Saranya Subramanian
Senior Lead - Automation Testing
Chennai
Summary
Senior Lead in Automation testing over 12 +years of comprehensive experience in Quality Engineering, Test Automation, and Strategic QA Leadership across fintech and digital banking domains. Proven expertise in establishing enterprise-grade QA automation frameworks, integrating shift-left strategies, and aligning QA efforts with business goals. Strong advocate for collaboration, process optimization, and CI/CD-first QA mindset. Recognized for reducing test cycle time, driving quality governance, and mentoring high-performing QA teams.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Lead – Automation Testing
Applied Data Finance
11.2021 - Current
- Personify Financial : A digital lending platform serving credit-challenged consumers.
- Spearheaded end-to-end test automation strategy for Personify Financial using Java-Selenium framework.
- Led UI automation efforts for a complete website revamp, increasing UI regression coverage by 30% with data-driven validations and A/B test handling.
- Introduced shift-left practices and enforced coding standards, version control policies, and automated test data management protocols.
- Designed and implemented an API-first testing strategy, reducing manual monthly regression time by 40%.
- Partnered with DevOps teams to embed automation in CI/CD pipelines, ensuring build quality and release confidence.
- Mentored a team of testers and drove QA optimization forums to improve test strategy and delivery velocity.
Associate – Senior Test Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 11.2021
- Discover Financial Services – Cards & Payments.
- Led automation for Spark-based applications in AWS EMR; validated microservices across the payments orchestration platform.
- Built BDD automation using Cucumber and REST Assured to test critical services in the credit card settlement pipeline.
- Coordinated release testing and defect triage across multiple stakeholder teams during product delivery.
- Focused on moving the legacy automation framework to AWS cloud based framework.
Application Support Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2012 - 07.2016
- Delivered production support and root cause analysis for service-affecting incidents.
- Implemented monitoring processes and actively participated in quality audits and SLA reviews.
Education
M.S in Software Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore,TamilNadu05-2011
Skills
Strategic QA Leadership
undefinedAccomplishments
- Completed ‘Generative AI in software testing ‘ from Udemy – Rahul Shetty course - 2025
- Completed Playwright with TypeScript – TestLeaf Academy - 2025
- Client appreciation for enhancing automation frameworks and reducing regression cycles - 2023
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate - 2019
- Received Kudos Award for high performance – Cognizant - 2016
- MERIT Scholarship Recipient – VIT University (2007-2008)
Timeline
Senior Lead – Automation Testing
Applied Data Finance
11.2021 - Current
Associate – Senior Test Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 11.2021
Application Support Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2012 - 07.2016
M.S in Software Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
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