Rajendra Babu

Built Playwright-based end-to-end UI automation frameworks from scratch using JavaScript and TypeScript, including reusable fixtures and shared utilities. Developed and maintained a growing suite of Playwright UI tests and Maestro mobile automation tests, reducing manual regression effort. Integrated automated runs into CI workflows (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Bitrise) and added API automation using Postman and Newman for OAuth/JWT, JSON schema, and webhook validation. Performed root-cause analysis on test failures and production defects and owned release validation and peer review of automation pull requests.

Owned automation quality across multiple SaaS initiatives, maintaining Playwright and Cypress test suites in JavaScript and TypeScript. Led framework evolution by upgrading Cypress versions and refactoring shared commands/utilities to improve maintainability. Integrated automated testing into CI using Jenkins and managed production release validation and post-deployment support with Octopus Deploy. Investigated critical production issues using Azure logs, mentored QA engineers, and conducted interviews and code/PR reviews while driving metrics and traceability.

Defined test strategies, test plans, and requirement traceability matrices based on business and functional requirements. Built Cucumber-based automation for functional and regression testing, including data-driven automation framework contributions. Executed smoke/functional/regression and cross-browser testing, and performed API testing with Postman and REST Assured across REST and SOAP services. Configured Jenkins jobs for scheduled and parallel runs, maintained SQL-based backend data validation, and supported UAT with release readiness documentation.

Translated user stories and requirements into test strategies, test plans, and comprehensive test cases, maintaining end-to-end traceability. Developed web and mobile automation using Java with TestNG, REST Assured/Postman for API validation, and Appium for Android/iOS banking app regression. Conducted risk-based testing including exploratory, regression, and end-to-end validation for enterprise online and mobile banking features. Integrated automation into Jenkins, retrieved/validated backend data with Oracle SQL, performed cross-browser checks, and supported production deployments with release verification and root-cause analysis.