Ankur Raj
QA Automation Engineer | Playwright Expert
Automation Engineer with 3+ years of experience specializing in Playwright, UI automation, and API testing. Skilled in designing scalable POM frameworks, implementing CI/CD, optimizing automation speed through parallel execution, and stabilizing test suites using network mocking and smart locators. Strong focus on reliability, maintainability, and delivering high-coverage automation solutions for enterprise applications.
Core Expertise
Automation Tools
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Playwright, Selenium, Cypress
Expert in E2E/UI automation, smart locators, cross-browser testing
Languages
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TypeScript, JavaScript
Test scripting, framework design, automation utilities
Frameworks
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POM, Modular, Hybrid
Designing reusable components, modular framework architecture
API & Network
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REST Assured, Network Mocking
Network interception, API mocking, request/response validation
CI/CD & Tools
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GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Git, Docker
CI/CD Integration, pipelines, automated test execution
Reporting & Debugging
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Allure, HTML Reports, Trace Viewer
Test Reporting, automated evidence generation
Certifications
Learning Playwright
LinkedIn Learning
Playwright Essential Training
LinkedIn Learning
Professional Journey
Accenture
- Framework Engineering: Built a scalable POM-based framework in TypeScript, reducing maintenance efforts by 40% through reusable selectors, components, and utilities.
- Execution Optimization: Implemented parallel execution + cross-browser testing (Chromium, Firefox, WebKit), decreasing regression time from 4 hours to 45 minutes.
- CI/CD Automation: Integrated Playwright suites into GitHub Actions/Jenkins for nightly execution and automated quality gates on pull requests.
- Flakiness Reduction: Achieved 90% test stability by using Playwright’s auto-wait, strict mode, and predictable selectors.
- Debugging & Reporting: Enabled detailed debugging with Trace Viewer, videos, and Allure reports, reducing investigation effort by 50%.
Narula Institute of Technology, Kolkata
- CGPA: 8.9
Notable Automation Achievement
QA Test Website
A functional QA test website for automation practice.
Playwright E2E Framework
A production-grade Playwright E2E framework.
GitHub Project Board
A GitHub Project board with P0/P1/P2 priorities.