Hi, I’m Gopesh Samota, a Senior QA Automation Engineer with 14+ years of experience building scalable test automation frameworks for complex enterprise web, mobile, and backend apps. I specialize in Playwright, Selenium, and Rest Assured, and I routinely integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines in Agile and DevOps environments. I also explore AI-augmented testing workflows, leveraging Claude, Copilot, and related tools to accelerate test authoring and improve coverage. I have led QA teams, defined standards and KPIs, and delivered measurable improvements in quality, velocity, and defect reduction across organizations.

Gopesh Samota

Hi, I’m Gopesh Samota, a Senior QA Automation Engineer with 14+ years of experience building scalable test automation frameworks for complex enterprise web, mobile, and backend apps. I specialize in Playwright, Selenium, and Rest Assured, and I routinely integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines in Agile and DevOps environments. I also explore AI-augmented testing workflows, leveraging Claude, Copilot, and related tools to accelerate test authoring and improve coverage. I have led QA teams, defined standards and KPIs, and delivered measurable improvements in quality, velocity, and defect reduction across organizations.

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Hi, I’m Gopesh Samota, a Senior QA Automation Engineer with 14+ years of experience building scalable test automation frameworks for complex enterprise web, mobile, and backend apps. I specialize in Playwright, Selenium, and Rest Assured, and I routinely integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines in Agile and DevOps environments.

I also explore AI-augmented testing workflows, leveraging Claude, Copilot, and related tools to accelerate test authoring and improve coverage. I have led QA teams, defined standards and KPIs, and delivered measurable improvements in quality, velocity, and defect reduction across organizations.

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Work Experience

Senior SDET at Cognizant Technology Solutions
May 1, 2012 - January 31, 2019
SDET focused on web and API testing across multiple domains in India and Dallas, TX. Built and maintained Selenium/REST Assured/UI test suites, designed data-driven test frameworks, and integrated automation with Jenkins CI/CD and JIRA. Led test automation efforts to improve reliability and reduce release cycle times.
Senior SDET at Cognizant Technology Solutions
February 1, 2019 - July 31, 2023
Vancouver-based SDET delivering Playwright-based automation across five enterprise web/mobile backends. Authored 300+ end-to-end and UI tests, integrated with Jenkins CI/CD, and led AI-assisted test authoring using Claude/Copilot. Built robust CI/test harnesses and contributed to QA standards, KPI definitions, and defect reduction.

Education

Bachelor of Technology at Vellore Institute of Technology
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2012

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet