Automation Test Lead (Playwright, Selenium, Appium)

VISWANATH M

Automation Test Lead Playwright Selenium

Appium AI-Assisted Testing

Phone: 908*******

Email: *************@*****.***

Location: Chennai, India

Professional Summary

QA Professional with 10+ years of experience in Manual Testing, Web Application Testing, Mobile Testing, API Testing, and Test Automation. Experienced in Healthcare, Banking, CRM, ERP, and Enterprise Applications. Hands-on experience with Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, Postman, SQL, Git, CI/CD pipelines, Agile methodologies, and AI-assisted software testing. Skilled in designing scalable automation frameworks, executing regression suites, integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, and leveraging GitHub Copilot, LLMs, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and AI tools to improve productivity and test coverage. Technical Skills

• Test Automation: Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium WebDriver, Appium

• Programming: TypeScript, Java

• API Testing: Postman, REST API Validation

• Test Management: JIRA, Agile Scrum

• Database Testing: SQL Server, SQL Queries

• Version Control: Git, GitHub

• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps (Exposure)

• AI Tools: GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, LLM-assisted Test Design, MCP-enabled workflows

• Frameworks: POM, Data-Driven, BDD (Cucumber)

• Testing Types: Functional, Regression, Integration, System, UAT, Cross-Browser, Mobile Testing Professional Experience

Senior Lead Tester – Ascent softwares (Oct 2024 – Present) Project: Billing Monitoring System (CRM & ERP)

• Designed and executed manual and automated test scenarios for CRM and ERP workflows.

• Developed Playwright automation scripts using TypeScript for regression and smoke testing.

• Automated end-to-end user journeys including billing, reporting, and customer workflows.

• Used Playwright locators, fixtures, assertions, screenshots, and trace viewer for debugging.

• Integrated automated test execution with Git-based repositories and CI/CD pipelines.

• Performed API testing using Postman and backend validation using SQL queries.

• Leveraged GitHub Copilot and LLM tools to accelerate script creation, test case generation, and troubleshooting.

• Utilized MCP-based AI workflows to interact with applications and improve test productivity.

• Participated in sprint planning, daily standups, defect triage, and release validation. Associate – Cognizant (May 2021 – Sept 2024)

Project: AmeriHealth Caritas Mobile Application (Healthcare)

• Performed Android and iOS application testing across multiple devices.

• Designed and executed functional, regression, integration, and cross-platform test cases.

• Supported mobile automation using Appium.

• Logged and tracked defects using JIRA.

• Coordinated with business analysts, developers, and product teams.

• Generated test execution reports and release quality metrics. Senior Test Engineer – Nihira Business Solutions (Aug 2018 – May 2021)

• Performed manual testing for enterprise web applications.

• Conducted functional, regression, integration, and cross-browser testing.

• Supported Selenium automation initiatives and maintenance activities.

• Executed backend validation using SQL queries.

• Participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies and defect management activities. Senior Graphic Designer – SPS Global Solutions (Nov 2016 – Jun 2018)

• Designed digital and print assets and collaborated with technical teams.

• Supported UI design and usability validation activities. Key Automation & AI Contributions

• Built Playwright automation suites using TypeScript.

• Automated smoke, sanity, regression, and end-to-end workflows.

• Implemented Page Object Model (POM) design patterns.

• Maintained source code through Git and GitHub workflows.

• Supported Jenkins/GitHub Actions based automated execution pipelines.

• Used GitHub Copilot and LLMs for automation code generation, locator creation, and debugging.

• Applied MCP-enabled AI workflows to interact with applications and improve testing efficiency. Education

Bachelor of Engineering – Anand Institute of Higher Technology (2016) 12th- Sri Sankara matriculation higher secondary school (2012) 10th- Sri Sankara matriculation higher secondary school (2010) Personal Details

Languages: English, Tamil

Preferred Locations: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Pune

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