Channakeshava Puttaswamy
Channakeshava Puttaswamy

Senior Test Automation Engineer / SDET

Actively looking · Member since 6 Sep 2026
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Location
Mysore, India
Desired salary
65–75 USD/yearly
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Part Time, Contract
Experience level
Senior

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I am a Senior Test Automation Engineer and SDET with more than eight years of experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale quality engineering solutions. My background spans web, API, cloud, backend, and AI-driven platforms across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, identity, telecommunications, and engineering domains.

I specialize in building robust automation frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Cypress, TestCafe, Selenium, and UFT. I have architected frameworks from scratch, increased automation coverage to more than 90%, and modernized legacy suites to significantly reduce regression execution time and manual testing effort.

I bring strong experience in end-to-end testing, API automation, contract testing, authentication validation, database and backend validation, and cross-browser testing. I work closely with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders to embed quality practices throughout Agile delivery cycles.

I integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and CircleCI, with experience across Docker and major cloud platforms. My approach emphasizes reusable components, parallel execution, risk-based testing, release readiness, defect prevention, and continuous quality improvement.

I also work in AI quality engineering and AI-assisted automation, using tools such as Amazon Q, Gemini, Claude Code, Playwright MCP, and AI test agents. I have led automation standards, mentored QA engineers, performed code reviews, and supported international stakeholders during onsite engagements in the United Kingdom.

I am an immediate joiner and fully remote-ready, with flexibility to collaborate effectively across global time zones. I am seeking senior or lead-level test automation and SDET opportunities where I can contribute automation architecture, AI-driven quality practices, and delivery leadership.

Notice period: Immediate

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Lead Automation QA (SDET) TestingXperts Pvt Ltd

Architected a Playwright-BDD automation framework from scratch for Navitus and KFC, achieving more than 90% automation coverage across UI, REST APIs, backend databases, and cloud applications.

Introduced AI-assisted automation workflows with Gemini, Amazon Q, and Playwright MCP for dynamic test-data generation and test asset creation. Defined automation standards, test strategies, and release-readiness criteria.

Integrated distributed parallel automated testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, reducing regression execution time by 70%. Performed functional, integration, regression, smoke, and UAT testing, including token-based authentication and authorization validation.

Collaborated with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders through sprint planning and defect triage to identify issues early and improve release quality.

Principal Consultant Kudzu Infotech Pvt Ltd

Engineered scalable UI and API automation using TestCafe and the Page Object Model for Caterpillar and Deloitte engagements.

Modernized legacy automation frameworks using Playwright and Cypress, increasing automation coverage to 85-95%. Standardized CI/CD validation through Azure DevOps and CircleCI.

Led end-to-end testing, release validation, and Agile quality engineering practices embedded within sprint cycles. Improved the maintainability of automation frameworks across enterprise applications.

Senior Automation QA NLB Services Pvt Ltd

Executed manual and automated testing across enterprise platforms for Ninety One and Publicis Sapient.

Performed exploratory, regression, integration, and backend validation testing. Identified defects early to reduce production issues.

Managed defect tracking and quality reporting using Jira and Zephyr.

Lead Engineer QA Sreesaila Network Pvt Ltd

Engineered scalable UI automation using TestCafe for Linux Foundation client engagements.

Built REST API automation using REST Assured and Postman. Collaborated with development teams throughout the software development lifecycle to support quality delivery.

Lead Engineer Testing Technoforte Pvt Ltd

Architected enterprise API automation frameworks for MOSIP identity-domain initiatives.

Integrated automated testing into Jenkins CI pipelines and supported testing for a large-scale national identity platform.

Test Engineer / Specialist Hewlett-Packard Enterprise

Progressed from manual testing into automation framework development across insurance, communications, banking, retail, industrial engineering, and plant-designing systems.

Engineered reusable Selenium and UFT automation frameworks and automated enterprise regression suites for clients including Vodafone, AVEVA, and the Commonwealth of Australia.

Collaborated with United Kingdom stakeholders during onsite engagements, supporting Agile and waterfall delivery models. Drove release planning, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and mentorship of junior QA engineers.

Received the Committed to Quality Award for excellence in automation architecture, framework engineering, and quality delivery.

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