Headline

Senior QA Engineer / SDET | Playwright, Selenium & Cypress | API Automation | UI Automation | Performance Testing | Agentic AI, DeepEval & RAGAS | Javascript, Python, Java, C# and TypeScript

About

Senior Automation Engineer and SDET with over 8 years of experience designing, scaling, and architecting robust test automation frameworks across diverse technology stacks. Specialized in building enterprise-level end-to-end testing solutions from scratch, maximizing test coverage, and slashing regression cycle times through optimized CI/CD pipelines. ​Forward-thinking engineer leveraging cutting-edge Agentic AI solutions within daily regression suites to enable dynamic test generation and intelligent automation. ​Core Technical Expertise: ​Languages: Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C# ​UI & E2E Automation: Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Squish GUI ​API & Performance Testing: Artillery, SoapUI, REST API Validation ​DevOps & Cloud: Azure Pipelines, CI/CD Setup, Azure Blob Storage ​Frameworks: PyTest, Mocha, Cucumber, TestNG, NUnit

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior QA Engineer at IQVIA, Sep 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at IQVIA, Sep 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo, Pioneered and integrated Agentic AI solutions within Azure Pipelines to enable dynamic test generation, significantly expanding daily regression coverage and reducing script maintenance overhead. Architected and scaled a cross-functional automation framework using Playwright, establishing unified UI, API, and database-level verification protocols across multiple engineering teams. Set up end-to-end CI/CD pipelines in Azure for automated daily regression runs, maintaining legacy C#/NUnit and Selenium setups while introducing Artillery for critical API load testing Developed an optimized data extraction script to retrieve large JSON parameters from Azure Blob Storage, streamlining third-party tool integrations and simplifying cross-project test execution.

Senior Test Engineer at Mindtree, Mar 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos, Chennai, Designed and deployed scalable automated testing frameworks utilizing Playwright and Cypress, embedding them into Azure Pipelines for automated nightly regression suites. Formulated, authored, and executed the comprehensive test strategy and master test plan across high-priority projects, leading cross-functional reviews of technical requirements and design specs. Established and enforced standardized testing processes, defect management protocols, and quality metrics reporting to streamline agile delivery and unify manual and automated testing streams.

Test Engineer at Indium, Sep 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Senior Test Engineer at Indium, Mar 2018 - Mar 2021 · 3 yrs 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Key Result Areas: ●​ Implemented Core Testing Framework Design with different languages ●​ Wrote Test Script to validate Application and System Performance ●​ Administered requirements gathering, collation of project functional and technical requirements ●​ Followed up with clients throughout the project lifecycle to ensure full understanding of needs and concerns; attended the conference calls and participated in daily meetings.

Test Associate at Indium, Mar 2018 - Aug 2018 · 6 mos, Chennai Area, India

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bharathidasan Engineering College

Public links

github: https://github.com/zakir9622