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Aravind Chandrasekaran

@aravindchandrasekara

I build AI-powered test automation platforms that improve release confidence and engineering productivity.

At Freshworks, I led shared automation utilities and scalable test frameworks for distributed microservices, increasing automation coverage from 57% to more than 90%.

I introduced Playwright and TypeScript for reusable end-to-end web automation, shaped organization-wide quality strategies, and improved release quality by 20% through shift-left practices and CI/CD quality gates.

I bring AI into quality engineering by building LLM and RAG solutions that generate test scenarios from API contracts and pull requests, reducing manual effort by 80%. I also built LLM-as-a-Judge frameworks and MCP integrations across enterprise systems to support autonomous, traceable testing workflows.

Across Freshworks, Cactus Communications, ProT Systems, and Maveric Systems, I’ve built Java-based UI and API automation, performance testing, observability, and CI/CD practices. I’ve mentored 8+ SDET engineers and help teams design reliable, testable systems.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Lead Software Engineer in Test (SDET)

Freshworks Inc.

Apr 2022 - May 2026 (4 years 1 month)

Led architecture of scalable test frameworks for distributed microservices, increasing automation coverage from 57% to 90%+. Incorporated Generative AI solutions to reduce manual effort by 80% and improve test coverage by 50%.

Java TypeScript Playwright Selenium Appium Rest Assured Junit TestNG Cucumber AWS Docker Kubernetes Grafana Prometheus JMeter Postman Jenkins GitHub Actions Maven CI CD Shift Left Testing LLM RAG MCP AI Agents Cursor ChatGpt

Senior QA Engineer

Cactus Communications

Apr 2021 - Apr 2022 (1 year)

Architected and developed scalable functional and API test automation frameworks using Java, REST Assured, Selenium, and TestNG. Designed and executed CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins, incorporating automated test execution and quality gates.

Java Rest Assured Selenium TestNG Jenkins CI CD Docker Datadog API Testing Load Testing Performance Testing

Software QA Engineer

ProT Systems

Jun 2020 - Mar 2021 (9 months)

Built robust, scalable test automation infrastructure from scratch using Java, Selenium, and Cucumber. Validated data transformation rules and business logic using SQL-based validation techniques.

Java Selenium Cucumber SQL Testing Automation Cross Browser Testing Regression Testing

Software Test Engineer

Maveric Systems

Sep 2016 - Apr 2020 (3 years 7 months)

Engineered automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Appium, and TestNG for cross-browser and mobile environments. Managed CI/CD integrations via Jenkins, streamlining test data creation and automated reporting.