Software Test Engineer - Playwright Automation

Gangarajula Laxmi

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gangarajula-laxmi-8020531b0 Professional Summary

● 5 years of industry experience in the area of Software Testing (Manual and Automation) with solid understanding of Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution and Defect Reporting & Tracking.

● Skilled in automation testing tools, Selenium WebDriver, Robot Framework, Pytest, Playwright and Python.

● Hands on experience of Playwright Test framework using JavaScript, including fixtures, hooks, annotations, data- driven testing, authentication handling and HTML/Allure reporting.

● Developed and maintained Test cases, Test plans, and Test scripts, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and adherence to quality standards.

● Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers and business analysts, to understand requirements, identify test scenarios, and resolve defects.

● Experience in Smoke, Sanity, Functional, End-to-End Application, Regression, Ad hoc and UI testings to validate the functionality and performance of web applications.

● Monitoring Jenkins jobs to check test failures and stability of the tests.

● Tracked and updated the status of assigned tasks using Jira and VSO.

● Identifying defects and their analysis, and maintaining their life cycle.

● Have a good knowledge of OS like Windows, Mac.

● Worked closely with the QA team to define and improve test processes, strategies, and best practices.

● Participated in daily stand-up meetings and provided regular status updates to the team regarding test progress and any roadblocks.

Work Experience

• Worked as an Automation Engineer Senior Analyst in Evernorth Health Services, Hyderabad from June 2026 to Oct 2026

• Worked as a Sr. Software Test Engineer in Wipro Technologies, Hyderabad from Nov 2021 to May 2026 Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript

• Automation Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Robot Framework, Pytest Framework, Playwright

• Testing Expertise: Manual Testing, Automation Testing, Regression Testing, UI/Application Testing, Exploratory/Ad hoc Testing

• Defect Tracking and Test Management Tools: Visual Studio online (VSO), Jira, Confluence, Zephyr

• CI/CD and Version Control: Gerrit, Git, Jenkins

• Operating Systems: Windows, macOS

Professional Project Experience

Project#1 Fee For Service Arts (FFS)

Client: Evernorth Health Services

Role: Automation Engineer Senior Analyst

Tools: Playwright, Python

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Worked on member portal and eligibility-related functionality, supporting the validation of member-facing workflows and healthcare benefit information. Responsible for developing and maintaining automated test solutions to improve application quality, test coverage, and regression efficiency.

● Designed, developed, and maintained automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Python for web application testing.

● Automated functional and regression test scenarios for member portal workflows and eligibility-related functionality.

● Developed and executed Playwright scripts to automate and validate web application workflows.

● Contributed to test planning, defect triage, and Agile ceremonies to support efficient testing and timely issue resolution.

● Performed regression testing during application enhancements and releases to help maintain application stability and quality.

● Identified, documented, and tracked defects using Jira, collaborating with the development team to resolve issues.

Project#2 Ericsson Expert Analytics Dashboards

Client: Ericsson

Role: Sr. Software Engineer

Tools: Robot framework, Selenium and Playwright

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Worked on dashboards including Call Analyzer, Aggregated Data Analysis, Application for Anomaly, Incident Analyzer, and 5G dashboards, and developed tests based on assigned tickets for these dashboards, comparing UI data with database data.

● Monitored Jenkins job results, analyzed test failures, debugged automation scripts, and improved test stability.

● Analyzed requirements, performed manual testing to validate functionality, and automated test scenarios based on the results.

● Identified and reported functional defects during user story testing to ensure compliance with business requirements.

● Converted selenium tests into playwright according to the requirement and also involved in writing new tests using playwright.

● Performed manual testing during new version releases to validate functionality and ensure application quality.

Project#3 Microsoft Teams

Client: Microsoft

Role: Project Engineer

Tools: VSO

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Tested Microsoft Teams applications across Windows, macOS, and web platforms to validate functionality and compatibility.

● Executed test cases using the Medusa testing tool and analyzed results against client requirements.

● Identified and reported defects, collaborating with developers and feature owners to resolve critical issues.

● Reviewed open defects on a weekly basis and updated comments with the latest investigation status.

● Designed Test cases based on Software Requirements Specification and Test Plan.

● Performed Regression testing on every new build of the application.

● Tracked and reported daily and weekly test coverage to monitor testing progress and completion status.

● Attended Project meetings and interacted with other team members in order to resolve the problems.

● Learnt test automation in parallel and developed automated test cases for the Teams application using Robot Framework.

Project#4 Business Acceptance Testing (BAT)

Client: Cigna Health Care

Role: Sr. Software Engineer

Tools: Robot framework, Selenium

Roles and Responsibilities:

● Worked on Validation of Zelis Claim payment solution and provider collaterals

● Develop and maintain automation tests as per the requirements provided by the client

● Automated Test script to navigate and find number of LOB files present in the path for the current date to fetch the latest files and read the data present in the files and fetch the required data.

● Worked on Annual Enrolment Period (AEP) New Transaction and Edit Transaction pages to fetch the data from Excel sheet to fill all the fields.

Education

● Bachelors in Electronics & Communication Engineering MVSR College, Hyderabad – 2021 CGPA: 8.32

● Diploma in Electronics & Communication Engineering Govt Polytechnic Mahbubnagar – 2018 Percentage: 92.96 Certifications & Achievements

1. Selenium WebDriver with Python

2. Robot Framework with Python-Selenium, Playwright Automation Testing 3. Playwright Python Automation Testing

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