Pallav Sidana

Automation QA engineer with 7.8 years(5.8 years in Manual/Functional testing and 2 years in QA Automation) of hands-on experience designing, building, and maintaining end-to-end test automation using Playwright, TestNG and the Page Object Model. Proven track record integrating automated suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure Playwright Testing Service) to speed up feedback loops and reduce regression cycle time by 25%. Comfortable debugging complex test failures, performing root-cause analysis, and reviewing automation code for quality and maintainability.

Experienced mentoring QA engineers on automation best practices and driving continuous improvement in test strategy and coverage across IoT, e-commerce, insurance, and banking domains.

Senior Lead – QA Automation - Happiest Minds Technologies

(2018-11)

• Designed, developed, and maintained a scalable Playwright automation framework using the Page Object Model, integrating Cucumber (BDD) for readable, maintainable end-to-end test suites.
• Built and optimized test coverage using TestNG for structured test execution, grouping, and reporting across web scenarios.
• Integrated automated test execution into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Microsoft Azure Playwright Testing Service, enabling continuous testing and faster feedback loops.
• Debugged and root-caused complex test failures across environments, distinguishing flaky tests from genuine defects and implementing fixes to stabilize the automation suite.
• Conducted code reviews on automation scripts to enforce coding standards, reusability, and maintainability within the framework.
• Reduced regression testing cycle time by 25% through automation adoption, shift-left testing practices, and framework optimization.
• Mentored QA engineers on automation best practices, Playwright/TestNG usage, and debugging techniques, improving team automation proficiency.
• Partnered with developers, product managers, and DevOps to align automation coverage with product requirements and release goals.
• Managed end-to-end manual testing (functional, integration, regression, smoke, UAT) alongside automation, supported by structured defect management and root cause analysis.