Soumya Ranjan Ghadei
Bengaluru
Summary
Accomplished SDET/QA Automation Engineer with expertise in high-performance automation frameworks, AI-driven test automation, and CI/CD integration. Skilled in Playwright, Selenium, API testing, and AI-powered tools for self-healing automation, and intelligent maintenance. Passionate about cloud-based testing and DevOps integration to optimize software quality. Proven ability to mentor teams, lead AI-assisted automation strategies, and collaborate cross-functionally for scalable test solutions. Recognized for innovation in automation, AI-based anomaly detection, and process improvements that enhance efficiency and reduce defect leakage. Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline testing processes, integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines, and support continuous delivery. Proven ability to drive process improvements, mentor teams, and contribute to the successful delivery of high-quality software products.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SDET Engineer
Transunion
Bengaluru
06.2025 - Current
- Designed and maintained testing frameworks to streamline the QA process.
- Led modern test practice adoption and innovation across teams.
- Built agentic automation frameworks using Playwright and Selenium, enabling AI agents to execute end-to-end user journeys from natural language prompts.
- Deployed MCP servers to bridge the gap between local testing tools and LLMs, providing the AI with real-time system context for deeper analysis.
- Optimized CI/CD pipelines by orchestrating a hybrid approach of traditional Playwright scripts and AI-driven validation.
- Reduced "flakiness" in automated suites by implementing AI-powered retry logic and environment state validation.
- Engineered sophisticated prompts and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) workflows to generate high-coverage test data and edge-case scenarios.
Senior Project Engineer (SDET/Quality Assurance Engineer)
Wipro Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
12.2024 - 06.2025
- Developed and maintained scalable and reusable automation frameworks using Java and Selenium.
- Performed automated API testing using RestAssured, achieving 100% API coverage across key business modules, resulting in 30% faster defect detection.
- Integrated test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Bamboo, Bitbucket, GitHub, and SauceLabs.
- Guided a team of 5 junior engineers on best practices for test automation, increasing overall team productivity by 35% and reducing script maintenance time by 20%.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define test objectives, creating comprehensive test plans that resulted in a 99% test case pass rate during production releases.
- Contributed to sprint planning, story grooming, and release planning by providing accurate testing effort estimates, leading to a 20% improvement in sprint predictability.
- Provided training and mentorship to junior QA engineers on automation best practices and effective framework usage.
- Conducted knowledge-sharing sessions and participated in code reviews to maintain the quality and scalability of automated scripts.
- Wipro is a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company.
Software Trainee (SDET/Quality Assurance Engineer)
Wipro Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
02.2021 - 11.2024
- Delivered many quality features to salesforce application.
- Helped in improvement in salesforce flow and user experience for client.
- Authored feature files using Cucumber with Gherkin language, enabling better collaboration between development, QA, and business stakeholders.
- Created end-to-end test automation suites for web applications, increasing test coverage by 85% and reducing critical production issues by 40%.
- Identified, Logged, and Tracked over 200 bugs using JIRA, collaborating with developers to achieve a 95% defect closure rate within the sprint cycle.
- Developed a comprehensive framework using Playwright and integrated it successfully into a CI/CD pipeline.
- Utilized tools such as Jenkins on an Amazon EC2 instance and incorporated extensive logging and exception handling.
- Wipro is a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company.
Education
BSC.IST - Information Science and Telecommunication
Gangadhar Meher University
Sambalpur, Odisha, India01.2020
Intermediate -
G M Junior College
Sambalpur, Odisha, India01.2017
Metriculation -
D.A.V HIGH SCHOOL
Jharsuguda, India01.2015
Skills
- Java
- Python
- ROBOT Framework
- Generative AI (GPT-4/Claude), AI agents, prompt engineering, RAG
- Protocols and frameworks: MCP (Model Context Protocol), Playwright, Selenium
- Testing: self-healing automation, synthetic data generation, autonomous testing
- Rest assured
- Cucumber
- TestNG
- Maven
- Git
- Jira
- Bamboo
- Sauce Labs
- GitHub
- Postman
- Behavior-driven development
- Azure
- AWS
- GCP
- Docker / container
- CI/CD integration
Certification
- Microsoft AZ-900
- GitHub Copilot
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Foundations Associate
- Postman API Fundamentals Student Expert
Projects
Custom Playwright Framework, https://github.com/soumya-ranjan000/CustomPlaywrightFrameworkWithJava, Jenkins, Playwright Java, Cucumber, ExtentReport, LambdaTest, Browserstack, GitHub, AWS
Awards
- Habit Bearer Award
- Victory League Award
- The Bright Beginning Award
- Inspiring Performance Award
- Habit Flagbearer - Demonstrating Stewardship Award
Languages
- English, proficient (C2)
- Hindi, proficient (C2)
- Odia, proficient (C2)
Accomplishments
Quarterly Performance Award – Q4 2025.
Timeline
SDET Engineer
Transunion
06.2025 - Current
Senior Project Engineer (SDET/Quality Assurance Engineer)
Wipro Pvt Ltd
12.2024 - 06.2025
Software Trainee (SDET/Quality Assurance Engineer)
Wipro Pvt Ltd
02.2021 - 11.2024
BSC.IST - Information Science and Telecommunication
Gangadhar Meher University
Intermediate -
G M Junior College
Metriculation -
D.A.V HIGH SCHOOL