Sai Kiriti

QA Engineer / QA Automation Engineer with 1+ year of experience spanning manual, functional, API, and automation testing for large-scale production web applications. Builds and maintains Playwright (TypeScript) automation frameworks using the Page Object Model, Python-based Pytest/Postman API test suites, and GitHub Actions CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment) pipelines with Allure reporting. Skilled in test planning and test strategy, requirement analysis, test case design, defect lifecycle and bug tracking (Jira, Testmo), version control (Git/GitHub), and SQL-based backend data validation.

Reduced manual regression effort by ~30%, delivered 62 automation tickets, and resolved 25+ failing test scripts in a single sprint. Earned two consecutive Spot Awards for measurable contributions to product quality.

Associate QA Engineer - Appen AI India Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad, India

(2025-07 - 2026-06)

• Built and maintained a Playwright (TypeScript) automation framework (Page Object Model), delivering 62 automation tickets and reducing manual regression effort by ~30%.
• Resolved 25+ failing test scripts in a single sprint and integrated the suite with GitHub Actions and Allure Reports for continuous CI/CD execution.
• Developed a Python-based Pytest API test automation suite (using Requests) validating HTTP status codes, authentication/authorization, JSON response schemas, and business logic — combined with Postman for manual REST API testing.
• Owned end-to-end QA across multiple Jira boards — requirement analysis, test planning, test scenario and test case design, execution, defect reporting, and release validation.
• Analyzed business and functional requirements for complex workflows and designed functional, regression, integration, smoke, sanity, UAT, and cross-browser test scenarios for complete coverage.
• Tested and certified major releases including Java 21 migration, QA Error Classes, Mobile Annotation App, SAM Integration, and FIFO Unit Distribution.
• Validated backend data with SQL queries and managed the full defect lifecycle in Jira/Testmo; collaborated closely with developers, BAs, and product owners in an Agile environment.
• Earned two consecutive Spot Awards, recognized in back-to-back quarters for contributions that helped drive the ~30% regression-effort reduction and delivery of 62 automation tickets.

Junior Software Developer - Astragen - Vijayawada, India

(2024-10 - 2024-11)

• Built secure Login/OTP authentication and data-sync features; implemented responsive, cross-browser frontend screens using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript — gaining hands-on exposure to functional validation of real user workflows.

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering - Aditya College of Engineering and Technology (2019 - 2023)