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I am a Senior SDET with 8+ years of experience focusing on test automation for web and mobile applications using Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium (Java), Appium, Cucumber, and TestNG. I partner with product and engineering teams to shape quality strategy, design reliable automation, and deliver fast feedback across UI, API, and data layers in multi‑tier cloud environments. I also lead QA initiatives, build AI-powered automation enhancements (including Jira-to-Zephyr test-case generation), and drive CI/CD integration with Git, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins. I enjoy mentoring teammates, improving test stability, and delivering features faster in Agile settings.…I am a Senior SDET with 8+ years of experience focusing on test automation for web and mobile applications using Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium (Java), Appium, Cucumber, and TestNG. I partner with product and engineering teams to shape quality strategy, design reliable automation, and deliver fast feedback across UI, API, and data layers in multi‑tier cloud environments. I also lead QA initiatives, build AI-powered automation enhancements (including Jira-to-Zephyr test-case generation), and drive CI/CD integration with Git, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins. I enjoy mentoring teammates, improving test stability, and delivering features faster in Agile settings.

Bhanu teja Motukuri

QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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I am a Senior SDET with 8+ years of experience focusing on test automation for web and mobile applications using Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium (Java), Appium, Cucumber, and TestNG. I partner with product and engineering teams to shape quality strategy, design reliable automation, and deliver fast feedback across UI, API, and data layers in multi‑tier cloud environments. I also lead QA initiatives, build AI-powered automation enhancements (including Jira-to-Zephyr test-case generation), and drive CI/CD integration with Git, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins. I enjoy mentoring teammates, improving test stability, and delivering features faster in Agile settings.…I am a Senior SDET with 8+ years of experience focusing on test automation for web and mobile applications using Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium (Java), Appium, Cucumber, and TestNG. I partner with product and engineering teams to shape quality strategy, design reliable automation, and deliver fast feedback across UI, API, and data layers in multi‑tier cloud environments. I also lead QA initiatives, build AI-powered automation enhancements (including Jira-to-Zephyr test-case generation), and drive CI/CD integration with Git, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins. I enjoy mentoring teammates, improving test stability, and delivering features faster in Agile settings.

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I am a Senior SDET with 8+ years of experience focusing on test automation for web and mobile applications using Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium (Java), Appium, Cucumber, and TestNG. I partner with product and engineering teams to shape quality strategy, design reliable automation, and deliver fast feedback across UI, API, and data layers in multi‑tier cloud environments.

I also lead QA initiatives, build AI-powered automation enhancements (including Jira-to-Zephyr test-case generation), and drive CI/CD integration with Git, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins. I enjoy mentoring teammates, improving test stability, and delivering features faster in Agile settings.

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Senior SDET / Team Lead at LPL Financial

August 1, 2023 - Present

Led end-to-end test automation for business-critical journeys, designing and maintaining frameworks with Playwright (TypeScript) and Selenium (Java). Increased regression coverage to over 95% and reduced manual testing effort across releases. Defined test plans and strategies for new features, ensuring UI, API, and data-layer coverage in a multi-tier cloud architecture. Restructured unstable end-to-end tests into reliable integration/component tests and authored new tests to improve overall suite stability. Integrated automated suites into CI/CD pipelines (Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) with YAML workflows and nightly runs. Used Zephyr and qTest to link automated and manual tests to Jira stories, tracking execution, coverage, and defects. Built a Jira AI plugin to read story acceptance criteria and generate Zephyr manual test cases via large language models. Wrote and optimized SQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB queries for backend data validation. Performed API testing with Postman and REST

SDET / QA Automation Engineer at CVS Health

January 1, 2023 - May 1, 2023

Designed and developed automated test scripts in Python (OOP) from use cases, increasing test coverage and reducing execution time by 40%. Built robust automation frameworks using Selenium, Robot Framework, and Watir; implemented BDD with Gherkin for reusable scenarios. Executed advanced SQL queries for backend validation and data integrity. Created and managed CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins to automate regression suites and accelerate feedback cycles; used Jira, Zephyr, TestRail for test management.

SDET / Automation Tester at Edge Verve

February 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021

Designed, documented, and maintained automated test cases and frameworks to improve coverage and reduce manual testing efforts. Built a centralized repository of test plans and detailed test cases to ensure validation of business use cases. Enhanced custom automation frameworks/infrastructure for scalable test automation and CI/CD integration. Led automation adoption initiatives, reducing time-to-market and increasing deployment confidence; tracked defects in Jira and performed root-cause analysis. Executed API, load, security, and integration testing across services.

Automation/Manual Test Engineer at Capgemini

March 1, 2018 - February 1, 2021

Designed scalable Python automation for AI-based applications and validated large datasets via SQL queries for data accuracy. Simulated complex traffic scenarios with open-source networking tools for performance and security testing. Deployed tests in AWS/GCP environments to mirror production conditions. Performed comprehensive API testing using Postman, SOAP UI, JSON, and XML; implemented and maintained BDD frameworks using Cucumber and Gherkin. Executed cross-platform and mobile automation testing with Appium.

System Engineer at Ericom Software System Pvt Ltd

May 1, 2016 - February 1, 2018

Developed and maintained PowerShell scripts to automate web and mobile test cases with Selenium WebDriver and Appium. Designed BDD test scenarios using Cucumber to enhance collaboration between QA and development. Performed backend validation with complex SQL queries and maintained data-driven/keyword-driven frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, and Maven for scalable automation.