Prakash J

Product Engineer

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand6 yrs 10 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Reduced test cycle time by 60% with Playwright framework.
  • Automated high-volume IVR and chatbot systems.
  • Led QA for Wix-Salesforce integration project.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quality Assurance Automation Engineer specializing in SaaS and Conversational AI.

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Skills

Core Skills

Automation TestingAgile MethodologiesSalesforce ApiProduct ManagementPerformance Testing

Other Skills

Chatbot DesignChatbot DevelopmentDialogflowExpress.jsGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)IBM WatsonIBM Watson AssistantInformation TechnologyJavaScriptMongoDBNLUNoSQLNode.jsNon-profit Program DevelopmentOdoo

About

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.

Experience

Air new zealand

Quality Assurance Automation Engineer

Oct 2025Present · 5 mos · Auckland, New Zealand · Hybrid

Agile MethodologiesAutomation TestingplaywrightJavaScriptTypeScript

Roc - the refugee orientation centre trust

IT Consultant

Nov 2024Jan 2025 · 2 mos · Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand · Hybrid

  • Led QA for an HR Operations portal with Wix-Salesforce registration system. Developed and maintained Playwright + TypeScript UI automation and regression suites to validate end-to-end flows.
  • Implemented JavaScript (Wix Velo) test hooks and validated Salesforce integrations using Postman, created collections and automated smoke API checks.
  • Established QA processes (test strategy, version control, CI-triggered runs, sprint-based testing) to raise release quality and shorten feedback loops.
  • Managed defect triage in Odoo Projects, and coordinated test delivery with project managers and developers.
Salesforce APIWix Website BuilderNon-profit Program DevelopmentOdooplaywrightAutomation Testing

Lowe's india

2 roles

Senior Software Engineer - Automation

Promoted

May 2023Feb 2024 · 9 mos · Hybrid

  • Senior tester for a MERN-based configuration portal supporting a Conversational AI application (Voice & SMS) pilot (initial rollout to ~10 stores).
  • Architected Playwright + TypeScript framework (POM, fixtures), implemented env-based configs and faker test data - reduced code duplication and test development time by ~40%.
  • Integrated suites into CI (parallel runs, retries, HTML reports), cut full test cycle time by ~60% and enabled gating checks that caught ~30% of regressions pre-release.
  • Authored ~300 automated tests and collaborated with architects, engineers, BAs and store managers to own test strategy and rollout readiness.
Product ManagementNLUSoftware InfrastructureSoftware DesignSoftware Project ManagementAutomation Testing

Software Engineer - Conversational AI

Jul 2021Apr 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hybrid

  • Performed automation and manual testing for customer-facing chat/voice bots and IVR using Cyara and Postman, supported high-volume services (~10 million IVR/voice calls/week and ~4 million SMS per week).
  • Developed 9 Cyara-based regression suites plus separate store open/closed-hours suites, automated execution tied to deployments.
  • Designed, developed and maintained fortnightly production automation runs to validate end-user application health, reducing manual regression effort by ~50%.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for Cyara and deployment automation, reducing vendor dependency and external testing costs by ~45% and cutting test turnaround time by ~60%.
  • Performed performance/load testing for high-volume scenarios (validated scalability for thousands of concurrent sessions) and used JMeter to validate throughput and stability.
Regression TestingSystem Integration TestingAutomation TestingPerformance Testing

Ttec

BOT Systems Software Developer

Apr 2020Jun 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

  • Conducted API testing using Postman to validate backend integrations and API contracts, created Postman collections and automated smoke API checks.
  • Led NLU performance testing for enterprise Conversational AI clients - refined intents and training data, and ensured NLU confidence exceeded 80% post-training by measuring before and after metrics.
  • Performed manual chatbot and conversational-flow testing, logged defects in JIRA and authored test documentation in Confluence while coordinating with project managers and developers to deliver testing on schedule.

Dxc technology

4 roles

Professional 1: Conversation Designer (Conversation AI - Chatbot development)

Jan 2020Apr 2020 · 3 mos

  • Analyzed the service desk account process to design relevant test scenarios and ensure alignment with business workflows.
  • Created and documented test cases for Conversational AI flows in Confluence, ensuring coverage of all service desk process requirements.
  • Collaborated with developers to validate Conversational AI modules built in IBM Watson Assistant against functional and non-functional requirements.
  • Executed training and testing of AI modules using historical chat logs, validating intent accuracy and improving NLU performance.
  • Conducted regression and UAT before handing over modules to Integration and Deployment Engineers, ensuring smooth rollout and production readiness.

Professional 1: Technical Automation Lead

Feb 2019Jan 2020 · 11 mos

  • DXC Bionix™ RPA Developer, Responsible for Developing, Deploying and Maintenance of RPA BOTs (DXC Bionix™ - Advanced Intelligent Automation Promises to Reinvent IT Services Delivery Globally and Accelerate Client Digital Transformations).
  • Responsible for enhancing the Operations of service delivery, service management and swivel operations using RPA technology.
  • Responsible to maintain and troubleshoot the developed BOTs.
  • Completed Projects in RPA Development:
  • Email to Ticket Automation
  • o Read email from outlook.
  • o Create ticket using ServiceNow and HPSM.
  • o Responding to user throw email.
  • IMPACT Report Automation
  • o Downloading the dump from SQL, ServiceNow and BMC Remedy.
  • o Cleaning the dump and preparing the raw data using RPA.
  • o Uploading the raw data in SharePoint using MS Flow.
  • o Preparing the report in Power BI and publishing to the stake holders.

Associate Professional: Service Delivery Coordinator (Subject Matter Expert)

Promoted

Sep 2018Jan 2019 · 4 mos

  • Coordinating with service management and incident management team to streamline the process.
  • Coordinating with ServiceNow catalog development team from service desk operation, for future catalog development and working towards improvement of current catalog requirements and future requirements.
  • Maintain the Service Level Agreement (SLA) on Incident and Service Request.
  • Handling the process updates and ServiceNow updates and educating the team regarding the same.
  • Updating the knowledge base as per the latest update.
  • Maintaining the team SharePoint site and allocating the shift for agents based on the business requirement.

Associate Professional: Service Delivery Coordinator

Feb 2017Aug 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Implementing ITIL frame work-based process.
  • Responsible for providing offshore chat and emil support to clients.

Education

The University of Waikato

Masters in Digital Business

Feb 2024Feb 2025

Jeppiaar Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - BE — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

The Holy Cross Matriculation Hr Sec School

12th Standard

Jan 2010Jan 2012

Devi Academy Senior Secondary School

10th Standard — CBSE

Jan 1999Jan 2010

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