Quality Assurance Engineer - Playwright & API Testing

NIVEDHA KRISHNAN

Quality Assurance Engineer Playwright TypeScript JavaScript Selenium API Testing **************@*****.*** +91-984**-***** linkedin.com/in/nivedha-krishnan-1989a1435 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Quality Assurance Engineer with 3.8 years of experience in Agile/Scrum teams testing enterprise healthcare web applications. Specialized in Playwright test automation with TypeScript and JavaScript, backed by strong manual testing and Selenium (Java) skills. Experienced in designing Page Object Model (POM) frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, API testing, regression strategy, and defect life cycle management. Collaborates with developers, product owners and business analysts to deliver reliable, release-ready software. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Built and maintained a Playwright + TypeScript automation framework using POM, executed in parallel across 3 browser engines (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit).

• Integrated automated regression into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with Allure reporting, enabling continuous quality feedback on every build.

• Maintained 100% requirement coverage through a Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) for complex healthcare claims and billing modules.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), Java, Async/Await, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Test Automation: Playwright Test Runner, Page Object Model (POM), Custom Fixtures, Auto-waiting, Visual Comparisons, Trace Viewer, Parallel Execution, Cross-Browser Automation, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Data-Driven Testing, Test Data Management, Regression Automation Manual Testing: Test Plan & Strategy, Test Case Design, Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Functional, Integration, System, Smoke, Sanity, Regression, Exploratory, Ad-hoc, Usability, UAT Support, Positive & Negative Testing, Boundary Value Analysis (BVA), Equivalence Partitioning (EP) API Testing: Postman, REST API Validation, JSON/XML Payload Verification, HTTP Status Codes, Playwright APIRequestContext

CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Git, GitHub, CI/CD Pipelines, Quality Gates, Automated Regression Triggers Tools & Reporting: JIRA with Zephyr Scale, BrowserStack (Cross-Browser & Real Device Cloud), Allure Reports, VS Code

AI for QA: GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Prompt Engineering for QA Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SDLC, STLC, Shift-Left Testing, Risk-Based Testing, Defect Life Cycle Management, Root Cause Analysis, Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Release Readiness PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Icons Web Tech Pvt. Ltd. Dec 2022 – Present

Quality Assurance Engineer Bangalore, India

Project 1: Healthcare Patient Management & E-Prescription Portal – EncompassHealth (Playwright & Manual) Domain: Healthcare Tech Stack: Playwright, TypeScript, JavaScript, GitHub Copilot, POM, Postman, JIRA Zephyr, Jenkins, Allure

• Architected and maintained a scalable, modular end-to-end test automation framework using Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript and the Page Object Model, following reusable-component and clean-code practices.

• Automated critical patient management and e-prescription workflows across end-to-end, regression, smoke and sanity suites using dynamic assertions, CSS/XPath locators, custom fixtures and isolated browser contexts.

• Implemented parallel test execution across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit with mobile and tablet viewport emulation, reducing regression cycle time and increasing cross-browser coverage.

• Improved suite stability with auto-waiting, resilient locator strategies and retry handling, reducing flaky tests and false failures.

• Used Trace Viewer, video recording, network logs and visual snapshot testing for root cause analysis and faster defect triage.

• Integrated automation into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines as quality gates, triggering regression on builds and publishing execution reports through Allure.

• Performed REST API testing with Postman and Playwright APIRequestContext, validating endpoints, HTTP status codes, schemas and JSON payloads for healthcare backend services.

• Applied data-driven testing and test data management to cover positive, negative and edge-case scenarios across patient records and prescription flows.

• Used GitHub Copilot to accelerate script authoring, optimize async/await structures, refine dynamic locators and generate edge-case scenarios.

• Managed test execution and the full defect life cycle in JIRA with Zephyr; took part in sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming and retrospectives with developers, product owners and BAs, and supported release sign-off.

Project 2: Clinical Billing & Claims Processing Module – EncompassHealth (Manual & Selenium) Domain: Healthcare Tech Stack: Manual Testing, JIRA Zephyr, BrowserStack, RTM, Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, Postman

• Analyzed Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and user stories to design Test Plans, Test Scenarios and Test Cases in JIRA Zephyr, applying BVA and Equivalence Partitioning.

• Maintained a Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to ensure 100% requirement coverage across complex insurance claims, billing and adjudication workflows.

• Executed functional, integration, system, usability, regression, smoke, sanity, exploratory and UAT-support testing following STLC best practices and risk-based test prioritization.

• Ran cross-browser and cross-device testing on BrowserStack across desktop, mobile browsers and real devices to ensure a consistent user experience.

• Built and maintained automated regression scripts with Selenium WebDriver, Java and TestNG using a data-driven framework, reducing repetitive manual effort in release cycles.

• Validated backend services and claim data flows using API testing with Postman, including request/response, status code and JSON/XML payload checks.

• Used Generative AI prompts to generate edge-case scenarios, boundary value tests and synthetic test data for complex claims workflows.

• Logged and tracked defects in JIRA with severity, priority, reproduction steps, screenshots and logs; led bug triage and root cause analysis with developers to speed up resolution.

• Performed regression and smoke verification on each build, contributed to release readiness reports, and collaborated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies with cross-functional teams. EDUCATION

M.Sc. Information Technology 2017 – 2019

St. Joseph's College of Arts and Science — Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu

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