Hard Skills

• Test automation frameworks
• Regression testing
• Functional testing
• Integration testing
• End-to-end testing
• API test automation
• UI test automation
• Cross-browser testing
• Smoke and sanity testing
• Test case design
• Test data management
• Defect tracking and reporting
• Continuous testing
• Performance and load testing
• Test environment setup

Technical Proficiencies

• Selenium WebDriver
• Cypress
• Playwright
• Appium
• Postman
• REST Assured
• JUnit
• TestNG
• Cucumber / BDD
• Java
• C#
• Python
• JavaScript / TypeScript
• Git / GitHub / GitLab
• Jenkins
• Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions
• Maven / Gradle
• JIRA
• ALM / Quality Center
• Docker
• Kubernetes (for test environments)
• SQL
• CI/CD pipelines

Soft Skills

• Analytical thinking
• Problem solving
• Attention to detail
• Collaboration with developers
• Cross-functional communication
• Requirements analysis
• Time management
• Agile mindset
• Ownership and accountability
• Continuous improvement

Industry & Methodology Keywords

• Agile testing
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Shift-left testing
• Test-driven development (TDD)
• Behavior-driven development (BDD)
• Quality assurance (QA)
• Software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Risk-based testing
• Test strategy and planning

Industry Certifications

• ISTQB Certified Tester
• ISTQB Test Automation Engineer
• Certified Software Tester (CSTE)
• Certified Agile Tester
• Scrum Master certification

Action Verbs

• Automated
• Designed
• Developed
• Implemented
• Optimized
• Maintained
• Executed
• Validated
• Integrated
• Refactored
• Monitored
• Documented
• Collaborated
• Troubleshot
• Improved