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Kannan Ramesh

Kannan Ramesh

Senior AI Test Automation Engineer

Chennai, INDIA
80
Profile Score

About

Senior AI Test Automation Engineer with 9.8 years of experience in UI/API automation and manual testing across payroll, banking, financial services, and telecom domains. Proficient in Java, Selenium, RestAssured, and CI/CD pipelines, with a proven track record of building scalable frameworks, integrating AI-driven testing solutions(GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) and driving quality improvements in Agile teams. Immediate joiner recognized for strong communication, mentoring, and delivering high‑quality products.

Skills & Expertise (39)

Functional Testing Expert
9.0/10
8
Years Exp
Regression Testing Expert
9.0/10
8
Years Exp
Selenium Web Driver Expert
8.8/10
7
Years Exp
ChatGPT Advanced
8.5/10
1
Years Exp
GitHub Copilot Advanced
8.5/10
1
Years Exp
SoapUI TFS Postman Swagger Maven Gradle Git Lab Bit Bucket Jenkins Oracle SQL Developer Microsoft SQL MongoDb Eclipse IntelliJ IDEA Visual Studio Code Rally Jira REST Assured sanity testing smoke testing Cross Browser Testing End to end Testing Integration Testing Core Java Agile Scrum Ready API BDD Cucumber Playwright TestNG Page Object Model JUnit Behavior-Driven Development RestAssured

Work Experience

Programmer Analyst

EXELA Technologies

May 2016 - May 2018

Participating manual functional testing Walkthrough and Handover sessions. Read and understand the BRD and execute as test cases. Prepared detailed test scenarios and test case and reviewed documents. Involved in Re-testing the fixed defects by using defect tracking tools.

Senior Test Analyst

Sundaram Business Service

Jun 2018 - Jul 2021

Performed manual API test execution for financial B2B Advisor and B2C Investor customers using SoapUI tool ensuring accurate validation of service functionality and integration points. Identified and documented end‑to‑end test cases and regression suites through requirement analysis and test design strengthening coverage and reducing defect leakage. Contributed to B2B and B2C customers submit application in UI automation efforts 30% of workload leveraging Java and Selenium improving efficiency and reducing repetitive manual testing. Prepared and shared detailed testing reports after each iteration by consolidating execution results and highlighting key findings enabling stakeholders to make informed release decisions. Participated in production testing for all releases by validating critical workflows post‑deployment safeguarding stability and reliability in live environments.

Test Analyst

Infosys Ltd

Jul 2021 - Apr 2023

Performed automation scripting and testing using RestAssured, ReadyAPI, and UI automation with AWS command line ensuring robust validation of APIs and user interfaces. Automated and validated over 500 API endpoints leveraging RestAssured framework significantly improving coverage and reducing manual testing effort. Developed and reviewed automation scripts and artifacts by applying best practices in framework design and peer reviews enhancing script reliability and maintainability. Interfaced directly with clients to gather and clarify test requirements through regular discussions and requirement analysis ensuring accurate test coverage and stronger client satisfaction. Implemented CI/CD pipelines by building and integrating GitLab and Bitbucket tools enabling faster, automated deployments and improving release efficiency.

Test Automation Engineer Sr

Dayforce

Apr 2023 - Present

Leveraged GitHub Copilot to accelerate Java/Selenium script development, reducing coding time, refactoring scripts by 50%. Utilized ChatGPT for quick generation of test data, API request payloads, and exploratory test scenarios, improving coverage and reducing manual effort. Applied GenAI-driven insights to optimize regression suite design, ensuring faster CI/CD pipeline execution. Using ChatGPT legacy membership model created agents for repeated tasks like test plans, scenarios, testcases, strategy and user stories in JIRA. By deeply dive in agents to ensuring complete requirement coverage and reducing gaps in testing. Enhanced regression and end‑to‑end automation suites each sprint using Selenium with Java, CAT framework and improving automation coverage and accelerating release cycles. Executed functional, regression, staging, and production testing by integrating automated scripts with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines delivering stable, high‑quality releases on time. Led QA process improvements by conducting retrospectives, participating in task force meetings, and mentoring peers driving continuous quality enhancements and promoting automation adoption. I helped with the transfer from Selenium scripts to Playwright about six months ago, which gave me experience with the work.

Education

Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering - Sri Ramanujar Engineering College

2011 - 2015 · Afghanistan

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Profile Score Breakdown

📷 Photo 10/10
📄 Resume 10/10
💼 Job Title 10/10
✍️ Bio 10/10
🛠️ Skills 20/20
🎓 Education 10/10
⏱️ Experience 5/15
💰 Rate 0/5
🏆 Certs 0/5
Verified 5/5
Total Score 80/100

Profile Overview

Member sinceMar 2026

Availability Details

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Citizen

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Skills (39)

Functional Testing Regression Testing Selenium Web Driver ChatGPT GitHub Copilot SoapUI TFS Postman Swagger Maven +29 more