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I am a QA Automation Engineer with over 6 years of experience building and scaling robust test automation frameworks for web and API applications across insurance and transportation domains. I specialize in Selenium WebDriver and Playwright, and have strong REST API automation experience using Rest Assured and Postman. I design maintainable hybrid automation frameworks using BDD with Cucumber, Page Object Model patterns, and data-driven approaches, and I integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git. I enjoy mentoring colleagues and driving shift-left testing to deliver faster, more reliable releases.…I am a QA Automation Engineer with over 6 years of experience building and scaling robust test automation frameworks for web and API applications across insurance and transportation domains. I specialize in Selenium WebDriver and Playwright, and have strong REST API automation experience using Rest Assured and Postman. I design maintainable hybrid automation frameworks using BDD with Cucumber, Page Object Model patterns, and data-driven approaches, and I integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git. I enjoy mentoring colleagues and driving shift-left testing to deliver faster, more reliable releases.

Rajani Kota

QA Engineer, Web Developer, Programmer, +2

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I am a QA Automation Engineer with over 6 years of experience building and scaling robust test automation frameworks for web and API applications across insurance and transportation domains. I specialize in Selenium WebDriver and Playwright, and have strong REST API automation experience using Rest Assured and Postman. I design maintainable hybrid automation frameworks using BDD with Cucumber, Page Object Model patterns, and data-driven approaches, and I integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git. I enjoy mentoring colleagues and driving shift-left testing to deliver faster, more reliable releases.…I am a QA Automation Engineer with over 6 years of experience building and scaling robust test automation frameworks for web and API applications across insurance and transportation domains. I specialize in Selenium WebDriver and Playwright, and have strong REST API automation experience using Rest Assured and Postman. I design maintainable hybrid automation frameworks using BDD with Cucumber, Page Object Model patterns, and data-driven approaches, and I integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git. I enjoy mentoring colleagues and driving shift-left testing to deliver faster, more reliable releases.

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I am a QA Automation Engineer with over 6 years of experience building and scaling robust test automation frameworks for web and API applications across insurance and transportation domains. I specialize in Selenium WebDriver and Playwright, and have strong REST API automation experience using Rest Assured and Postman.

I design maintainable hybrid automation frameworks using BDD with Cucumber, Page Object Model patterns, and data-driven approaches, and I integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git. I enjoy mentoring colleagues and driving shift-left testing to deliver faster, more reliable releases.

Skills

Java

Python

SQL

Experience Level

Java

Expert

Python

Expert

SQL

Expert

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Senior QA Automation Engineer at Uber Technologies, Inc.

May 1, 2023 - March 1, 2026

Led end-to-end automation strategy for Uber’s rider and driver-partner platforms, owning 1,200+ automated test cases across web, mobile, and API layers with Playwright and Selenium WebDriver. Architected a Playwright + Selenium hybrid framework with POM and BDD (Cucumber), enabling cross-browser testing (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge) with parallel execution and reducing suite run time by 55%. Built REST API automation validating 500+ microservice endpoints, including schemas, auth tokens, headers, and SLA; developed and executed regression, smoke, sanity, and functional test suites using TestNG; integrated automation into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with Git, enforcing regression gating on PRs and nightly builds; performed SQL-based data validation for trip data, payments, and surge models; maintained QA dashboards and defect trend reports; mentored 3 junior QA engineers; participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies.

QA Automation Engineer at Citigroup (Citi)

January 1, 2020 - April 1, 2023

Designed and maintained UI automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver (Java/Python) and Playwright for Citi’s insurance and banking portals, implementing POM, Data-Driven, and Hybrid patterns for scalability and maintainability. Built BDD automation with Cucumber and Gherkin, converting 200+ user stories into executable automated scenarios. Developed REST API automation using Rest Assured and Postman, validating policy APIs, headers, and schema contracts. Executed automated regression, smoke, sanity, and functional test cycles with TestNG and Pytest across 15+ production releases; integrated CI/CD pipelines with Git for daily regression runs and BVT. Performed SQL-based validation for insurance claims and premiums; refactored flaky tests to improve CI/CD green build rate from 72% to 96%. Led UAT coordination and release readiness for 15+ production releases; maintained audit-ready documentation; participated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies.