Arunkumar J

Result-oriented QA Automation Engineer with over 3.6+ years of experience in delivering high-quality software testing solutions across multiple domains and projects. Known for balancing manual testing expertise with advanced automation skills. Experienced in manual, API, and UI automation testing, with strong specialization in Playwright for building scalable, maintainable, and high-performing test suites.

Hands-on expertise in Playwright to automate complex workflows, ensuring faster releases, improved coverage, and reduced manual effort across critical business modules. Strong knowledge in designing and implementing BDD (Cucumber), POM, Data-Driven, and Hybrid frameworks, enabling efficient automation strategies adaptable to changing requirements. Skilled at integrating test automation into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub, enabling continuous testing and providing real-time feedback to stakeholders.

Proven success in delivering robust testing solutions across E-Commerce, Textile & Manufacturing domains ensuring compliance with industry standards and superior user experience.

SoftwareTestEngineer at DELOITTE CONSULTING INDIA PVT LTD (2024-01 – 2026-04)

• Developed and maintained Playwright automation scripts using JavaScript and the Page Object Model (POM) framework for e-commerce applications.
• Performed manual and automated testing of customer registration, product catalog, product search, shopping cart, wishlist, checkout, payment gateway, order management, returns, refunds, and order tracking modules.
• Designed and executed functional, smoke, sanity, regression, integration, end-to-end, and user acceptance test cases to validate complete customer purchase journeys and business requirements.
• Conducted API testing using Playwright APIRequestContext and Postman to validate inventory management, pricing services, payment gateways, order processing, shipping providers, and third-party integrations.
• Executed data-driven and cross-browser testing across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit to validate pricing rules, discount coupons, promotional campaigns, tax calculations, shipping charges, and inventory synchronization.
• Identified, logged, tracked, and verified defects in JIRA while collaborating with developers, business analysts, product owners, and QA teams in Agile sprint environments.
• Performed regression testing after defect fixes, production deployments, and feature enhancements to ensure application stability, release readiness, and seamless customer experience.
• Validated checkout workflows, payment confirmations, order fulfillment, cancellations, returns, refunds, and customer account management to ensure business accuracy.
• Used GitHub Copilot and Cursor AI to generate Playwright automation scripts, reusable Page Object classes, fixtures, API validation methods, utility functions, and framework components, improving automation productivity and code quality.
• Leveraged Microsoft Copilot to convert manual test cases and business requirements into reusable Playwright automation scenarios, generate test data, assertions, automation documentation, and regression suites for faster test execution.

Test Engineer at LUCKY YARN TEX PVT LTD (2022-11 – 2023-12)

• Applied Google Gemini to optimize locators, synchronization logic, identify edge cases, analyze failed automation executions, improve framework maintainability, and enhance automation test coverage.
• Maintained Playwright automation frameworks integrated with Git, NPM, CI/CD pipelines, reporting tools, supporting continuous testing and high-quality e-commerce application releases.
• Developed and maintained Playwright automation scripts using JavaScript and the Page Object Model (POM) framework for textile and manufacturing applications.
• Performed manual and automated testing of production planning, inventory management, procurement, raw material tracking, warehouse operations, quality inspection, order processing, and shipment workflows.
• Designed and executed functional, smoke, sanity, regression, integration, end-to-end, and user acceptance test cases to validate manufacturing business processes and application functionality.
• Conducted API testing using Playwright APIRequestContext and Postman to validate ERP modules, inventory services, supplier integrations, production scheduling, and logistics APIs.
• Implemented data-driven testing and executed cross-browser testing across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit to validate production orders, stock movements, BOM (Bill of Materials), work orders, and inventory accuracy.
• Validated manufacturing workflows including purchase orders, material consumption, production execution, quality control, dispatch, invoicing, and supply chain transactions.
• Identified, logged, tracked, and verified defects in JIRA while collaborating with developers, business analysts, product owners, and QA teams in Agile sprint environments.
• Performed regression testing after defect fixes, production deployments, and feature enhancements to ensure application stability, business continuity, and release readiness.
• Executed end-to-end validation of ERP integrations, barcode scanning, warehouse management, inventory reconciliation, and production reporting modules.
• Used GitHub Copilot, Cursor AI, and Microsoft Copilot to generate Playwright automation scripts, reusable Page Object classes, API validation methods, utility functions, test data, and automation documentation, improving automation productivity and framework quality.
• Applied Google Gemini to optimize locators, synchronization logic, identify manufacturing edge cases, analyze failed automation executions, and enhance automation framework stability and overall test coverage.
• Maintained Playwright automation frameworks integrated with Git, NPM, CI/CD pipelines, and reporting tools to support continuous testing and high-quality software releases across manufacturing operations.

BE in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING – K.S.RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (2018 – 2022)