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Athira Muraleedharan

@athiramuraleedharan

Payments QA Automation Engineer at Deloitte, testing HSBC’s UAE Open Finance program with Playwright UI and API regression suites.

United Arab Emirates

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At Deloitte, I led end-to-end test strategy for HSBC’s UAE Open Finance digital banking program, covering consent-driven data sharing and payment initiation. I validated SWIFT and ISO 20022 message flows and REST API integrations, and maintained Playwright regression suites in GitHub Actions.

At Standard Chartered Bank, I directed test automation strategy with TOSCA and owned testing governance for a newly onboarded core payment engine, achieving 100% test coverage of critical workflows. Earlier, at Capgemini Pvt Ltd., I tested REST and SOAP APIs and supported UAT and SIT for enterprise banking platform releases.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Consultant, Payments Testing

Deloitte

Sep 2025 - Aug 2026 (11 months)

Led end-to-end test strategy for the UAE Open Finance digital banking program, validating SWIFT and ISO 20022 message flows and RESTful API integrations. Designed and maintained automated UI and API regression suites using Playwright, integrated into GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.

Playwright JavaScript TypeScript Python Postman REST SOAP Swift ISO 20022 GitHub Actions CI CD AI Agents Test Strategy Root Cause Analysis Defect Triage

Quality Assurance Test Manager

Standard Chartered Bank

Oct 2021 - Sep 2025 (3 years 11 months)

Directed test automation strategy using TOSCA and owned end-to-end test strategy for a newly onboarded core payment engine, achieving 100% test coverage of critical workflows. Led and mentored a 4-person QA team through SIT, UAT, and regression testing.

Tricentis Tosca Test Strategy Test Planning Test Governance Exploratory testing Defect Lifecycle Process SIT UAT Regression Testing Team Leadership Mentorship

Associate Consultant

Capgemini

Oct 2017 - Oct 2021 (4 years)

Executed REST/SOAP API testing using Postman and SoapUI to validate message integrity across banking system integrations. Performed end-to-end UAT and SIT for enterprise banking platform releases, owning defect lifecycle management.