Preethish Balakrishnan
EXPERTISE
BIO
Experienced QA Automation Engineer with 10+ years in software quality engineering, including over 5 years in automated testing. Proven expertise in developing test strategies, maintaining automation frameworks, and improving test coverage for both web and client-server applications. Skilled in automation frameworks using Cucumber, Cypress, Playwright, Rest Assured and Selenium. I have used programming languages such as Java, JavaScript and Typescript to write test cases. I have used CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub actions to integrate tests on pipeline. I have exposure to AWS services as CloudWatch, X-ray to monitor application and performance issues. Demonstrated ability to lead and drive process improvements, and communicate technical information effectively across stakeholders.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Software Engineer In Test
G-P
December 2021 - March 2025
Analyzed code review reports and enforced test quality practices within Agile teams. - Developed and maintained UI automation tests with Cypress and Cucumber. - Executed performance testing using Gatling, provided dashboards and performance insights. - Defined test gating strategies based on code coverage, risk, and system complexity. - Collaborated with developers to design testable features and resolve complex production issues. - Participated in demos, retrospectives, and stakeholder meetings, providing metrics and QA strategy.
Senior Test Engineer
Bd Research Centre
May 2021 - November 2021
- Migrated tests to Robot Framework and supported automation planning. - Created automated tests for new features and maintained continuous delivery pipelines. - Reviewed test code for standards compliance and improved regression efficiency.
Senior Test Engineer
TCS/Pramerica
October 2018 - May 2021
- Led test automation for high-impact applications using Selenium, Rest Assured, and Jenkins. - Monitored defect tracking and CI results to guide team toward improved test stability. - Provided technical direction on BDD practices and collaborated across QA and Dev teams.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University, June 2008
Computer Science
CERTIFICATIONS
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS
Issued: 3/25/2025 - Expires: 3/25/2028
ISTQB Certified Tester
Indian Testing Board
Issued: 11/3/2021 - Expires: 12/31/2025
PORTFOLIO PROJECTS
End to end Ecommerce validation using cypress
In this project i have used Cypress automation tool and JavaScript to validate the ecommerce application workflow to check if user is able to login to application , select an item and add to cart, checkout items from cart, validating the price list on checkout page and able to submit the order. I have embedded cucumber in the framework and used Gherkin to write feature feature files.
View ProjectAPI testing of locations api's using rest assured framework
In the project i have carried testing of the Api end points of location Api's using Rest Assured, java, cucumber, cucumber-junit libraries. I have used java programming language to write the tests.
View ProjectEnd to end Ecommerce validation using Selenium
In this project i have used Selenium with TestNG and Maven to validate the ecommerce application workflow to check if user is able to login to application , select an item and add to cart, checkout items from cart, validating the price list on checkout page and able to submit the order. I have used java as the programming language to automate these tests
View ProjectEnd to end Ecommerce validation using Playwright
In this project i have used Playwright validate the ecommerce application workflow to check if user is able to login to application , select an item and add to cart, checkout items from cart, validating the price list on checkout page and able to submit the order. I have used JavaScriot as the programming language to automate these tests
Verified QA Engineer
8+ years of experience
Preferred commitment: Part Time
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