Senior QA Automation Engineer / SDET TechMahindra
Designed and scaled end-to-end, multi-layer test automation suites using Playwright and RestAssured for core business transactions and microservices. Increased automated test coverage from 35% to 85%.
Integrated smoke and regression suites into Jenkins and GitLab CI deployment pipelines, reducing regression testing cycles by 60%, from 16 hours to under 4 hours. Led JMeter performance, stress, and load testing that improved high-traffic API response times by 30%.
Implemented shift-left security validation for OWASP Top 10 risks, session handling, and RBAC, reducing post-deployment security defects by 40%. Conducted WCAG accessibility validation and cross-browser testing, and facilitated UAT with international stakeholders to achieve a 98% first-pass acceptance rate.