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SDET (QA Automation) | Python, Playwright, Pytest | Building Reliable Automation Frameworks | Exploring AI-Assisted Testing

About

Aspiring QA Automation Engineer (SDET) with hands-on experience building automation frameworks using Python, Playwright, and Pytest. I focus on creating reliable and scalable test systems by implementing: • Page Object Model (POM) architecture • Explicit waits and robust locators • Reusable fixtures and modular test design • End-to-end UI test automation for real user workflows Projects: • QA Automation Framework – Built a Playwright-based framework with Pytest, covering search flows, navigation, and result validation with stability improvements. • CourseHub – Full stack Java application for managing courses and user workflows. • BiblioManager – Flask-based web application for library management with CRUD operations and structured backend design. I use Git and GitHub for version control and maintain clean, structured repositories. Currently learning: • Advanced automation practices • API testing • AI-assisted testing approaches Also practicing Data Structures & Algorithms to improve problem-solving and code quality. Looking for: Entry-level QA Automation / SDET roles and freelance opportunities in test automation. Portfolio: https://portfolio-zeta-coral-20.vercel.app

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

Work experience

SDET - API Testing & Backend Validation at NyayaSetu AI, Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Designed and validated backend API workflows for a FastAPI-based legal information platform covering IPC-to-BNS section mapping retrieval and keyword search scenarios. - Implemented 20+ deterministic validation scenarios covering API response consistency, relational mapping integrity, duplicate detection, contradiction detection, and missing mapping identification. - Built reusable Python validation utilities with stable error tokens — enabling precise failure diagnosis without ambiguous output. - Engineered GitHub Actions CI pipeline with automated structure validation, data integrity checks, Pytest execution, and JUnit test report generation on every push. - Created debugging exercise framework with intentionally buggy logic and fixed implementations — practicing root-cause analysis, failure triage, and regression verification. - Achieved zero flaky test behavior: same input → same output → every time. Stack: Python · FastAPI · Pytest · GitHub Actions · Git · JSON GitHub: github.com/renu5422/ipc-bns-transition-platform

QA Automation Engineer - Playwright & Python at Playwright QA Framework, Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Architected a Playwright + Pytest end-to-end automation framework using Page Object Model, separating locator logic from test logic across modular page classes. - Automated 15+ real-world scenarios covering search, navigation, and result validation with explicit waits and resilient CSS/XPath locators for stable execution. - Diagnosed and resolved live bot-detection failures by analyzing HTTP headers, request timing, and browser fingerprint signals — restored test stability without environment mocking. - Structured test suite with reusable fixtures and modular design enabling independent and parallel-ready test execution. Stack: Python · Playwright · Pytest · Page Object Model · Git · GitHub

QA Automation Engineer (Project Experience) at Self Project (QA Automation), Sep 2025 - Jun 2026 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, • Developed automated test cases using Python and Playwright • Automated real-world scenarios including search, navigation, and result validation • Implemented explicit waits, locators, and assertions for stable execution • Used pytest for test execution and reusable fixtures • Structured automation tests with modular approach (moving towards POM) • Solved real-world automation issues like bot detection and improved test reliability • Practicing Data Structures alongside automation for problem-solving skills • Managed version control using Git and GitHub • Built a working automation test suite with multiple test cases and passing execution

QA Automation Engineer - Java & Selenium at Java Selenium Framework, Dec 2025 - Apr 2026 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Built a reusable Java automation framework from scratch using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Maven with Page Object Model architecture for maintainability and zero test-locator duplication. - Automated smoke and functional test scenarios with stable assertion patterns and explicit synchronization handling to eliminate timing-based flakiness. - Structured framework with Maven dependency management and version-controlled via Git + GitHub. - Implemented POM design pattern separating locator logic from test logic across modular page classes. Stack: Java · Selenium WebDriver · TestNG · Maven · POM · Git · GitHub

QA Engineer - Functional & Firebase Testing at CourseHub, Mar 2025 - Sep 2025 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Executed functional testing for an AI-enhanced learning platform built on Firebase — covering end-to-end user journeys across authentication, enrollment, course management, and role-based access workflows. - Validated Firebase Authentication flows and Firestore-backed data consistency across multiple concurrent user scenarios — catching data propagation edge cases. - Tested AI-assisted content generation features for correctness, stability, and consistent output under varied input conditions. - Verified role-based access control boundaries between student and admin permissions across all platform features. Stack: Firebase · Firestore · Python · Functional Testing · Git GitHub: github.com/renu5422/CourseHub

Education

Master of Computer Applications, Computer Science, Seshadripuram Institute of Management Studies

Bachelor's of Computer Application, Computer Science, bms college for women