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Karthikeyan Murugaiyan

@karthikeyanmurugaiya

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I am a Senior Test Automation Engineer specializing in Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, and CI/CD.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking a senior test automation role where I can lead test architecture, scale CI/CD, mentor QEs, and drive measurable quality improvements.

I am a Senior Test Automation Engineer with extensive experience building end-to-end QA for cloud-based products. I design and implement automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate feedback and reduce flakiness.

I have architected Cypress Cucumber BDD frameworks, leveraged Playwright’s APIRequestContext for backend validation, and integrated accessibility checks and Cypress Cloud dashboards to improve coverage and observability. I enhanced CircleCI and GitHub Actions pipelines with label-driven tag filters, parallel sharding, consolidated reports, and a custom CircleCI orb to cut setup time by 50%.

I spearheaded QA governance using Xray—documenting workflows, establishing processes, and training multiple QE engineers through lunch-and-learns, tutorials, and comprehensive documentation. I’ve mentored new QEs, led onboarding efforts, and partnered with product and engineering to validate critical data flows and align testing with OKRs.

My technical toolkit includes JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, AWS, Docker, Datadog, performance testing with JMeter/k6, and a variety of test and CI tools. I focus on pragmatic automation, stable test data strategies (ephemeral environment snapshots), and measurable improvements in quality and delivery.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior SDET

CUBE

Sep 2021 - Jul 2025 (3 years 10 months)

Architected Cypress Cucumber BDD and Playwright API validations to shift-left testing and improve traceability, and enhanced CI/CD to reduce PR test setup time by 50%. Trained 3+ QE engineers and implemented monitoring and flake-reduction strategies to stabilize end-to-end financial workflows.

Playwright Cypress Cucumber CircleCi GitHub Actions)Selenium Datadog JavaScript TypeScript

Senior Software Quality Analyst

NTT DATA Services

Jan 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 8 months)

Contracted to the BC Ministry of Justice to architect end-to-end CI/CD on OpenShift with Selenium Grid and GitHub Actions, and implemented BDD (Cucumber/Rest-Assured) to validate APIs and React UI across projects. Led performance testing with JMeter, integrated SonarQube/Code Climate to enforce quality gates, and mentored new QE engineers.

Cucumber Java Rest Assured Selenium GitHub Actions)Jenkins OpenShift JMeter SonarQube

Quality Assurance Analyst

ACDSee

Feb 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 10 months)

Created a QA training portal and refactored test plans to accelerate onboarding, and led end-to-end functional, compatibility and localization testing across five languages. Automated critical web workflows with Selenium/Java and initiated continuous security testing to remediate medium- and high-risk vulnerabilities.