Vignesh G

Automation Test Engineer / Test Module Lead with comprehensive experience across the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), Agile methodology, and both UI and API automation.

• Deeply familiar with STLC, proficient in Agile environments, and experienced in actively performing Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression, End-to-End, Exploratory, and Re-testing for web-based applications.
• Led a team of three automation testers, managing and guiding daily activities to ensure timely and high-quality test delivery.
• Monitored team progress, conducted troubleshooting meetings to resolve blockers, and fostered a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Designed and delivered "Training and Onboarding" sessions for new team members, expediting their ramp-up and knowledge transfer.
• Contributed valuable feedback in retrospectives, continually enhancing testing and development workflows.
• Conducted Root Cause Analysis (RCA) meetings to identify defect sources, improve code quality, and optimize testing processes.
• Recipient of multiple Insta Awards and Team Excellence Awards in recognition of outstanding individual performance and collaborative contributions to high-impact projects.
• Actively participated in PI (Program Increment) planning, providing Quality Engineering insights, accurately estimating testing effort, identifying risks, and defining acceptance criteria for upcoming features.
• Hands-on experience with hybrid frameworks and the Serenity framework using Selenium, and responsible for designing and maintaining robust automation scripts for comprehensive test coverage.
• Managed a Rest Assured Framework for API automation, and executed extensive API testing using POSTMAN for CRUD operations.
• Proficient in build management using Maven, and skilled in testing tools such as TestNG, Cucumber, and data-driven approaches.
• Extensive use of version control tools—primarily GitLab—for executing and maintaining frameworks, with expertise in reviewing and merging team members’ pull requests, and utilizing Git Bash and Tortoise Git for CI/CD and framework maintenance.
• Practical experience using Playwright with TypeScript for modern front-end automation.
• Accountable for executing automated test suites in batches, owning the Smoke Test suite, debugging failed tests, and ensuring reliable regression and release validation.
• Prepared and distributed daily Test Execution Reports, ensuring clear communication and transparency with stakeholders.
• Maintained responsibility for consolidating automation reports and sharing them with key stakeholders to track progress, quality, and areas for improvement.

• Identified critical bugs and worked closely with developers to ensure timely resolution, resulting in a more stable product.
• Involved in the test plan, design, deriving test data, and creating and reviewing peers' test cases.
• Preparing the automation script in Selenium WebDriver using the Cucumber framework.
• Preparing the feature file, step definition, hooks, POM, and utility class in the Cucumber framework.
• Execution of Smoke, Sanity, and Regression suites during new releases and analysis of the test failures.
• Good at Java programming and finding X-path locators.
• Perform cross-browser testing and parallel execution to check the compatibility and stability of the application.
• Actively participate in ceremonies such as daily stand-up calls, sprint review meetings, and sprint retrospective meetings.