Prakash J — Product Engineer
I am a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks that improve release quality and accelerate delivery. Skilled in building Playwright + TypeScript test suites, Postman API automation, and performance/load testing with JMeter, I have enabled teams to cut regression effort, reduce vendor testing costs, and catch critical defects early. My experience spans enterprise-scale web applications, Conversational AI platforms, and cloud-based solutions, where I’ve collaborated with developers, architects, and product owners in Agile scrum teams. I specialize in: Automation Frameworks: Playwright, Cyara, Postman, JMeter CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, exposure to Azure DevOps Functional & Non-Functional Testing: UI, API, performance, and integration testing Cloud & Databases: Google Cloud, MongoDB, PostgreSQL Highlights include: Built and scaled a Playwright framework reducing test cycle time by 60% and preventing 30% of regressions pre-release. Automated high-volume IVR and chatbot systems (~10M calls & 4M SMS weekly) with Cyara and Postman. Led QA for a Wix–Salesforce integration project in NZ, implementing regression automation and CI/CD pipelines. 🎓 Certified ISTQB Tester and Playwright Automation Specialist, with a Master’s in Digital Business from the University of Waikato. Passionate about championing quality standards, embedding best practices, and driving continuous improvement in test engineering.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer specializing in SaaS and Conversational AI.
Location: Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Experience: 6 yrs 10 mos
Skills
- Automation Testing
- Agile Methodologies
- Salesforce Api
- Product Management
- Performance Testing
Career Highlights
- Reduced test cycle time by 60% with Playwright framework.
- Automated high-volume IVR and chatbot systems.
- Led QA for Wix-Salesforce integration project.
Work Experience
Air New Zealand
Quality Assurance Automation Engineer (5 mos)
ROC - The Refugee Orientation Centre Trust
IT Consultant (2 mos)
Lowe's India
Senior Software Engineer - Automation (9 mos)
Software Engineer - Conversational AI (1 yr 9 mos)
TTEC
BOT Systems Software Developer (1 yr 2 mos)
DXC Technology
Professional 1: Conversation Designer (Conversation AI - Chatbot development) (3 mos)
Professional 1: Technical Automation Lead (11 mos)
Associate Professional: Service Delivery Coordinator (Subject Matter Expert) (4 mos)
Associate Professional: Service Delivery Coordinator (1 yr 6 mos)
Education
Masters in Digital Business at The University of Waikato
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Jeppiaar Institute of Technology
12th Standard at The Holy Cross Matriculation Hr Sec School
10th Standard at Devi Academy Senior Secondary School