Kavitha Karamtoth
QA Engineer | Manual & Automation Testing (Playwright + JavaScript)
Summary
Detail-oriented QA Engineer with 3.8 years of experience in Manual Testing and hands-on Automation using Playwright with JavaScript. Strong expertise in Functional, Regression, Integration, and UAT testing of web and API based applications. Experienced in Page Object Model (POM), API testing using Postman , SQL data validation in Agile/Scrum environments.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Engineer
PalTech
08.2022 - Current
- Designed, executed, and maintained manual and automation test cases that ensure 95%+ test coverage in web-based applications.
- Maintained the UI automation framework using PMO (Page Object Model).
- Developed and executed end-to-end UI automation scripts using Playwright, reducing the regression testing time by 40%.
- Performed API testing with Postman, validating request/response payloads, headers, and status codes.
- Leveraged SQL for backend data validation, ensuring data consistency across modules.
- Collaborated with clients, developers, and stakeholders to clarify requirements, triage defects, and align on acceptance criteria.
- Handled the complete QA process from test planning, strategy, execution, and reporting.
- Exploring AI-powered Quality Engineering to make testing smarter, faster, and more proactive.
- Contributed to product research and POCs, providing input on functional queries to support development and testing.
- Conducted rigorous exploratory and ad-hoc testing on critical user workflows, uncovering high-impact, edge-case bugs missed by scripted tests.
- Partnered with developers to reproduce complex issues and deliver precise test cases at the beginning of development, accelerating bug resolution by 25%, and strengthening cross-team collaboration.
- Mentored junior QA engineers, providing guidance on test design, defect reporting, and best practices, which improved overall team productivity and quality standards.
- Led test planning and strategy sessions, establishing scope, timelines, and risk-based coverage to deliver high-quality releases on schedule.
- Took ownership of the end-to-end test strategy, aligning QA efforts with business goals, and ensuring risk-based coverage of critical features through deployment and post-release hotfixes.
- Acted as a quality gatekeeper during release cycles, ensuring that defect leakage was minimized, and sign-offs were data-driven.
- Served as the primary point of contact for QA escalations, coordinating cross-team efforts to resolve critical issues under tight timelines.
- Identified root cause analysis (RCA) of production defects, providing actionable insights that reduced the recurrence of critical bugs, and strengthened overall product stability.
- Developed an in-depth understanding of product features and workflows to design more effective test cases, while researching QA best practices, and testing techniques to enhance testing quality.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - CSE (Data Science)
DRK College of Engineering & Technology
06-2025
Skills
- Manual Testing
- Automation Testing (Playwright)
- API Testing
Projects
Automation Suite .
- Automated and maintained smoke tests for faster build verification and reliable releases.
- Automated critical workflows to prevent P0/P1 issues.
- Automated regression suite to enhance coverage, speed up testing, and ensure stable releases.
Manual Testing: Major
- Event Management & Integration Platform modules in Supplier Portal (Client Project)
- Analyzed and co-ordinated with client for Requirement (Client Project).
- Validated migrated data in supplier portal (Client Project).
- Workflow Automation in Project management tool.
- Tested Complex Utilization Report changes in Project management tool
- Client Dashboard feature in Project management tool
- Resource Request module in Project management tool
- Supported for production issues by identifying RCA.
Others
- API Testing
- Tested and validated multiple data migrations from external products to ensure accuracy and integrity.
- Functional Documentations
- Database Testing
Timeline
Quality Engineer
PalTech
08.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Technology - CSE (Data Science)
DRK College of Engineering & Technology