QA Automation Engineer with 8+ years of experience in manual and automated testing across Agile environments. Skilled in Selenium, Playwright, Java, JavaScript, API testing, SQL, and CI/CD pipelines. Proven track record of building scalable automation frameworks, improving test efficiency, and delivering high-quality software in fast-paced teams.

Kunal Chadha

QA Automation Engineer with 8+ years of experience in manual and automated testing across Agile environments. Skilled in Selenium, Playwright, Java, JavaScript, API testing, SQL, and CI/CD pipelines. Proven track record of building scalable automation frameworks, improving test efficiency, and delivering high-quality software in fast-paced teams.

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QA Automation Engineer with 8+ years of experience in manual and automated testing across Agile environments. Skilled in Selenium, Playwright, Java, JavaScript, API testing, SQL, and CI/CD pipelines. Proven track record of building scalable automation frameworks, improving test efficiency, and delivering high-quality software in fast-paced teams.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Senior Software Engineer in Test (SDET) at Autotrader.ca
August 1, 2023 - Present
Developed Playwright-based test automation framework design using Page Object Model; utilized AI tools Claude and Codex to automate test script generation and improve regression coverage within Playwright frameworks; performed functional, regression, end-to-end, GUI, performance, and UAT testing; wrote SQL queries for data validation; contributed to test strategy and automation scope; collaborated with developers and business analysts; built and maintained cross-browser and cross-platform automation; designed CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions; mentored junior QA engineers; reduced regression cycle by 35-40% via automated suites; executed REST API testing with Postman and backend validation with SQL; automated multi-environment testing; automated cross-browser/mobile web testing.
QA Automation Developer / SDET at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
January 1, 2018 - July 31, 2023
Web front-end and back-end automation using Java, JavaScript, Selenium WebDriver; developed and implemented Selenium Test Automation Framework with improved scalability and maintainability (cost reduction 17%); constructed Hybrid-Driven and TestNG frameworks (workflow improved by 20%); experienced with Data-Driven, Keyword-Driven, Hybrid, and BDD (Cucumber); created and automated API tests using Swagger; automated test execution and results reporting using HP ALM, Jenkins, and JIRA; converted 500+ manual test cases to automation (65% reduction in manual effort; 55% faster testing); built utility and generic functions using ConformIQ; automated IAM SailPoint email templates and employee access components; supported AODA testing for SmartATM and collaborated on Page Object Model (POM) creation to enhance automation maintainability.

Education

Diploma at Sheridan College, Brampton, ON
September 1, 2014 - May 1, 2018

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services