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Hi, I’m Sai Jyoshna Challamalla. I’m a QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining advanced automation frameworks for web, API, and backend systems. I specialize in building scalable automation solutions, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. I enjoy solving complex testing challenges, from data-driven API validations to cross-browser UI testing, and I’m passionate about mentoring teammates and driving quality improvements across projects. I thrive in fast-paced environments, love collaborating with developers and product owners, and continuously seek opportunities to optimize testing processes, improve framework maintainability, and increase test coverage without sacrificing speed.…Hi, I’m Sai Jyoshna Challamalla. I’m a QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining advanced automation frameworks for web, API, and backend systems. I specialize in building scalable automation solutions, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. I enjoy solving complex testing challenges, from data-driven API validations to cross-browser UI testing, and I’m passionate about mentoring teammates and driving quality improvements across projects. I thrive in fast-paced environments, love collaborating with developers and product owners, and continuously seek opportunities to optimize testing processes, improve framework maintainability, and increase test coverage without sacrificing speed.

Sai Jyoshna Challamalla

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Hi, I’m Sai Jyoshna Challamalla. I’m a QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining advanced automation frameworks for web, API, and backend systems. I specialize in building scalable automation solutions, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. I enjoy solving complex testing challenges, from data-driven API validations to cross-browser UI testing, and I’m passionate about mentoring teammates and driving quality improvements across projects. I thrive in fast-paced environments, love collaborating with developers and product owners, and continuously seek opportunities to optimize testing processes, improve framework maintainability, and increase test coverage without sacrificing speed.…Hi, I’m Sai Jyoshna Challamalla. I’m a QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining advanced automation frameworks for web, API, and backend systems. I specialize in building scalable automation solutions, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. I enjoy solving complex testing challenges, from data-driven API validations to cross-browser UI testing, and I’m passionate about mentoring teammates and driving quality improvements across projects. I thrive in fast-paced environments, love collaborating with developers and product owners, and continuously seek opportunities to optimize testing processes, improve framework maintainability, and increase test coverage without sacrificing speed.

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Hi, I’m Sai Jyoshna Challamalla. I’m a QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience designing, developing, and maintaining advanced automation frameworks for web, API, and backend systems. I specialize in building scalable automation solutions, integrating CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality software delivery. I enjoy solving complex testing challenges, from data-driven API validations to cross-browser UI testing, and I’m passionate about mentoring teammates and driving quality improvements across projects.

I thrive in fast-paced environments, love collaborating with developers and product owners, and continuously seek opportunities to optimize testing processes, improve framework maintainability, and increase test coverage without sacrificing speed.

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Work Experience

QA Automation Engineer at Molina Health Care

August 1, 2024 - Present

Designed a modular and scalable automation framework for web, API, and backend testing, incorporating reusable libraries, structured logging, and dynamic element handling to ensure maintainability across test scenarios. Implemented Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA) concepts to optimize resource allocation and service responsiveness under variable workloads. Led the maintenance of the Page Object Model (POM) framework for script reusability. Validated SOAP/REST services, including payload validation and error handling. Performed backend data validations against Amisys databases to ensure data integrity for claims and member/provider data. Configured Docker-based Selenium Grid for parallel cross-browser execution and integrated event-driven systems with Kafka and Google Cloud Pub/Sub for autoscaling. Delivered detailed reporting with Allure and Extent Reports and documented KEDA adoption for multiple business units. Worked with DevOps to integrate automation in CI/CD and enable

Senior QA Automation Engineer at Giant Eagle

November 1, 2023 - July 31, 2024

Built and executed end-to-end automation suites for UI, API, and backend layers to validate features across environments. Implemented a hybrid data-driven and keyword-driven framework with reusable components. Automated REST API tests using REST Assured with dynamic payloads and database validations to ensure end-to-end service integrity. Configured Jenkins pipelines integrated with GitLab for continuous testing and early defect detection. Monitored autoscaling metrics with Prometheus and Grafana; optimized containerized deployments with intelligent scaling. Implemented dynamic waits, retries, and robust exception handling to reduce flakiness. Validated backend data using Oracle SQL; integrated with CI/CD pipelines (Argo CD, GitLab CD, Spinnaker) for automated deployments in Kubernetes. Built reusable reports with Extent Reports and collaborated with cross-functional teams to embed automation in sprint processes. Mentored teammates and refactored the framework for modularity.

QA Engineer at Ergon

January 1, 2021 - October 31, 2022

Developed automated test suites for the Facets healthcare application using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Cucumber, and TestNG; supported Python-based API testing. Collaborated with the development team to prioritize tests; created reusable property files and configuration utilities. Performed SQL validations against Amisys tables for EDI 837 and 835, and supported prior authorization workflows. Created automated SQL reports for claims aging, denied claims, and authorization turnaround times. Optimized framework performance with locator improvements, reusable utilities, and streamlined execution. Conducted end-to-end testing of multi-tier healthcare workflows focusing on HIPAA-compliant EDI transactions, with mobile testing via Saucelabs/Perfecto. Integrated with Jira and participated in Agile sprint activities.

Automation Analyst at Cybage Software Private Limited

October 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020

Enhanced existing automation frameworks by introducing modular architecture, reusable libraries, and structured logging to improve maintainability and scalability of regression suites. Understood BRD requirements and prepared design/functional documents to facilitate project execution. Developed end-to-end Windows and web automation using Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, and Jenkins; tested SOAP and REST-based services with SOAP UI and Postman; wrote SQL queries for data validation; performed network tracing with Fiddler. Tested mobile apps on iOS/Android using Saucelabs/Perfecto. Integrated automated tests with Jira and supported client/UAT activities, aligning automation with release timelines.

QA Engineer at Yana Software Private Limited

September 1, 2016 - June 30, 2018

Executed automated regression scripts built with Selenium WebDriver; maintained and updated test suites for consistency across releases. Developed smoke tests to validate build stability and deployment readiness. Performed backend data validation using SQL Server, and automated API validation using Postman. Conducted mobile app testing on iOS/Android with real and emulated devices, and performed cross-browser validation across Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Collaborated with UAT teams to prepare scripts and report defects, integrating automated results into test reporting.