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Karthik Ravindran

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Full Stack QA Lead and Automation Architect focused on scalable end-to-end automated solutions with CI/CD integrations

Germany

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What I'm looking for

I am looking out for a (remote) opportunity that allows me to contribute my skills to technological solutions where I can learn new things by working in a team that values grown and innovation while maintaining my work-life balance. I would like to add value to the projects that makes an impact while improving my professional and tech stack.

I am a Full Stack QA Lead and Automation Architect with 14+ years experience delivering scalable automation solutions for SaaS/PaaS, FinTech, e-commerce and data analytics platforms. I specialize in building CI/CD-integrated test frameworks using tools like Cypress, Playwright, Docker and Kubernetes, and have driven measurable improvements such as a 70% faster release cadence and large gains in system stability.

I embed quality early through shift-left QA, mentor engineering teams, and design performance and API testing strategies that improved regression time and automation coverage. I am passionate about AI-driven testing and full-stack development, and have built projects including a personal LLM-powered chatbot and integrated automated tests into Docker-based CI/CD pipelines.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Full Stack QA Lead

Current

Aixigo AG

Mar 2024 - Present (2 years 3 months)

Defined and implemented QA strategy across a Wealth Management SaaS ecosystem, built scalable automation frameworks with Cypress, Cucumber and Docker, and increased system stability by ~60% while streamlining CI/CD release pipelines.

Cypress Cucumber Docker CI CD Performance Testing Test Automation

Lead QA

Elinvar GmbH

Apr 2021 - Feb 2024 (2 years 10 months)

Led QA transformation for a B2B WealthTech SaaS platform, improving release speed by 70% and integrating automated tests into Docker-based CI/CD pipelines using Cypress and Playwright.

Cypress Playwright Docker CI CD Test Automation API Testing QA Transformation

Senior Software Engineer

Object Frontier Software

Jul 2018 - Apr 2021 (2 years 9 months)

Designed API–UI–DB automation frameworks using Protractor and Rest-Assured that cut regression time by 85% and automated Angular/React applications within CI/CD pipelines to boost test efficiency.

Protractor Rest Assured Angular React CI CD Test Automation Selenium API Testing

Module Lead - QA Automation

Infosys Limited

Sep 2014 - Jul 2018 (3 years 10 months)

Delivered automated QA solutions for E‑Commerce and Data Analytics platforms achieving 80%+ test automation coverage and improving time-to-market using tools like Protractor, UFT and Rest-Assured.

Protractor Rest Assured Selenium Appium JMeter Test Automation ALM

QA Automation Engineer

Mphasis

Jun 2011 - Sep 2014 (3 years 3 months)

Delivered automated QA solutions for Retail banking product achieving 85%+ test automation coverage and improving time-to-market using UFT, Capybara and Calabash framework

Cucumber Capybara QTP UFT HP UFT