I'm looking for remote Software QA Automation Engineer and SDET opportunities where I can contribute to building scalable automation frameworks, improving release quality, and accelerating software delivery through modern test automation and CI/CD practices. I enjoy collaborating with engineering teams to deliver reliable, high-quality software for products used at scale.
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Saikat Rajguru
@saikatrajguru
QA Automation Engineer | Selenium | Playwright | Java | REST API | Oracle SQL | CI/CD | BFSI Payments | ISTQB & Azure Certified
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I’m an ISTQB-certified QA Automation Engineer with 4+ years of experience in mission-critical banking and payment systems at Barclays. I specialize in Selenium WebDriver and Playwright, building automation frameworks that cover 70%+ of regression scope and improve release cadence through CI/CD-embedded testing.
I’ve delivered measurable outcomes—reducing manual testing effort by 40%, accelerating regression cycles by 30%, and achieving zero critical production escapes across high-stakes BFSI workflows. I validate ISO 20022/SEPA payment-processing end to end (including IBM MQ/Kafka integrations) and strengthen quality with REST Assured/Postman, SQL-based transaction reconciliation, and performance/load testing using JMeter.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Current
Test Engineer
Barclays
Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)
Architected Selenium WebDriver + Cucumber/BDD automation covering 70%+ of regression scope, reducing manual testing effort by 40% and accelerating release cycles. Built a Playwright E2E framework and delivered ISO 20022/SEPA payment validation across IBM MQ/Kafka workflows with 100% schema compliance and zero production payment processing failures.
Designed and executed functional, smoke, regression, and UAT test plans for web and mobile applications across six Agile sprint releases, identifying 120+ defects while supporting zero critical production escapes. Implemented Postman API test collections and optimized SQL validation to reduce API defect resolution time by 35% and manual verification effort by 30%.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
KIIT University
B.Tech, Electronics & Electrical Engineering
2017 - 2021
Grade: 8.05/10.0 (CGPA)
Earned a B.Tech in Electronics & Electrical Engineering at KIIT University from 2017 to 2021.
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Location
IndiaAuthorized to work in
Salary expectations
45k-70k USD
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Skills
Selenium WebdriverPlaywrightJavaTypeScriptTestNGJunitAppiumJMeterSQLRest AssuredPostmanGraphQLISO 20022SEPASwiftApache KafkaJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitMavenDockerAzure DevOpsMicrosoft AZ 104 Azure AdministratorGitHub Co PilotJiraConfluenceBrowserStackAllure ReportsScrum AgileShift Right TestingCross platform testingAndroidGitHubGmailKafkaLoopsMicrosoft AzureMiddlewarePhaseRoot CauseiOS Remote
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