Arun Kj

An experienced Automation Test engineer with over 4 years of rich experience leveraging Selenium, and API testing to develop and maintain automated test scripts and facilitate quality assurance for web applications. Strong background in agile/ scrum methodology development, including sprint planning, task distribution, and continuous improvement practices. Engineered a robust API automation framework from scratch, enhancing automation performance and achieving notable improvements in coverage while significantly reducing overall regression timing.

Demonstrated strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, including developers, product owners, and DevOps engineers.

Experience with version control systems such as Bitbucket, GitHub and Git, ensuring efficient collaboration and code management. Extensive technical experience in developing Selenium test automation tools and executing QA engineering procedures. Conducted KT sessions and repeatedly planned and presented product demos to executive levels to increase transparency and communication within the workplace.

Expertise in code review and performance/security testing propelled high-standard QA deliverables. Additionally, experience in developing test scenarios/plans, integrating/debugging automated tests, and tracking/monitoring results & defects.

QA Specialist at Accenture (2026-02 – Present)

• Identify, document, and track defects using defect management tools, ensuring timely resolution with development teams.
• Perform API testing and validation of backend services using tools such as Postman and REST Assured.
• Analyze test results, investigate issues, and provide detailed defect reports with reproducible test scenarios.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers, business analysts, and product stakeholders to improve product quality.
• Review requirements and create comprehensive test cases, test scenarios, and test data.
• Consistently maintained over 90% quality scores while meeting productivity and SLA targets.

Senior Software Engineer at IBS Software Services (2022-12 – 2023-12)

• Designed and implemented a scalable API automation framework using RestAssured and Java, improving test coverage by 35% and reducing regression test cycles by 50%.
• Designed and maintained reusable test data sets to support automated API and Selenium testing, improving test reliability and reducing environment-related failures by 20%.
• Monitored jobs in Jenkins, reported issues and provided root cause analysis.
• Active participation in Agile ceremonies such as daily standups, sprint planning, sprint retrospectives, demos, and reviews, to ensure all objectives were met and the project progressed on schedule.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with developers, product owners, and other team members.
• Utilizing Jira for both tracking defects and managing the project.

Senior Software Engineer at ACL Digital Inc. (2021-06 – 2022-07)

• Diagnosed and resolved failures in automation test scripts, enhancing reliability and reducing false positives in regression testing by 25%.
• Regularly updated automation scripts to accommodate changes in the application.
• Built and enhanced Selenium WebDriver-based automation frameworks in Java, implementing data-driven testing and dynamic waits to reduce test flakiness and improve coverage across complex UI workflows.
• Executed test cases, identified bugs, and reported through sims.
• Created Test scripts in Hybrid framework to check the performance and time parameters of each functionality.
• Integration of automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for regular and automated testing.
• Worked upon with parallel test execution to optimize testing time and resources.
• Understanding and implementation of the Page Object Model for maintaining a clean and modular test code structure.
• Implemented logging mechanisms to capture detailed information during test execution. Integrated reporting tools for clear visualization of test results.
• Created test scenarios and test cases. Also worked closely with QA lead in preparation of Test Plan document.

Quality Specialist at Synophic Systems Pvt. Ltd (2019-10 – 2021-06)

Worked for Competitive intelligence- Pricing department QA team of Target Corporation.

• Prepared and executed Test cases according to the BRD and Technical Specification.
• Prepared and executed Selenium Test cases according to the requirement.
• Performed functional, regression and UAT Testing.
• Worked with Business Analysts to define test cases, test plans, test data ensuring accurate coverage of business and functional requirements.

Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Software Quality Assurance & Test Engineering – Conestoga College (2025-01 – 2025-08)

Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Information Technology Project Management – Conestoga College (2024-01 – 2024-08)

Bachelor's of Technology in Computer Science Engineering – Christ University