pardha saradhi

Senior Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India8 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in Playwright-based test automation frameworks.
Reduced flaky test failures by 40% in critical flows.
Improved nightly pass rate from 55% to 90%.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS automation expert with a focus on CI/CD and API testing.

Contact

pardha.t94@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationCi/cdApi Testing

Other Skills

GitHub CopilotplaywrightTypeScriptCucumberRanorexC#RestAssuredRestSharpManual TestingREST APIsSeleniumNUnit.NET CoreSelenium WebDriverJava

About

Senior SDET with 9+ years in QA automation, specialising in Playwright-based frameworks for SaaS and enterprise platforms. I help engineering teams build maintainable test suites, reduce flakiness, and integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines including migrating legacy frameworks like Selenium, Ranorex, and Nightwatch to Playwright. I use AI tooling Claude and GitHub Copilot to accelerate framework delivery and test design.

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 9 mos

Current Experience

Insightsoftware

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test

Aug 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · India · Remote

Playwright (TypeScript + Cucumber) and Selenium (C#) for web; Ranorex (C#) for desktop; API automation; CI/CD on Jenkins and Azure DevOps with Xray for Jira.
Led a Playwright framework redesign: resilient selectors, deterministic waits, parallel runs, and Trace/HTML reporting for faster, clearer debugging.
Stabilized desktop automation with Ranorex (C#): optimized object repository, reduced flaky interactions, and enabled reliable multi-agent Jenkins execution.
Built an auth/test harness for Azure AD B2C & JWT so UI and API flows handle redirects/tokens consistently per environment.
CI/CD: matrices and sharding, scheduled smoke/regression packs, infra-only retries, and artifacts (videos, logs, traces) with automated Xray/Jira uploads and env tagging.
API automation: contract and negative tests with RestAssured/RestSharp, data seeding, and promotion gates.
Quality ops: flaky-test quarantine, stability dashboards, coding standards and PR checks.
Results: cut flaky failures on critical Hubble flows by ~40% and reduced CI feedback time by ~15 minutes.
Migrated the Nightwatch test suite to Playwright using GitHub Copilot and Claude AI accelerators.

GitHub CopilotplaywrightTest AutomationCI/CD

Bqe software

Senior Automation Engineer

Sep 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · India · Remote

Selenium (C# / NUnit) and Playwright (TypeScript) frameworks; API automation with OAuth/JWT; Azure DevOps pipelines.
Kept Selenium C# suites maintainable: page objects, data-driven tests, clean waits/retries, clearer logs/screenshots.
Introduced Playwright for new modules with a starter kit: fixtures, test-ids, parallel shards, Trace/HTML reports, onboarding docs.
Built API automation with token-based auth, contract/negative tests, data seeding, and env-driven config; integrated checks into PR and nightly runs.
Azure DevOps CI/CD: pipelines, variable groups, browser matrices (Chrome/Edge), scheduled smokes/regressions, artifacts (videos, traces, logs).
Partnered with PM/engineering on acceptance criteria and test-code reviews; kept documentation current as coverage grew.
Results: improved nightly pass rate from ~55% to ~90% and trimmed PR check duration by ~20% using the Playwright starter kit and Azure DevOps matrices.

Manual TestingREST APIsTest AutomationCI/CD

Concentrix catalyst

Senior Automation Engineer

Sep 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Remote

Java/Selenium and C#/.NET suites, SpecFlow/BDD, API frameworks (Refit/RestSharp/Postman), SQL checks, CI on Jenkins/Azure DevOps.
Built and maintained Selenium (Java) and C#/.NET suites for critical flows; added page-object and data-driven patterns to keep tests stable.
Introduced SpecFlow (C#) for readable scenarios and living documentation.
Created API automation with token-based auth, contract/negative tests, and reusable data builders; integrated checks into CI gates.
Set up regression/smoke packs; tuned waits/retries to cut flake and reduce triage time.
Performed DB validations for plugin interfaces; ran basic JMeter perf checks when needed.

.NET CoreSelenium WebDriverTest AutomationAPI Testing

Siemens healthineers

Software Development Engineer in Test

Oct 2019 – Aug 2020 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka · On-site

Worked on a Windows desktop product; focus on Ranorex (C#) automation and quality engineering.
Developed automation modules with Ranorex for key workflows; optimized the object repository and action libraries to reduce maintenance.
Wrote and executed test cases, logged issues in TFS, and collaborated closely with developers for quick fixes.
Reviewed code in Visual Studio, refactored tests for reliability, and kept suites lean as features evolved.
Helped onboard new team members with framework walkthroughs and usage guidelines.
Skills: Ranorex (C#), .NET, Visual Studio, TFS, Test Design, Regression/Smoke, Code Reviews.

JiraQuality AssuranceTest Automation

Hp

Software Engineer

Feb 2017 – Oct 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Contributed to web and device-centric testing; main stack Selenium (Java) with TestNG/BDD, plus utilities for device and network scenarios.
Built and maintained a regression test suite in Selenium (Java); added page objects, better waits, and reporting for faster reviews.
Automated Wi-Fi/printing workflows (including Wi-Fi Direct and wireless station cases) with supporting scripts and data sets.
Practiced BDD/TestNG for readable scenarios and repeatable runs in CI.
Partnered with dev and test leads on defect triage and release readiness.
Skills: Selenium WebDriver (Java), TestNG/BDD, Jenkins (basics), Git, Network/Device testing fundamentals, Defect triage.

Manual TestingTest Automation