Mahalakshmi

Automation Test Engineer with 5+ years of experience across Digital Publishing, Healthcare, and HR/Payroll domains. Expert in Java, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, TestNG, and Cucumber BDD with POM, Base Class, and Data-Driven framework design. Hands-on expertise in API testing, Appium, JMeter, BrowserStack, and Jenkins CI/CD. Recognised for automating 460+ scenarios achieving 90–92% regression coverage in Agile Scrum environments.

Senior Executive – QA - Lapiz Digital

(2024-04 - 2026-02)

Content Workflow Automation – Digital Publishing

• Automated 220+ test scenarios using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, TestNG, and Cucumber BDD covering content creation, editorial workflow, approval routing, and publishing – achieving 90% regression coverage.
• Built reusable POM + Base Class + Data-Driven Framework, reducing script maintenance by 40% across 5 content modules; created and maintained test data aligned with business requirements.
• Performed API testing via Postman and REST Assured, validating 40+ REST endpoints for content submission, approval, and publishing workflows.
• Executed SQL/Oracle backend validation; integrated with Jenkins CI/CD via Maven and Git; tracked 50+ defects in JIRA across Agile Scrum sprint cycles.

Quality Analyst – Level 1 - AGS Health

(2023-01 - 2024-02)

Denial Management Dashboard – Healthcare

• Automated 240+ healthcare scenarios covering claim submission, adjudication, denial management, and reimbursement workflows – achieving 92% regression coverage.
• Performed API testing via Postman and REST Assured, validating 45+ healthcare REST endpoints for claims, eligibility, and denial management services.
• Conducted cross-browser testing via BrowserStack across 8+ configs; Appium mobile testing across 5 devices; JMeter performance testing simulating 300+ concurrent users.
• SQL/Oracle backend validation across 5 billing modules; Jenkins CI/CD; tracked 60+ defects in JIRA.

QA Engineer - NTT Data

(2019-07 - 2021-01)

Health Insurance Claims Application

• Developed Selenium WebDriver + TestNG + Cucumber BDD automation for claims submission, approvals, reimbursements, and member policy management.
• Executed Functional, Regression, and Integration testing; validated 35+ API endpoints via Postman and REST Assured; tracked 40+ defects in JIRA.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams in Agile Scrum ceremonies; maintained test documentation for stakeholder review.

Process Associate - Accenture

(2018-09 - 2019-05)

HR Payroll Management Application

• Performed manual and automation testing for HR workflows including employee onboarding, attendance tracking, payroll processing, and benefits management.
• Designed and executed Smoke, Sanity, and Regression test cases; tracked 25+ defects in JIRA; collaborated with developers across Agile sprint cycles.

Bachelor of Commerce - B.Com - Chellammal Women's College, Chennai (2018)