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Kavya Rapolu

@kavyarapolu

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Senior Software Test Engineer and automation specialist ensuring reliable, high-quality deliveries.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior QA or automation role where I can lead test strategy, build automation frameworks, work in Agile teams, and drive quality across CI/CD pipelines while collaborating cross-functionally for measurable product improvements.

I am a Senior Software Test Engineer with over 10 years of experience in manual and automated testing for web, mobile, and API platforms across domains including e-commerce, EdTech, manufacturing, hospitality, FMCG, and pharmaceuticals.

I build and maintain automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium and languages such as Java, JavaScript, Python, and TypeScript, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, and GitHub Actions to ensure continuous quality delivery.

I lead cross-functional teams, drive test strategy and UAT, perform backend validation with SQL/MongoDB/AS400, and use performance and monitoring tools like JMeter, Dynatrace, and AWS CloudWatch to validate reliability and scalability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Test Engineer

Current

Upwork

Nov 2023 - Present (2 years)

Served as Product Owner and Scrum Lead for multiple freelance web and mobile projects, delivering e‑commerce, real estate, and booking platforms while defining MVPs, managing backlogs, and driving UAT to ensure timely releases.

React Native Test Automation CI CD MongoDB Agile UAT Figma

Software Engineer in Test

Best Brains

Aug 2023 - Nov 2023 (3 months)

Automated web and mobile testing across Android, iOS, tablets, and desktops using Selenium and Cucumber, validated APIs and backend data, and integrated automation into CI/CD pipelines to improve release quality.

Selenium Cucumber Postman Rest Assured Jenkins BrowserStack MongoDB AWS CodePipeline Performance Testing

Senior Test Engineer

LTIMindtree

Apr 2022 - Jul 2023 (1 year 3 months)

Automated web and API tests for MSC Industrial, led migration and data validation efforts including AS400 checks, integrated tests into Jenkins CI/CD, and used Dynatrace for performance monitoring to ensure stable production releases.

Java Selenium TestNG REST APIs Postman Jenkins AS 400 Dynatrace GraphQL

Senior Test Engineer

LTIMindtree

Jun 2021 - Mar 2022 (9 months)

Designed test plans and accessibility/content testing for multi‑language AEM sites, developed cross‑platform automation with Cypress and BrowserStack, and built API test frameworks integrated into Azure DevOps CI/CD.

Cypress JavaScript Azure DevOps BrowserStack API Testing SQL Accessibility Testing CI CD

Test Analyst

HCL Technologies

Feb 2019 - May 2021 (2 years 3 months)

Built data‑driven automation frameworks with Java, Selenium, TestNG and Cucumber for Procter & Gamble, executed cross‑browser and API tests, and integrated regression suites with Jenkins for CI.

Java Selenium TestNG Cucumber Maven Rest Assured Jenkins Oracle Selenium Grid

Analyst

HCL Technologies

Dec 2017 - Jan 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Prepared test plans and automation for Merck & Co., executed manual and automated test cases across web and mobile, performed database testing with SQL, and monitored applications using AWS CloudWatch.

Selenium Cucumber TestNG SQL AWS Cloudwatch Rest Assured BrowserStack Maven Git

Graduate Engineer Trainee

CIE Technologies

Feb 2015 - Dec 2017 (2 years 10 months)

Developed test scripts and performed load and functional testing using JMeter and Selenium, prepared RTMs and test cases, and supported UAT and release activities to improve product quality.

JMeter Selenium TestNG MySQL Manual Testing TestRail Regression Testing Java Jenkins

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

GNITS

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

Grade: 7.00 GPA

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science completed in May 2017 with a 7.00 GPA; coursework included web and mobile application development, networks, security, and cloud computing.