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title: "Parag Agrawal - Software Developer in Test II in Hyderabad | Tal"
description: "Meet Parag Agrawal, SDET II | AI & Automation Testing | Playwright | API/Backend | Python | Java based in Hyderabad. AI stack includes claude code."
image: "https://tal.club/meet/parag-shivkumar-agrawal/share-image"
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# Parag Agrawal on Tal

## Headline

SDET II \| AI & Automation Testing \| Playwright \| API/Backend \| Python \| Java

## About

SDET / QA Automation Engineer with nearly 4 years of experience in automation testing, API testing, performance testing, and AI\-assisted QA workflows\. Experienced in building scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Java, TestNG, and Playwright, along with REST API validation and CI/CD integration using Azure DevOps\. Currently working on AI\-assisted testing systems involving agent\-driven validation workflows, Playwright\-based automation verification, and auto\-healing strategies for flaky test recovery\. Improved automation stability and increased pass rates from 60% to 80% for selected feature suites using intelligent recovery mechanisms\. Skilled in: • Selenium WebDriver • Playwright • REST API Testing • JMeter • CI/CD Pipelines • Java & JavaScript • AI\-assisted QA workflows • Automation framework development Interested in modern SDET roles focused on scalable automation, intelligent testing systems, Playwright automation, and quality engineering\.

## Location

Hyderabad

## AI stack

claude code

## Work experience

Software Developer in Test II at ThoughtSpot, Jan 2026 \- Present · 11 mos, Hyderabad, Software Developer in Test II • Developed and improved Playwright\-based automation workflows for enterprise analytics applications, focusing on regression coverage, automation reliability, and intelligent validation\. • Built AI\-assisted test validation and recovery workflows using Playwright and Claude\-based AI agents to identify and recover from locator failures, synchronization issues, and intermittent execution failures\. • Improved automated test pass rates from 60% to 80% across targeted feature suites through automated failure analysis, recovery strategies, and validation improvements\. • Developed automation workflows for UI and service\-layer validation with emphasis on scalable and maintainable test execution\. • Investigated flaky and failed automation runs using execution logs, failure patterns, and application behavior to identify root causes and improve test stability\. • Collaborated with development and DevOps teams to validate fixes, troubleshoot automation failures, and improve regression reliability\.

Analyst II Software Engineer at DXC Technology, Oct 2023 \- Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Banglore, Analyst II, Software Engineer • Designed and maintained automated test frameworks using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Page Object Model, covering 100\+ functional and regression scenarios across Dev, SIT, and UAT environments\. • Performed REST API testing using REST Assured and Postman, validating request/response payloads, status codes, schemas, error handling, and microservice integrations\. • Performed backend data validation across UI, API, and database\-driven workflows to verify end\-to\-end data consistency and business logic\. • Integrated automated test suites into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for automated build validation and quality gate enforcement\. • Reduced manual testing effort by 40% through automation and improved automation execution efficiency by 25% through framework and test\-suite optimization\. • Performed functional, regression, smoke, and UAT testing; investigated service\-layer and automation failures; and collaborated with development and DevOps teams to validate fixes\.

Associate Software Developer at DXC Technology, Jun 2022 \- Oct 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru

Web Developer at LitsBros Pvt Ltd, Dec 2021 \- May 2022 · 6 mos, Amravati, Maharashtra, India

Web Developer at PrimaThink Technologies Pvt\. Ltd\., Jul 2021 \- Sep 2021 · 3 mos, Amravati, Maharashtra, India

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Computer Science, G\.H\. Raisoni College of Engineering\(GHRCE\), Nagpur

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