# Rajendra Babu

Rajendra Babu is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Developer in Test at Founder & Lightning, based in Canada.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@rajendrababu

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Senior QA Automation Engineer at Xello who developed 100+ automated UI test scenarios and improved regression coverage across product areas.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Canada |
| Authorized to work in | Canada |
| Salary expectations | 2587k+ INR |
| Job categories | QA Automation Engineer, Software Developer In Test, Software Engineer in Test, QA Engineer, QA Tester, Test Analyst |
| Skills | Testing Automation, Playwright, Cypress, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Pytest Playwright, Maestro, API Testing, Postman, Newman, Rest Assured, Appium, Cucumber, TestNG |

## What I'm looking for

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I’m open to global remote roles and available as an independent contractor (B2B) or full-time through an Employer of Record.
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## About

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At Xello, I maintained Playwright and Cypress automation suites and developed more than 100 automated UI test scenarios across multiple product areas. I also led a Cypress upgrade and integrated automated tests into Jenkins CI.

In my current Senior Developer in Test role with Founder & Lightning, I’ve built Playwright frameworks in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python, and developed UI and mobile tests that reduced manual regression effort by approximately 70%. I’ve also automated REST API testing and supported release validation.
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## Experience

### Senior Developer in Test (current)

Founder & Lightning. Dec 2025 - Present

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Built Playwright automation frameworks from scratch in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python, developed 60+ UI tests and 25+ mobile tests, and integrated CI/CD pipelines. Validated payment workflows and API endpoints, and reviewed 50+ pull requests.
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Skills: Playwright, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Pytest, Maestro, Postman, Newman, Rest-Assured, GitHub-Actions, CircleCi, Bitrise, MongoDB, Mixpanel, YAML, Regex, Claude-AI, GitHub-Co-Pilot

### Senior Software QA Engineer

Xello. Oct 2022 - Sep 2025

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Owned automation quality for SaaS initiatives, maintaining Playwright and Cypress suites, and led Cypress upgrade. Mentored QA engineers, integrated tests into Jenkins CI, and owned production deployments.
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Skills: Playwright, Cypress, JavaScript, TypeScript, Postman, Rest-Assured, Jenkins, Jira, Azure, SQL, Agile, Octopus-Deploy

### QA Web Automation Tester

Freedom Mobile. Sep 2020 - Sep 2022

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Designed and executed test strategies and automation scripts using Cucumber BDD, performed API testing, and configured Jenkins for scheduled test execution. Collaborated with cross-functional teams and supported UAT.
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Skills: Cucumber, BDD, Postman, Rest-Assured, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, SQL, HTML, Excel

### QA Automation Engineer / Test Analyst

[Scotiabank](https://himalayas.app/companies/scotiabank). Mar 2017 - Aug 2020

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Developed automation scripts using Java, TestNG, and REST Assured, and executed Appium tests for mobile banking apps. Performed API testing and validated backend data using Oracle SQL.
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Skills: Java, TestNG, Rest-Assured, Appium, Perfecto-Mobile, Postman, ReadyAPI, Cucumber, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, ALM-(Quality-Center), Oracle-SQL, Git, NodeJS, IntelliJ-IDEA, JavaScript, HTML, Excel

## Education

### Lambton College

Master's, Cybersecurity and Computer Forensics. 2020 - 2022

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Master's degree in Cybersecurity and Computer Forensics from Lambton College, Canada, completed in 2022.
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### JNTU University

Bachelor's, Electronics & Communication Engineering. 2012 - 2016

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Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from JNTU University, Anantapur, completed in 2016.
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## Tech stack

- Postman
- Newman
- BrowserStack
- LambdaTest
- GitHub
- Jenkins
- CircleCI
- GitHub Actions
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Node.js
- Mixpanel
- Figma
- Eclipse
- Jira
- Bugzilla
- Jest
- Cypress
- JavaScript
- Python
- JSON
- XML
- Appium
- iOS
- Confluence
- Trello
- Gemini
- TypeScript
- TestLink
- Cucumber
- TestNG
- Git
- REST Assured
- SQL
- Octopus Deploy
- Bitrise
- Playwright
- ReadyAPI
- GitHub Copilot
- Maestro
- Claude Code
- Android
- Azure

To contact Rajendra, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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