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Hi, I’m Aparna Das-McKinnon, a QA software engineer specializing in web UI automation with Cypress and Selenium. I have hands-on experience building and maintaining robust automation suites, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and testing cloud-enabled and database-backed applications. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and offshore resources to deliver high-quality software. I’m passionate about quality, test strategy, and scalable automation that supports production reliability across diverse environments (prod, staging, test, FedRAMP). I excel at solving complex data scenarios, performing backend and SQL testing, and driving improvements in test reporting and analytics.…Hi, I’m Aparna Das-McKinnon, a QA software engineer specializing in web UI automation with Cypress and Selenium. I have hands-on experience building and maintaining robust automation suites, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and testing cloud-enabled and database-backed applications. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and offshore resources to deliver high-quality software. I’m passionate about quality, test strategy, and scalable automation that supports production reliability across diverse environments (prod, staging, test, FedRAMP). I excel at solving complex data scenarios, performing backend and SQL testing, and driving improvements in test reporting and analytics.

APARNA DAS-MCKINNON

QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, +1

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Hi, I’m Aparna Das-McKinnon, a QA software engineer specializing in web UI automation with Cypress and Selenium. I have hands-on experience building and maintaining robust automation suites, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and testing cloud-enabled and database-backed applications. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and offshore resources to deliver high-quality software. I’m passionate about quality, test strategy, and scalable automation that supports production reliability across diverse environments (prod, staging, test, FedRAMP). I excel at solving complex data scenarios, performing backend and SQL testing, and driving improvements in test reporting and analytics.…Hi, I’m Aparna Das-McKinnon, a QA software engineer specializing in web UI automation with Cypress and Selenium. I have hands-on experience building and maintaining robust automation suites, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and testing cloud-enabled and database-backed applications. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and offshore resources to deliver high-quality software. I’m passionate about quality, test strategy, and scalable automation that supports production reliability across diverse environments (prod, staging, test, FedRAMP). I excel at solving complex data scenarios, performing backend and SQL testing, and driving improvements in test reporting and analytics.

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Hi, I’m Aparna Das-McKinnon, a QA software engineer specializing in web UI automation with Cypress and Selenium. I have hands-on experience building and maintaining robust automation suites, integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines, and testing cloud-enabled and database-backed applications. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams and offshore resources to deliver high-quality software.

I’m passionate about quality, test strategy, and scalable automation that supports production reliability across diverse environments (prod, staging, test, FedRAMP). I excel at solving complex data scenarios, performing backend and SQL testing, and driving improvements in test reporting and analytics.

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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer in Test at Genesys

February 1, 2023 - September 1, 2025

Developed and maintained a UI automation suite using Cypress for Journey Management FrontEnd, ensuring comprehensive coverage across prod, staging, test, and FedRAMP environments. Verified accessibility with cypress-axe, integrated tests into CI/CD, and enhanced Jenkins-based test reporting. Built an end-to-end workflow automation in Python for Engagement Export using AWS Lambda, EventBridge, AWS Batch, S3, and DynamoDB. Performed production support and backend testing with complex SQL, and acted as automation liaison, logging Jira issues and producing analysis reports. Supported AWS account migration by provisioning/testing new test environments (EC2).

Principal QA Engineer at Cambridge Mobile Telematics

August 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023

Led incident-media-packager project on AWS Lambda; extended Lambda to handle mp4/HLS drive data and message wrappers using Python. Deployed Lambda updates to testing/production environments via Terraform. Performed iOS and Android mobile testing for a camera-based automotive app to improve road safety.

Sr. Software Engineer at Synopsys

June 1, 2020 - July 1, 2022

Led QA testing for BlackDuck Alert Integration, collaborating with developers to resolve critical issues. Conducted performance testing by restoring/manipulating multi-million row PostgreSQL dumps. Performed manual and automated UI and REST API testing across releases, including Docker Swarm and Kubernetes. Added and maintained Selenium UI tests for various components (Provider Configuration, Global Configuration, Azure Boards, Email, Jira, MS Teams, Slack, Distribution Jobs, Audit, Scheduling, User/Role Management). Extended REST API testing with Rest Assured and conducted code reviews for automation teammates.

Automation Engineer at ZoomInfo

July 1, 2017 - April 1, 2020

Developed and maintained Java/TestNG UI automation tests using Selenium WebDriver for multiple UI features (Contact/Company search, List Builder, Alerts, Enhance, Salesforce Mapping). Built and maintained REST API automation tests using REST-Assured for Client Admin application. Conducted code reviews, mentored teammates, and performed manual testing during critical release periods as needed.

Sr. Automation Engineer at Liaison International

August 1, 2015 - July 1, 2017

Co-designed the company’s first test automation framework as part of a four-member team. Owned and maintained Java/TestNG Selenium WebDriver tests supporting the applicant portal across Chrome and Firefox. Performed code reviews and mentored team members.

Senior QC Automation Engineer at IntraLinks

July 1, 2013 - August 1, 2015

Developed and maintained Java/Selenium automation tests for the VIA web application across IE, Firefox, and Chrome. Extended the automation framework with new methods, contributed to SCRUM/Agile release cycles, and occasionally served as scrum master. Performed code reviews and mentored junior/offshore automation engineers; led automation for the VIA Desktop app using IBM RFT.

Automation Engineer at Optum

March 1, 2012 - July 1, 2013

Designed and implemented a Selenium-based test automation framework using the Page Object Model. Developed comprehensive Java/JUnit automation suites for the Common UI and Care Quality Reporting components of the Optum Care Suite; participated in SCRUM/Agile release cycles.