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Rahul Rao

@rahulrao2

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Senior QA Automation Engineer specializing in Selenium, Appium, Playwright and CI-integrated test automation.

Zimbabwe

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What I'm looking for

I seek a QA automation role where I can lead automation efforts, integrate tests into CI/CD, work with cross-functional teams, and grow technical leadership.

I am a senior QA Automation Engineer with over 8 years of experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks for web and mobile applications. I design and execute detailed test plans, create automation scripts, and integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines to accelerate reliable releases.

I have worked across SaaS, education, ecommerce, talent management and document-management domains, delivering functional, regression, smoke and API testing using tools such as Selenium, Appium, Playwright, Katalon, RestAssured and Postman. I have developed 400+ mobile automation scripts and contributed to end-to-end quality improvements through defect tracking and cross-functional collaboration.

I hold a Master’s degree in Information Technology and ISTQB CTFL certification, and I continuously adopt new tools and methodologies to improve test coverage, speed, and product usability while providing actionable feedback to development and product teams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

QA Automation Tester

Credebt

Designed and executed automated and manual tests for Credebt's web platform using Katalon and Selenium, validated APIs with Postman and RestAssured, and maintained regression and E2E test suites.

Katalon Studio Selenium Webdriver Java TestNG Postman Rest Assured API Testing Jira

QA Automation Engineer

The Learning Experience

Developed and executed Selenium and Appium automated test scripts for web and Android mobile web, performed manual UI and functionality testing, and integrated tests into CI/CD to improve release quality.

Selenium Appium Java Maven CI CD Test Automation Xenu

Mobile App Automation Tester

Lakeshore

Built and maintained 400+ Appium automation scripts for iOS/Android, performed functional, smoke, and regression testing, and implemented Playwright for end-to-end automation to increase test coverage.