Ranjit Kumar Kundu

11+ years of QA & Test Automation experience across frontend, backend, and mobile applications. Designed and implemented scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium, driving robust end-to-end coverage. Expert in UI, API integrating with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps) for parallel execution, reporting, and traceability.

Hands-on with automation strategy and framework architecture, mentoring teams and enforcing best practices across Agile development cycles. Strong expertise in REST API testing (Rest Assured / Cypress / Playwright), TDD/BDD methodologies, and modern test practices to accelerate delivery and ensure quality releases. Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional teams to define test strategy, automation standards, and scalable solutions for enterprise-grade applications.

Staff Engineer - Altimetrik - Remote

(2024-05)

Client: LuluLemon

• Architected and owned a Playwright (TypeScript) automation framework, designing a modular, scalable, and future-proof structure supporting both UI and API validations.
• Implemented custom Playwright test runners, environment configurations, and execution profiles tailored for multi-environment pipelines (DEV, QA).
• Enabled parallel and distributed test execution, significantly reducing regression cycle time and improving CI pipeline efficiency.
• Developed a comprehensive library of reusable utilities, including API clients, request interceptors, assertion helpers, test data generators, and environment selectors.
• Integrated advanced Playwright reporting with video tracing, screenshots, and step-level insights for enhanced debugging and failure analysis.
• Designed resilient and reusable DOM selector strategies with flakiness-reduction mechanisms.
• Built a Playwright-based API validation layer, embedding backend verifications within UI test flows to ensure true end-to-end consistency.
• Integrated Kafka-based validation by implementing consumers to verify event-driven workflows triggered by UI actions, ensuring correctness of asynchronous processing.
• Validated Kafka message payloads against downstream data stores (e.g., MongoDB documents) to guarantee data integrity across systems.
• Set up Playwright execution within CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, enabling PR-triggered runs, nightly regressions, and full trace artifact uploads.
• Authored comprehensive Confluence documentation covering framework architecture, onboarding, utilities, execution strategies, and troubleshooting.

Senior SDET - Potentiam Ltd

(2022-06 - 2024-04)

Client: Evora Global

• Mentored team members on Playwright best practices, framework usage, debugging techniques, and advanced automation patterns.
• Led an automation team responsible for delivering high-quality test suites across major web modules, ensuring consistent standards and timely releases.
• Architected and developed the Playwright (TypeScript) automation framework (70% focus), implementing scalable page objects, reusable utilities, and optimized test execution patterns.
• Enhanced regression efficiency by enabling parallel execution and environment-driven configurations within the Playwright setup.
• Contributed to UI and backend validations using Cypress (30%), maintaining legacy workflows while gradually transitioning test coverage into Playwright.
• Documented automation guidelines, framework structures, and best practices in Confluence, enabling smoother onboarding and consistent coding standards.
• Integrated Playwright and Cypress suites into GitLab and TeamCity CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated PR checks, nightly runs, and cross-environment executions.
• Leveraged Kibana logs for backend verification, faster defect diagnosis, and improved traceability across web flows.

Principal Engineer - Wissen Technology

(2021-06 - 2022-05)

Client: Morgan Stanley

• Automated complex CRM workflows including event creation, conference scheduling, attendee management, and workflow approvals.
• Engineered a scalable automation framework using Playwright (TypeScript) with modular page objects, custom utilities, and optimized locator strategies.
• Implemented parallel test execution in Playwright to significantly reduce regression execution time and improve feedback cycles.
• Integrated the test automation suite into GitHub Actions CI/CD, enabling automated execution on pull requests, nightly runs, and multi-environment pipelines.
• Expanded API automation by embedding backend validations directly within the Playwright framework to ensure end-to-end consistency across services.
• Enhanced the in-house automation architecture with environment-driven configs, reusable components, and improved failure-analysis logging.
• Collaborated with product and development teams to refine acceptance criteria, strengthen coverage, and deliver high-quality releases.

Senior SDET - Watsonite

(2021-02 - 2021-06)

Client: Walmart

• Designed and executed end-to-end test scenarios for ASDA's online retail platform, ensuring coverage across cart, checkout, payments, delivery slots, search, and product workflows.
• Introduced modern UI automation using Playwright (TypeScript) and Cypress, improving test reliability and reducing regression cycle time.
• Built scalable test automation modules and reusable page-object components, aligning with QA architecture standards.
• Performed REST API testing through Postman and automated critical API validations within Playwright/Cypress frameworks.
• Developed and optimized JMeter (JMX) performance scripts, integrating listeners and custom assertions for accurate load-test analysis.
• Collaborated with DevOps to incorporate automated suites into CI/CD pipelines and ensured smooth execution across multiple environments.
• Provided best-practice guidelines for test planning, automation strategy, and defect triage across cross-functional teams.

Manager - Genpact

(2018-07 - 2021-01)

• Automated end-to-end test scenarios for PC, BC, CC, Salesforce, and ServiceNow platforms using Selenium WebDriver (Java) for robust UI automation.
• Designed and implemented a BDD automation framework from scratch for both Web (Selenium) and API (Rest Assured) testing, enabling reusability, maintainability, and parallel execution.
• Migrated and optimized QA automation jobs from Jenkins to Azure DevOps pipelines, integrating automated test execution, reporting, and environment-based configurations.
• Developed and executed SQL queries for backend validation, ensuring data integrity and consistency across SQL Server databases.
• Established framework-level utilities including custom assertion libraries, reusable page objects, API clients, and environment configurations, improving test reliability and reducing maintenance effort.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define automation standards, best practices, and CI/CD integration strategies, strengthening overall QA delivery.

Senior Software Engineer - Tech Mahindra

(2015-07 - 2018-06)

• Contributed to the enhancement and scaling of an in-house automation framework, improving maintainability and test coverage across multiple applications.
• Automated end-to-end test scenarios for Guidewire PC, BC, CC, IoT, and Salesforce applications using Selenium WebDriver and Rest Assured for backend validations.
• Migrated 1200+ legacy API test scripts from Http-Client to Rest Assured, standardizing API automation and improving execution efficiency.
• Integrated automation suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, enabling scheduled and on-demand test executions, automated reporting, and environment-specific deployments.
• Developed reusable framework utilities, including API clients, assertion helpers, and data-driven components, ensuring scalable and maintainable test architecture.
• Collaborated with QA leads and development teams to define automation strategy, framework best practices, and CI/CD integration standards.

Senior Staff Engineer - iDeliver Technologies LLC

(2014-06 - 2015-06)

• Automated end-to-end test scenarios for SAP CRM, HCM, and PLM modules using Selenium WebDriver (Java) and UFT, ensuring robust coverage across critical business processes.
• Migrated legacy test scripts from VBScript to Java (Selenium), improving maintainability, scalability, and integration with modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Implemented Page Object Model (POM) architecture to organize page objects, reusable functions, and test utilities, enhancing framework consistency and reusability.
• Integrated Extent Reports for HTML reporting with email notifications, enabling stakeholders to receive detailed test execution reports automatically after each run.
• Designed reusable framework components and automation best practices to support long-term maintainability and rapid onboarding of team members.

Bachelor's Degree - Computer Science - Eastern Academy of Science & Technology (2011-01)