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Medha Desai

@medhadesai1

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Senior Automation QA Engineer building scalable Playwright and CI/CD-driven test automation for quality impact.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a senior automation QA role where I can build scalable Playwright + CI/CD test frameworks, lead automation strategy, improve release validation speed, and mentor teams within Agile delivery—especially for UI, API, and database quality.

I’m a Senior Automation QA Engineer with 11 years of experience in Retirement and Telecom domains, focused on delivering measurable quality through UI, API, Functional, Database, and end-to-end testing. I’ve designed scalable automation frameworks using Playwright (JavaScript), Page Object Model (POM), reusable fixtures, and configuration-driven architecture to improve test coverage, execution efficiency, and release quality.

I automate 300+ UI and end-to-end scenarios and have reduced manual regression effort by 30% while increasing test coverage by 25% with AI-assisted automation using GitHub Copilot. I also optimized regression execution by reducing full cycles from 5 days to under 1 day, integrated Playwright suites with Jenkins and GitHub Actions pipelines, and contributed to reducing production defects by 25% through early defect detection, enhanced regression coverage, and continuous quality validation.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Test Analyst/Test Associate

TIAA India

Aug 2017 - Nov 2023 (6 years 3 months)

Designed and implemented a scalable Playwright automation framework for UI and end-to-end testing, automating 300+ scenarios and improving coverage and reducing manual regression effort. Integrated the automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitHub Actions) and performed REST API testing and SQL database validation, contributing to a reduction in production defects.

Playwright JavaScript TypeScript Reusable Fixtures Test Tagging Cross Browser Testing CI CD Jenkins GitHub Actions Claude REST API Testing Postman JSON HTTP Methods SQL SQL Server Jira Confluence Git

Junior Engineer/Test Engineer

Tieto India

Sep 2012 - Aug 2017 (4 years 11 months)

Built UI automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver with Page Object Model and data-driven architecture, and executed regression/functional testing across telecom workflows. Managed Jenkins-based automation execution and collaborated on test planning, defect management, RCA, and release validation while performing cross-browser testing and database testing with SQL.