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Kovalen Pillai

@kovalenpillai

QA Automation Lead building scalable C# Selenium/BDD frameworks, mentoring teams, and boosting release confidence for web and microservices.

Mauritius

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a QA Automation Lead/Test Automation Architect role where I can architect maintainable frameworks, drive regression strategy, mentor engineers, and apply AI-assisted QA to improve release readiness—ideally remote/contract.

I’m a QA Automation Lead with 7+ years of experience designing scalable automation frameworks, leading automation strategy, mentoring engineers, and improving release confidence across enterprise web, API, e-commerce, and microservices platforms.

Currently, I’m leading QA automation practices for a 14+ member QA team at Infomil, with a hands-on focus on C#, Selenium WebDriver, Reqnroll/SpecFlow BDD, REST API automation, SQL, and GitLab CI. I guide engineers on automation design, selector strategy, debugging, and maintainability to deliver reliable scenario implementation.

Previously at Dayforce, I served as a Senior Automation Engineer/SDET, contributing to 50%+ regression cycle reduction and 70% automation adoption growth, while mentoring 10+ engineers. I also value remote collaboration and apply AI-assisted QA workflows to accelerate scenario analysis and framework debugging—while keeping human validation in the loop.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

QA Automation Lead

Current

Infomil

Feb 2026 - Present (5 months)

Leads QA automation practices and delivery coordination for a 14+ member QA team, covering retail/e-commerce, web, mobile, and back-office testing. Designs and evolves C# Selenium/Reqnroll BDD automation frameworks and supports GitLab CI regression triage and flaky test investigation.

C#Selenium Webdriver Reqnroll SpecFlow BDD Page Object Model REST API Testing SQL Gitlab CI Regression Testing Automation Framework CI CD AI Assisted QA

Senior Automation Engineer (SDET)

Dayforce

Dec 2021 - Feb 2026 (4 years 2 months)

Led automation strategy across multiple product lines, ensuring framework consistency, regression tracking, maintainability, and high release confidence. Architected and scaled enterprise automation frameworks and CI/CD validation using SpecFlow, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, C#, JavaScript, and SQL.

SpecFlow Selenium Cypress Playwright C#JavaScript SQL CI CD Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Microservices Testing Azure Key Vault

Automation Engineer

Dayforce

Dec 2019 - Dec 2021 (2 years)

Developed and maintained automation frameworks for web applications, APIs, and microservices using SpecFlow, Selenium, Cypress, C#, JavaScript, and SQL. Built reusable regression suites and supported release validation by improving reliability and automating acceptance criteria.

SpecFlow Selenium Cypress C#JavaScript SQL Regression Testing Debugging

Associate Software Developer

Infinitech

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019 (4 months)

Developed front-end and UI solutions for Mauritian companies, delivering feature improvements and bug fixes. Worked on scalable UI updates using C#, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

C#JavaScript HTML CSS UI Development