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I am a Senior SDET / QA Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering automation and performance testing for web, API, and backend systems across financial services and life sciences. I design scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, TestNG/JUnit, Cucumber, RestAssured, Gatling, and more, driving quality through robust test strategies and reusable components. I also leverage AI-powered tools and internal LLMs to accelerate test generation, defect analysis, and test data creation, and I automate Power BI data validation and dashboard workflows to ensure accurate reporting. In addition to hands-on testing, I collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams to define quality targets, mentor teams, and lead initiatives that improve release readiness and overall software quality across UI, API, and performance domains.…I am a Senior SDET / QA Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering automation and performance testing for web, API, and backend systems across financial services and life sciences. I design scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, TestNG/JUnit, Cucumber, RestAssured, Gatling, and more, driving quality through robust test strategies and reusable components. I also leverage AI-powered tools and internal LLMs to accelerate test generation, defect analysis, and test data creation, and I automate Power BI data validation and dashboard workflows to ensure accurate reporting. In addition to hands-on testing, I collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams to define quality targets, mentor teams, and lead initiatives that improve release readiness and overall software quality across UI, API, and performance domains.

Suseela Kumar

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

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I am a Senior SDET / QA Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering automation and performance testing for web, API, and backend systems across financial services and life sciences. I design scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, TestNG/JUnit, Cucumber, RestAssured, Gatling, and more, driving quality through robust test strategies and reusable components. I also leverage AI-powered tools and internal LLMs to accelerate test generation, defect analysis, and test data creation, and I automate Power BI data validation and dashboard workflows to ensure accurate reporting. In addition to hands-on testing, I collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams to define quality targets, mentor teams, and lead initiatives that improve release readiness and overall software quality across UI, API, and performance domains.…I am a Senior SDET / QA Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering automation and performance testing for web, API, and backend systems across financial services and life sciences. I design scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, TestNG/JUnit, Cucumber, RestAssured, Gatling, and more, driving quality through robust test strategies and reusable components. I also leverage AI-powered tools and internal LLMs to accelerate test generation, defect analysis, and test data creation, and I automate Power BI data validation and dashboard workflows to ensure accurate reporting. In addition to hands-on testing, I collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams to define quality targets, mentor teams, and lead initiatives that improve release readiness and overall software quality across UI, API, and performance domains.

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I am a Senior SDET / QA Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering automation and performance testing for web, API, and backend systems across financial services and life sciences. I design scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, TestNG/JUnit, Cucumber, RestAssured, Gatling, and more, driving quality through robust test strategies and reusable components. I also leverage AI-powered tools and internal LLMs to accelerate test generation, defect analysis, and test data creation, and I automate Power BI data validation and dashboard workflows to ensure accurate reporting.

In addition to hands-on testing, I collaborate with business stakeholders and product teams to define quality targets, mentor teams, and lead initiatives that improve release readiness and overall software quality across UI, API, and performance domains.

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Work Experience

Senior SDET / QA Lead at FINRA

August 1, 2021 - Present

Architected and implemented a scalable test automation framework using Selenium WebDriver, Java, POM, Maven, GitHub, and TestNG/JUnit; led end-to-end testing for MATRICS, WebDR, and FINRA CRM; automated 250+ functional test cases covering arbitration and mediation workflows; designed API automation with RestAssured; built regression suites; leveraged AI-powered tools for test generation and data preparation; developed Python-based automation for Power BI dashboard validation; performed Gatling-based performance testing.

QA Automation Engineer at LIQUIDNET, NYC

April 1, 2021 - August 1, 2021

Developed automation test suites using Cucumber, JBehave, TestNG and Java for algorithmic trading and order management systems; built REST API automation with RestAssured and POSTMAN; conducted performance testing using Gatling.

QA Lead / Automation Architect at INSTINET, NYC

November 1, 2014 - March 1, 2021

Led design and implementation of a Selenium WebDriver-based automation framework for regression testing of a web application suite using Java/JUnit/TestNG; developed RESTful web service automation using POSTMAN; managed QA activities and collaboration with developers and SMEs; built automation framework using Java, Cucumber, TestNG, and Selenium.

QA Engineer at ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY, NYC

February 1, 2013 - October 1, 2014

Built and maintained the Aorta system test automation framework for a web-based intranet data feed processing application; validated end-to-end data flows; supported QA across risk and policy data processing workflows.

Automation Engineer at CITIGROUP, NYC

June 1, 2010 - February 1, 2012

Developed test and automation framework for Custom Basket, a web-based, n-tier application used by trading desks and external clients; automated UI and REST services; contributed to POMS/APS2 integration.

QA Engineer at STONERIVER REGED, NJ – PINACLE XCHANGE

February 1, 2009 - January 1, 2010

Led automation of trading platform components; Selenium WebDriver-based regression tests; REST API automation using POSTMAN; evaluated automation tools and PoCs.

Automation Lead / Software Engineer at CITIGROUP, NYC – POMS/APS2 INTEGRATION

June 1, 2007 - December 1, 2008

Designed automation framework for basket trading and API integrations; UI and service testing; participated in tool evaluation and PoC activities.

QA Engineer at METLIFE, NJ – REAL ESTATE INFORMATION SYSTEM (RIS)

June 1, 2006 - November 1, 2006

Built and maintained test automation framework for RIS data feed processing and intranet data workflows.

QA Engineer at ABN AMRO, NYC – RISK BACK TESTING (RBT)

February 1, 2006 - June 1, 2006

UI and automation testing for risk back-testing components; framework improvements and test execution.

Software Engineer at Various Assignments, India

January 1, 2001 - October 1, 2002

Handled QA and automation tasks across multiple projects; contributed to tool evaluations and automation PoCs.