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title: "ARAVIND KUMAR - Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet ARAVIND KUMAR, Senior SDET | Test Automation Architect | Playwright & TypeScript | AI-Driven QA | UI, API & CI/CD Automation | Enterprise SaaS | Technical Mentor | 10+ Years based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and gemini."
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# ARAVIND KUMAR on Tal

## Headline

Senior SDET \| Test Automation Architect \| Playwright & TypeScript \| AI\-Driven QA \| UI, API & CI/CD Automation \| Enterprise SaaS \| Technical Mentor \| 10\+ Years

## About

Software Quality Analyst with 9\+ years of experience in Data and Software Quality domain ensuring data provided for internal and external reporting, insight\-driven decision making is of high quality, well defined and trustworthy\. Skilled in Software Development Life Cycle \(SDLC\), SQL, Java, Postman, Jmeter/Balazemeter, Power BI, Manual and Automation Testing \- Playwrite Typescript\. AI \- Claude

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

gemini

github copilot

openai

## Work experience

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Taylor & Francis Group, Nov 2021 \- Present · 5 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Quality Engineer at Taylor & Francis Group, Nov 2021 \- Present · 5 yrs, Bengaluru, With 9\+ years in Quality Engineering, I specialize in designing scalable Test Automation Frameworks, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and driving AI\-powered testing strategies that actually move the needle\. Currently at Taylor & Francis, I've: \* Reduced regression cycle time by 60% using Playwright automation \* Cut release cycles from 5 days to 2 days via GitHub Actions CI/CD \* Achieved 70\.80% automation coverage across critical IAM workflows \* Mentored 4–6 QA engineers on automation best practices I work across Playwright, Selenium, Cucumber \(BDD\), Postman, JMeter, and Power BI — and actively leverage Claude AI to accelerate test script generation\. Beyond tools and frameworks, I care deeply about quality culture — building teams that think in systems, not just test cases\. \-> Open to Senior/Lead QA roles \| Let's connect\!

Software QA Engineer at Verifone, May 2016 \- Dec 2023 · 7 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Anna University Chennai

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