features in web and mobile applications, designing comprehensive test scenarios for bidding workflows, cart logic, and payment processes. Utilized Postman for validating REST APIs and PuTTY for server-side log checks to resolve order-related issues.

Documented business process flows and proposed system enhancements, facilitating stakeholder meetings to define MVP and break down epics into stories. Collaborated with the UI/UX team to translate requirements into wireframes. Monitored and resolved blockers during sprints, enabling timely delivery.

Defined functional and non-functional requirements, managing backlog and sprint scope for an AI-driven risk management and insurance workflow automation project. Conducted gap analysis and workflow redesigns to enhance lender-consumer engagement. Led UAT and coordinated between QA and business users for acceptance sign-off, improving loan process automation and reducing approval turnaround by 15%.

Created test plans and executed localization testing for multi-language casino applications, ensuring currency and payout validation across regional platforms. Supported the Business Analyst team with requirement traceability and documentation efforts.

Coordinated with product owners and stakeholders to validate route optimization features for an employee transport and route management system. Created and maintained requirement traceability matrix and test scenarios, supporting cost analysis and providing QA metrics to improve release cycles.

Created and executed test cases for functional and regression cycles, validating loan eligibility APIs using Postman. Queried SQL databases to verify user transactions, loan offers, and interest calculations, ensuring data integrity.

Conducted UAT, API, and database testing for AI-driven claim automation workflows, writing and executing test cases aligned with business logic. Led data migration testing from legacy insurance platforms, validating data integrity post-migration using SQL and backend comparisons.

Performed manual testing of mobile and browser-based casino games for international markets, executing cross-browser and multi-device testing. Validated localization, regulatory compliance, and currency handling across various geographies.

Coordinated with product owners and stakeholders to validate route optimization features, creating and maintaining requirement traceability matrices and test scenarios. Supported cost analysis and provided QA metrics to improve release cycles.

Completed a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology. The curriculum focused on various aspects of IT, preparing for a career in the technology sector.