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akhilesh pal

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Principal QA Engineer at Jacobs Solutions, architecting Playwright automation and AI-assisted QA tooling.

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At Jacobs Solutions India Private Limited, I architected the core Playwright automation framework and introduced Cursor AI and MCP tooling for StreetScanner. I also built TestCafe API automation and a Python data-validation utility for StreetLight Insight.

Previously, at Sitetracker India Pvt Ltd and Standard Chartered GBS, I developed mobile and BDD automation, integrated CI/CD testing, and validated APIs and financial workflows. My work spans enterprise Web, Mobile, and Desktop quality engineering.

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Principal QA Engineer

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Jacobs Solutions India Private Limited

Nov 2023 - Present (3 years)

Led end-to-end QA strategy and architected Playwright automation framework from scratch. Integrated Cursor AI and MCP servers to automate code review and generate edge-case test matrices.

Playwright Cursor Model Context Protocol Jira GitHub Test Strategy Test Planning Containerization Mentorship CI CD GitHub Actions TestCafe Python STAC TestRail API Testing

SDET-II

Sitetracker India Pvt Ltd

Mar 2022 - Nov 2023 (1 year 8 months)

Designed and maintained a scalable mobile test automation ecosystem using WebdriverIO and Appium. Executed QA validation in Salesforce environments and implemented CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI.

WebdriverIO Appium Salesforce SOQL BrowserStack CircleCi Allure Reporting TestRail iOS Android Mobile Testing Regression Testing Smoke Testing

Test Engineer

Standard Chartered GBS

Aug 2019 - Mar 2022 (2 years 7 months)

Validated transactional payment systems and architected BDD automation frameworks using Cucumber and Page Object Model. Configured service virtualization and managed CI/CD pipelines.

Cucumber Java JRuby Page Object Model Rest Assured Appium Perfecto Mobile WireMock Jenkins GraphQL Microservices BDD Testing Automation

SDE-III

Tektronix India Pvt Ltd

Apr 2016 - Aug 2019 (3 years 4 months)

Developed automated test scripts for high-concurrency connections across Web, Desktop, Android, and iOS. Maintained CI/CD flows and performed static code security scans.