I. Gnana Prakash
Software Development Engineer in Test
Chennai
Summary
- Aspiring to work in a challenging environment where my knowledge and interpersonal skills have equal opportunity to develop and effectively contribute towards the goals of the organization.
- 7 years of experience as a Senior Quality Engineer in manual and automated software testing in agile environments.
- Expertise in STLC & SDLC with strong client interaction and test planning skills.
- Hands-on experience with Selenium, Appium, Playwright, and API testing tools like Postman and Swagger.
- Proficient in creating frameworks with TestNG, Cucumber (BDD/TDD), Playwright, and implementing CI/CD using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- Skilled in preparing test plans, writing test cases, generating test reports, and managing defects via Jira.
- Experienced in mobile testing across Android and iOS platforms using Appium and AWS Device Farm.
- Strong communication, mentoring, and team collaboration skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Software Development Engineer in Test
Octillion
06.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Acquired by Premion/Tegna
- Built a robust Playwright automation framework using Cucumber BDD and TypeScript.
- Automated test cases for DSP and Fate modules of the PRISM application.
- Created automation scripts for campaign creation in Google Ads and creatives in YouTube Studio.
- Integrated tests into GitHub Actions for CI/CD execution.
- Generated detailed automation reports using Cucumber Reports.
- Mentored manual testers in automation tools and framework usage.
- Participated in Scrum, KT, and triage calls for sprint planning and issue resolution.
- Acquired by Premion/Tegna
Automation Engineer – QA Team Lead
Doodleblue Innovations Pvt Ltd.
10.2019 - 05.2024
- Project: Neom Marketplace (Mar 2022 – May 2024)
- Automated web UI with Selenium-Java Cucumber framework.
- Executed scripts in Docker environments and generated reports via Jenkins.
- Created GraphQL API tests using Karate framework.
- Project: Neom Pay (Nov 2021 – Mar 2022)
- Mobile test automation for payment apps on Android/iOS using Appium-Java.
- Framework enhancements for cross-platform parallel execution.
- Project: UMobile (Oct 2020 – Nov 2021)
- Tested telecom web and mobile applications using Selenium and Appium.
- Integrated tests with AWS Device Farm and Allure reports.
Junior Quality Assurance
Benseron Information Technologies Inc. – Linga POS
06.2018 - 10.2019
- Manual and automated testing for web and mobile POS application.
- Worked on automation scripts using Selenium-Java with TestNG.
- Supported end-to-end QA from BRD analysis, Functional Testing to customer ticket resolution.
Education
B.E. - Civil Engineering
Madha Engineering College
HSC & SSLC - undefined
Dhanalakshmi Hr. Sec School
Skills
Selenium
Appium
Playwright
Karate
Java
TypeScript
Cucumber
TestNG
Maven
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
AWS Device Farm
BrowserStack
Functional Testing
Regression Testing
API Testing
UI Testing
Load Testing
Compatibility Testing
Mobile Testing
Postman
Swagger
JIRA
Eclipse
Android Studio
VS Code
JMeter
Page Object Model
PageFactory
Object Chaining
Certification
Manual Testing and SQL Database – QSpiders
Awards
- Awarded The Ace Employee in January 2024 for extensive support and efficiently handling clients.
- Awarded Rockstar of the month in August 2022 for the performance and extensive support to the project.
- Awarded Best Team player for the Dedication among various projects in October 2021.
Timeline
Software Development Engineer in Test
Octillion
06.2024 - Current
Automation Engineer – QA Team Lead
Doodleblue Innovations Pvt Ltd.
10.2019 - 05.2024
Junior Quality Assurance
Benseron Information Technologies Inc. – Linga POS
06.2018 - 10.2019
HSC & SSLC - undefined
Dhanalakshmi Hr. Sec School
B.E. - Civil Engineering
Madha Engineering College