Lakshmi Addepalli

I’m a Senior QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of end-to-end quality engineering across web, mobile, API, and enterprise applications—including GCP / 21 CFR Part 11 regulated clinical trial software. I lead with both manual and automation testing, using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Appium, Cypress, and Cucumber/BDD, applying Page Object Model (POM) plus data-driven and hybrid framework patterns. My work has reduced defect escape rates by 30%, automated 200+ test cases eliminating 60%+ of manual regression effort, and delivered zero critical defects at go-live across every managed release.

I build CI/CD test pipelines and release gating with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Azure DevOps, ensuring continuous test execution on every build, pull request, and deployment. I also bring strong platform validation expertise in RTSM/IRT workflows—Screening through Unblinded flows—and I validate database calculations and end-to-end integrations across 30+ countries. As a QA leader, I architect Test Centers of Excellence, own UAT coordination and stakeholder sign-offs, mentor QA engineers, and improve quality governance through risk-based shift-left strategies and AI-assisted testing practices.