Jayavel Chellapandi

SDET with 2+ years of experience testing enterprise platforms for clients blending rigorous manual testing with scalable UI and API automation. Experienced with Java, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright (TypeScript), TestNG, Cucumber and Playwright BDD, Postman, Playwright request API, SQL validation, Jenkins, Docker, JMeter, Dynatrace and AI-assisted QA workflows. Proficient in requirement analysis, manual and automated API testing (Postman, Playwright), SQL-based data validation and accessibility testing

Software Test Engineer - Kripya Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

(2025-01)

• Participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews and retrospectives
• Developed and maintained 2000+ automated test cases, leveraging parallel execution to reduce regression execution time while increasing automation coverage by ~40%.
• Managed test cases, defects, and requirement traceability using Jira, Polarion ALM and Zephyr Scale in Agile Scrum projects.
• Designed Page Object Model (POM) and component-based automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, Playwright, TypeScript, Cucumber BDD, improving script maintainability and execution efficiency.
• Automated REST API validation using Playwright Request API and verified API contracts through Swagger alongside manual validation with Postman.
• Designed and configured a Jenkins Master-Slave architecture to support CI/CD infrastructure, enabling distributed, parallel execution of automation suites across agent nodes with Allure Reports integration.
• Managed source code using Git, Bitbucket, and SourceTree, collaborating through feature branches, pull requests, and code reviews.
• Configured automation projects with Maven, NodeJs, handling dependency management, build execution, and test suite orchestration across environments.
• Utilized Ollama with locally hosted LLMs to accelerate test generation, automation development, and debugging while complying with organizational security requirements for AI-assisted development.
• Worked with Docker and Linux environments to execute automation suites, troubleshoot deployment issues, and support application build installations and migrations.

Junior Software Tester - Codoid Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

(2024-10 - 2024-12)

• Developed Selenium WebDriver automation scripts using Java for functional, regression, and smoke testing of web applications.
• Maintained a modular automation framework using TestNG, Maven, and the Page Object Model (POM), improving script reusability and maintainability.
• Executed REST API validation using Postman and verified API specifications through Swagger.
• Performed backend validation using SQL and collaborated with developers to investigate defects, verify fixes, and improve software quality.
• Performed accessibility audits for web-based content, ensuring compliance with WCAG standards using Screenreaders

Bachelor of commerce - Computer Applications - P.K.N. Arts and Science College, Tirumangalam, Madurai (2021-06 - 2024-04)