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title: "Akhila gangadhari - Senior Quality Engineer in Greater Hyderabad Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Akhila gangadhari, Senior QA Automation Engineer | Playwright | Python | SDET | Automation Frameworks | API Testing | Selenium | Pytest | Jenkins | GitHub Actions | SQL | REST APIs | CI/CD | Agile based in Greater Hyderabad Area. AI stack includes claude code, codex, and cursor."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/akhila-gangadhari/share-image"
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# Akhila gangadhari on Tal

## Headline

Senior QA Automation Engineer \| Playwright \| Python \| SDET \| Automation Frameworks \| API Testing \| Selenium \| Pytest \| Jenkins \| GitHub Actions \| SQL \| REST APIs \| CI/CD \| Agile

## About

I don't just write tests — I build the systems that let engineering teams ship faster and sleep better at night\. With 4\+ years of hands\-on automation engineering at Ascendion, I've designed end\-to\-end test frameworks from the ground up using Playwright \(Python\), pytest, and Selenium — covering UI, API, database, and cross\-browser layers in a single, unified strategy\. Here's what that's looked like in practice: — Stabilised a flaky test suite to a 92% pass rate within two sprint cycles — Cut QA sign\-off time by 2 full days per release by replacing manual checklists with automated Allure pipelines — Caught 8 critical API bugs — including a silent HTTP 200 masking a failed payment — before they ever reached production — Reduced test duplication by 50% using reusable pytest fixtures and POM patterns I integrate deeply with CI/CD using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and I believe quality is a team sport — not a gate at the end of the sprint\. I actively collaborate with developers, DevOps, and product owners to shift quality left and bake it into every phase of the SDLC\. Currently exploring the frontier of AI\-augmented testing — using LLM tooling to accelerate test generation, edge\-case discovery, and smarter coverage decisions\. If you're building a team where quality is engineered, not bolted on — let's talk\.

## Location

Greater Hyderabad Area

## AI stack

claude code

codex

cursor

## Work experience

Senior Quality Engineer at Ascendion, Jan 2022 \- Present · 4 yrs 9 mos, Hyderabad

## Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computational Science, MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMENS

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