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I am Lavanya Kakarlapad, a highly skilled Senior SDET/Senior Engineer with 17 years of experience, including 9+ years in a single organization. I specialize in test automation, API testing, database validation, and Agile methodologies. I am a Playwright expert with strong secondary experience in Cypress and advanced API automation using Postman and Rest Assured.\n\nI have proven ability to operate as the sole SDET for a scrum team, owning automation strategy, framework design, CI/CD pipelines, and quality gates end-to-end. I am skilled in deep database validation using complex SQL queries, and I bring strong Agile/Scrum leadership and mentoring abilities.…I am Lavanya Kakarlapad, a highly skilled Senior SDET/Senior Engineer with 17 years of experience, including 9+ years in a single organization. I specialize in test automation, API testing, database validation, and Agile methodologies. I am a Playwright expert with strong secondary experience in Cypress and advanced API automation using Postman and Rest Assured.\n\nI have proven ability to operate as the sole SDET for a scrum team, owning automation strategy, framework design, CI/CD pipelines, and quality gates end-to-end. I am skilled in deep database validation using complex SQL queries, and I bring strong Agile/Scrum leadership and mentoring abilities.

Lavanya Kakarlapad

QA Engineer, Web Developer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I am Lavanya Kakarlapad, a highly skilled Senior SDET/Senior Engineer with 17 years of experience, including 9+ years in a single organization. I specialize in test automation, API testing, database validation, and Agile methodologies. I am a Playwright expert with strong secondary experience in Cypress and advanced API automation using Postman and Rest Assured.\n\nI have proven ability to operate as the sole SDET for a scrum team, owning automation strategy, framework design, CI/CD pipelines, and quality gates end-to-end. I am skilled in deep database validation using complex SQL queries, and I bring strong Agile/Scrum leadership and mentoring abilities.…I am Lavanya Kakarlapad, a highly skilled Senior SDET/Senior Engineer with 17 years of experience, including 9+ years in a single organization. I specialize in test automation, API testing, database validation, and Agile methodologies. I am a Playwright expert with strong secondary experience in Cypress and advanced API automation using Postman and Rest Assured.\n\nI have proven ability to operate as the sole SDET for a scrum team, owning automation strategy, framework design, CI/CD pipelines, and quality gates end-to-end. I am skilled in deep database validation using complex SQL queries, and I bring strong Agile/Scrum leadership and mentoring abilities.

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I am Lavanya Kakarlapad, a highly skilled Senior SDET/Senior Engineer with 17 years of experience, including 9+ years in a single organization. I specialize in test automation, API testing, database validation, and Agile methodologies. I am a Playwright expert with strong secondary experience in Cypress and advanced API automation using Postman and Rest Assured.\n\nI have proven ability to operate as the sole SDET for a scrum team, owning automation strategy, framework design, CI/CD pipelines, and quality gates end-to-end. I am skilled in deep database validation using complex SQL queries, and I bring strong Agile/Scrum leadership and mentoring abilities.

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Work Experience

Senior Engineer II at Match.com

January 1, 2016 - November 1, 2025

Led the design and implementation of a robust Selenium WebDriver framework, reducing manual testing efforts for e-commerce applications. Integrated automated tests into CI/CD, enabling faster feature delivery. Implemented Playwright-based UI automation, developed F# Canopy tests, and built Cypress suites for React apps. Automated API testing with Postman and RESTful service validation, performed extensive database testing with SQL, and mentored junior QA engineers. Served as Scrum Master and facilitated Agile ceremonies while driving automation strategy and reporting with Allure/Extent Reports.

QA Analyst at IKONSYS

December 1, 2015 - November 1, 2016

Reviewed system documentation and functionality; defined testing standards; validated UI, data flows, and upstream/downstream data; prepared test plans, tracked defects, and communicated status in daily QA meetings.

QA Engineer at Infosys

October 1, 2011 - June 30, 2013

Involved in functional and ETL testing; performed backend validation using SQL; created and executed test cases; contributed to SDLC and Agile practice adoption.

Test Engineer at S2INFOTECH

October 1, 2009 - September 30, 2011

Conducted functional testing (Smoke, Sanity, Regression, UAT), designed and executed detailed test cases, and tracked defects; performed cross-browser validation and backend data verification; engaged in API testing for basic validation.

Test Engineer at HCL Infosystems

July 1, 2008 - September 30, 2009

Supported test engineers in creating test sets, raised and tracked defects, and contributed to process improvements like static testing and risk-based testing; prepared test scenarios and traceability matrices.