Maninder – Cypress, QA Automation, CircleCI

A privately held IT services and IT consulting organization that specializes in full-lifecycle software development, cloud/mobile technology deployment, and enterprise staffing solutions. Founded in 1996, the firm acts as a strategic delivery partner to Fortune 500 enterprises, mid-sized companies, and tech startups.

• Designed and implemented a robust automation framework for various applications.
• Developed a unified framework supporting mobile and web testing across Android, iOS, and mobile browsers.
• Utilized Playwright to enable cross-browser and cross-platform testing.
• Leveraged Mocha and Cucumber for flexible test execution strategies.
• Enabled API testing to validate backend endpoints within the same test suite.
• Integrated network request and response monitoring, mocking, and failure simulation.
• Enabled parallel test execution to reduce execution time and improve CI/CD feedback loops.
• Maintained CI/CD workflows via GitHub Actions and CircleCI for nightly runs, pull request validation, and regression gates.
• Built desktop and mobile web automation using Playwright device emulation.
• Designed and implemented AI-driven automation workflows using agentic AI concepts.
• Integrated MCP servers with automation frameworks for dynamic test orchestration.
• Leveraged AI-based validation techniques to reduce flaky tests and improve reliability.
• Validated end-to-end SSO login flows integrated with Okta for Twilio Flex.
• Tested authentication lifecycle scenarios, including login, session persistence, logout, and re-authentication.
• Verified redirection between the application and Okta during SSO handshake.
• Set up BrowserStack execution for Android and iOS applications using Appium.
• Created a dashboard app to track KPI-based automation results across multiple brands.

A leading online marketplace platform that conveniently connects users with local independent contractors (called "Taskers") to handle everyday home to-dos. It specializes in mobile technologies, location-based platforms, and sharing economy solutions.

• Architected and maintained scalable AI-driven end-to-end automation frameworks using Playwright and Typescript.
• Leveraged Claude Code, Augment Code, CodeRabbit, Google Gemini, and OpenAI GPT models to accelerate automation development and improve code quality.
• Applied AI-assisted software testing techniques to analyze requirements, logs, and existing test suites to identify coverage gaps and generate test cases.
• Designed AI-enhanced automation workflows combining LLM capabilities with Playwright and Typescript.
• Built and maintained REST API automation covering authentication, request and response validation, schema verification, negative testing, and integration testing for Stripe APIs and other backend services.
• Developed reusable automation utilities, helper libraries, fixtures, and Rake tasks to streamline execution and CI/CD workflows.
• Integrated automated test suites into CircleCI, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins.
• Worked with cloud-based environments and CI/CD infrastructure to execute scalable automated test suites.
• Implemented AI-assisted debugging and failure triage using LLMs to interpret logs, stack traces, and API responses.
• Used Testomat for test planning, execution, reporting, traceability, and coverage management.
• Collaborated with developers and cross-functional teams to investigate production issues and validate backend workflows.
• Applied AI-first engineering practices to optimize automation architecture and reduce flaky tests.
• Evaluated emerging AI coding assistants, LLMs, and agentic development tools for testing and quality engineering use cases.

Canada's largest Indigenous-owned software testing and technology services company. It delivers high-quality QA solutions to clients worldwide and focuses on creating meaningful technology careers for Indigenous people.

• Developed and executed automated test scripts using TestNG, Selenium, and Rest Assured to ensure software quality.
• Created Postman API collections and automated API testing to improve coverage.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create test plans, test cases, and test data.
• Conducted functional, regression, and integration testing.
• Tested Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM features, functionalities, and workflows.
• Performed end-to-end SaaS platform testing and validated multi-tenant user workflows.
• Tested third-party API integrations to ensure data consistency across systems.
• Used Azure DevOps to manage test cases, test runs, and defects.
• Developed GUI automation using Playwright, Cucumber, JavaScript, and Chai.
• Implemented the Page Object Model design pattern to improve test maintainability and scalability.
• Developed automated test scripts using webdriver.io, Cucumber, and Mocha for web applications.
• Integrated webdriver.io automation with Jenkins to trigger execution on code commits.
• Maintained automated regression test cases in Selenium WebDriver and Appium using Java.
• Facilitated mobile testing with Appium on emulators and simulators.
• Automated Android applications using Appium, Espresso, and UIAutomator2.
• Performed mobile testing for iOS and Android applications.
• Integrated Appium with Sauce Labs and BrowserStack for cloud-based test distribution.
• Configured Java, WebDriver, and Maven, and created Selenium automation scripts using TestNG.
• Created Cucumber feature files, scenario outlines, and step definitions.

A leading global financial services organization dedicated to helping individuals achieve lifetime financial security and live healthier lives. It operates primarily as a publicly traded company in the financial services and insurance industry.

• Developed and maintained automated regression test cases in Selenium WebDriver and Appium using Java.
• Created test scripts to automate testing using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG.
• Integrated automation scripts into Jenkins for continuous execution after builds.
• Identified mobile elements using Appium Inspector and UI Automator Viewer.
• Designed and developed test strategy, test plans, and test cases, and generated defect reports.
• Collaborated with developers to understand WSDL and XSD requirements and prepare test data.
• Tested web services and XML using SoapUI.
• Conducted test case reviews and presented test scenarios to team members.
• Utilized SQL queries for backend testing and custom reporting.
• Performed API testing using Postman and developed API automation using Rest Assured.

A global healthcare organization that provides digital health technology and clinical services.

• Designed, developed, and implemented a POM-based automation testing framework.
• Worked on a hybrid automation framework using WebDriver, TestNG, and Java to optimize regression testing time.
• Configured Java, WebDriver, and Maven, and created Selenium automation scripts using TestNG and page object model.
• Used Cucumber for browser-based testing.
• Created feature files, scenario outlines, step definitions, and methods for different functionalities.
• Applied data-driven and hybrid automation approaches to convert manual test cases into automation.