Akash Sairam

Automation QA Engineer with 5+ years building and scaling test automation frameworks for SaaS, Banking, and E-commerce platforms. Reduced regression execution time by 60% and automated 250+ end-to-end test cases using Cypress, Playwright, and Cucumber (BDD). Strong background in API testing (Postman, REST, SQL) and cross-functional collaboration in Agile teams. Early adopter of AI-assisted testing workflows to speed up scenario generation and debugging

Mid-Automation QA Engineer - Signovate technologies Pvt Ltd - Bengaluru, India

(2025-09)

Project: BODi E-commerce | Cypress, Cucumber, JavaScript, BDD, Playwright, Postman, REST API, JSON, Zephyr, GitHub, Gen-AI

• Architected a reusable Cypress automation framework covering search to order confirmation workflows.
• Automated 250+ tests, reducing regression effort by 60% to accelerate release cycles.
• Executed diverse test types and validated APIs across web applications using Postman and SQL.
• Integrated tests with GitHub for version control within Agile sprints, enhancing collaboration.
• Extended cross-browser and device test coverage with BrowserStack for comprehensive compatibility.
• Managed test libraries in Zephyr for efficient release tracking and quality assurance.
• Applied AI tools to expedite test scenario creation, script debugging, and documentation.

Software Test Engineer - Pro-Test Consulting Services Pvt Ltd (Client) - Bengaluru, India

(2025-06 - 2025-08)

Project: MobiquityPay (Digital Payments Platform) | API Testing, BDD, Postman, Mabl, Applitools, Cypress, Cucumber, JavaScript, Playwright

• Delivered functional, regression, sanity, cross-browser, and API testing for a live digital payments platform.
• Built Cypress automation scripts using JavaScript and Cucumber (BDD) for core payment workflows.
• Validated REST APIs with Postman and enforced data integrity through SQL query verification.
• Collaborated with developers and QA team in Agile sprints to maintain release quality.
• Logged, tracked, and resolved defects in Jira; supported UAT cycles.

QA Engineer - Signovate technologies Pvt.Ltd - Bengaluru, India

(2021-07 - 2025-06)

Project: Mobiquity Pay X (Digital payment platform) | Manual Testing, Cypress, Postman, SQL, Jira.

• Authored and executed test cases, scenarios, and regression suites for e-commerce web applications.
• Performed functional, regression, smoke, and sanity testing across multiple release cycles.
• Conducted API testing with Postman and validated backend data using SQL.
• Reported and tracked defects through full resolution in Jira.
• Worked cross-functionally with developers and business analysts to ship high-quality releases, supporting 20+ production launches.

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science - Cape Institute of Technology