Gayathri Prakash

Senior Automation Test Engineer

Chennai, India

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About

Automation Test Engineer with 9+ years of experience in building scalable automation frameworks for Banking, FinTech and Digital Payment platforms. Expertise in Playwright, Tricentis Tosca, Selenium and API automation with strong knowledge of Payment Switch systems and ISO 8583 transaction flows. Proven ability to design high‑impact automation strategies that increase test coverage, accelerate release cycles, and improve product quality through CI/CD driven continuous testing. Experienced in validating end‑to‑end card transaction lifecycle including authorization, routing, settlement and reversals across Issuer, Acquirer and Network systems.

Skills & Expertise (16)

Tricentis Tosca Expert

9.1/10

Years Exp

Selenium Expert

8.7/10

Years Exp

Playwright Advanced

8.5/10

Years Exp

Jenkins Advanced

8.3/10

Years Exp

REST APIs Advanced

8.0/10

Years Exp

SOAP Microservices Data Driven Frameworks Reusable Libraries Git GitHub QTest Jira Digital Payments ISO 8583 Risk Based Testing

Work Experience

Quality Assurance Engineer

Fiserv

Sep 2021 - Present

Designed automation strategy for Token Service Provider (TSP) and Payment Switch platforms supporting digital card transactions. Validated complete ISO 8583 transaction lifecycle including authorization, routing, settlement and reversal scenarios. Performed end‑to‑end integration testing across Issuer, Acquirer and Network systems. Automated 250+ UI and API regression scenarios using Tricentis Tosca components (TCD, TDS, TCP, DEX). Developed Playwright automation suites with parallel execution to accelerate regression cycles. Integrated automation pipelines with Jenkins CI/CD enabling continuous testing during every build. Achieved ~75% automation coverage across critical payment flows. Reduced regression execution time by 60% using distributed execution and CI automation. Supported 15+ production releases ensuring high stability and minimal defect leakage.

Associate Consultant

Intellect Design Arena

Aug 2016 - Aug 2021

Developed Selenium automation suite for banking web applications using Java. Automated 180+ regression scenarios covering core banking workflows. Reduced manual testing effort by nearly 50% through automation adoption. Executed functional, regression and integration testing for enterprise banking solutions. Managed test cycles, defect lifecycle and traceability using qTest and JIRA.