Kritarth Acharya

Software Engineer

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States7 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable UI and API automation frameworks.
Strong background in performance testing and data validation.
Proficient in CI/CD integration for enhanced software delivery.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled Software Engineer specializing in automation and data engineering within the retail analytics sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Ui & Api AutomationLoad/performance TestingTest Automation

Other Skills

PlaywrightMCPAirflowKafkaCI/CDSQLGitDockerCypressPythonJavaScriptJiraApache AirflowApache KafkaModel Context Protocol (MCP)

About

Software Engineer at Walmart working at the intersection of automation, quality engineering, and data platforms. I focus on building scalable UI, API, and load test automation to keep complex systems reliable at scale. Most of my work revolves around end-to-end automation using Playwright, validating APIs, and performance testing across both frontend and backend services. I’ve been actively using MCP-based workflows to streamline test automation, including converting Figma designs directly into meaningful test cases, helping teams catch issues earlier and improve coverage before code hits production. On the platform and data side, I regularly work with Airflow, monitoring and troubleshooting failed DAGs in production environments. I’ve also worked with Kafka in event-driven architectures and contributed to validating data pipelines, ensuring data quality and system stability. I enjoy collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams, and I’m passionate about shifting quality left, improving developer velocity, and building systems that scale without breaking. Tech I work with: Playwright, MCP, UI & API Automation, Load/Performance Testing, Airflow, Kafka, CI/CD, SQL, Git, Docker, Cloud Platforms Always interested in solving problems where quality, automation, and data engineering overlap.

Experience

7 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 11 mos

Current Experience

Walmart

Software Engineer III

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Bentonville, Arkansas, United States · Hybrid

Contributed to Insights Activation, a shopper behavior analytics platform that enables Walmart suppliers to identify which customers to target, when to engage them, and which products to campaign, using data-driven insights.
Built and maintained scalable UI, API, and load test automation frameworks to ensure reliability of data-heavy, customer-facing applications.
Developed end-to-end UI and API automation using Playwright, covering critical supplier workflows and analytics use cases.
Implemented API validation and performance testing to ensure accurate insights delivery under high traffic and peak campaign periods.
Leveraged MCP-based automation, including converting Figma designs into executable test cases, improving early coverage and reducing regression gaps.
Monitored and troubleshot Airflow DAG failures supporting shopper behavior data pipelines, ensuring timely and accurate data availability.
Worked with Kafka in event-driven architectures to validate message flows and downstream data consistency.
Performed data validation and data quality checks using SQL and automated tests to ensure correctness of behavioral insights.
Integrated automation suites into CI/CD pipelines, improving release confidence and reducing manual testing effort.
Collaborated closely with product, data, and engineering teams to shift quality left and support fast, reliable feature delivery.

PlaywrightMCPUI & API AutomationLoad/Performance TestingAirflowKafka+4

Acequest corporation

Software QA Engineer

Apr 2023 – May 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Piscataway, New Jersey, United States · On-site

Communicated and clarified features and functionality of Jira epics/stories/tasks with project manager, concerned developers, and development lead, ensuring alignment of testing efforts with development goals.
Designed, developed, and executed test automation using Cypress, following BDD and ATDD principles for REST API, Web UI, and database integrity testing.
Developed and maintained test automation frameworks using Cypress, ensuring the reliability and scalability of automated testing solutions.
Ran sanity, full regression, and feature-specific regression tests as per release requirements, ensuring comprehensive test coverage with Cypress.
Integrated automated tests, including Cypress, into the CI/CD pipeline using GitLab CI, ensuring continuous testing and delivery of high-quality software.
Participated in review meetings, providing valuable feedback, and updating review comments to maintain the quality of deliverables.
Conducted SQL queries to analyze data integrity between the database and REST endpoints, ensuring data consistency and reliability.
Analyze failure, analyze logs, pinpoint the source of the issue, and document issue history in Jira to help the developer with a quick fix.

CypressPythonSQLTest Automation

Deerhold ltd.

Senior Software Engineer

Oct 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Lexington, Massachusetts, United States · Remote

● Designed, developed, and executed test automation using Cypress for web UI testing
and Rest Assured for REST API testing, leveraging JavaScript for scripting.
● Developed and maintained automated test suites using BDD and ATDD practices
with Cypress, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and accuracy.
● Setup independent QA environment by developing endpoints for multiple
microservices running in multiple VMs to support the main framework called micro-
services.
● Led the adoption of BDD and ATDD practices within the QA team, improving overall
testing efficiency and effectiveness.
● Wrote new CI/CD pipelines for new setups or maintained existing GitLab CI scripts,
ensuring continuous integration and delivery of high-quality software.
● Involved in review meetings and updated review comments to maintain the quality
of deliverables.
● Set up frameworks in Linux servers using Docker, Jenkins, and JavaScript scripts,
ensuring scalability and reliability.
● Participated in functionality grooming and client meetings to understand and clarify
features from development and partners.
● Communicated with manual testers to understand test steps mentioned in stories in
Jira if needed, ensuring clarity and consistency in testing efforts.
● Conducted SQL queries to analyze data integrity between the database and REST
endpoints, ensuring data consistency and reliability.
● Conducted sanity, full regression, and feature-specific regression tests as per release
requirements.
● Analyzed failures, managed defects, and documented issue history in Jira to facilitate
quick fixes by developers.
● Inspired the community and manual testers by representing automation frameworks
and techniques, soliciting feedback for continuous improvement.
Environment: Javascript, Cypress, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, Jenkins, SQL, Jira, Agile, AWS

CypressJavaScriptDockerSQLJiraTest Automation

Seva development

Software Engineer

Dec 2018 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Sandy, Utah, United States · Remote

● As an individual contributor, took responsibility for automation efforts, including
involvement in pre-planning, planning, and test planning, as well as participating in
review meetings.
● Spent time with stories to understand requirements and clarified them as needed,
ensuring clarity and alignment with project goals.
● Gained expertise in REST API and infrastructural design of the project to better
inform automation efforts.
● Created proof of concepts (POCs) for automation frameworks using Cypress,
JavaScript, Robot, and REST API, obtaining approval for implementation.
● Designed and developed end-to-end automation frameworks using Cypress and
JavaScript, focusing on BDD and ATDD principles for improved testing efficiency.
● Developed and maintained automated test suites using BDD and ATDD frameworks
such as Cucumber and JBehave, leveraging Cypress for front-end testing.
● Led the adoption of BDD and ATDD practices within the QA team, enhancing overall
testing efficiency and effectiveness with Cypress.
● Conducted SQL queries to analyze data integrity between the database and REST
endpoints, ensuring data consistency and reliability.
● Identifying manual scenarios for automation and writing automation for the same.
● Run Regression for each build release and report issues as soon as possible
● Analyze failure and manage defects
● Narrow down issues to help developers to reproduce and give quick fixes.
● Analyze failure logs in different environments
● Maintaining automation code in the developer's repo to help developers test their
flow if needed
Environment: Python, Javascript, Cypress, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab, SQL, Jenkins, Jira,
Agile, AWS

CypressJavaScriptSQLTest Automation

Uthsara technology

Intern

Jun 2018 – Nov 2018 · 5 mos · Nepal · On-site

● Understanding requirements by going through SRS, and SDS.
● Creation of test strategy document, creation of test data, and test cases.
● Do peers review of test strategy document
● Take the review comments and update the test plan accordingly.
● Develop SEO-friendly web pages using server-side rendering and static site
generation features of NextJs framework with dynamic routing.
● Dynamic content loading using server-side rendering as well as client-side rendering
using libraries like Axios and fetch API.
● Developed and maintained a suite of Cypress tests for fintech applications.
● Conducted regression testing to identify defects and verify bug fixes, reducing the
number of post-release issues by 40%.
Environment: React, Node, Cypress Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Jira