Lakshmikanth Gowda M

SDET with 5 years in QA automation. At Ciena (SVT/PV), testing AI Agentic Builder MCP (A2A) flows and GenAI features using WebdriverIO (TypeScript), LLM-as-Judge, and RAGAS-based evaluation. At Accenture (3.5 yrs), built Cypress (JavaScript) E2E automation for a large banking client.

SVT/PV – 1B at Ciena – Blue Planet AI Studio (2025-04 – Present)

• Tested and validated AI Agentic Builder MCP (A2A) flows on Blue Planet AI Studio, covering 100+ complex multi-step agentic test scenarios end-to-end.
• Contributed to GenAI response accuracy validation using LLM-as-Judge methodology; validated GenAI features built on Langflow, LiteLLM, and Langfuse, and automated UI validation (WebdriverIO/TypeScript) for RAGAS-based agent evaluation.
• Implemented an existing screenshot automation framework (WebdriverIO/TypeScript) and suggested a key enhancement, adopted across all 6 Blue Planet PV products; helped other teams, including UAA, adopt it.
• Modified the existing TeamCity pipeline configuration to run automation for agentic AI testing requirements.
• Built a Bug Creator Agent (VS Code Agent Mode, custom JIRA MCP) – detects duplicates, auto-creates and reopens/closes tickets, reducing defect-raising time by 80%.

Test Automation Analyst at Accenture (2021-10 – 2025-04)

• Designed and maintained E2E automation test scripts using Cypress (JavaScript) for a large banking project, automating 800+ of 3,000+ test cases in the regression suite.
• Conducted API testing using Postman to validate RESTful services and backend functionality.
• Used Jenkins to monitor and track CI/CD pipeline builds, aligning test cycles with deployment schedules.

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering – BGS Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka (2017 – 2021)