Sreekutty Sabu
QA Automation Lead | Senior SDET | Quality Engineering Specialist
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Summary
Senior QA Automation Lead and SDET with 9+ years of IT experience specializing in test automation, quality engineering, and DevOps-driven testing. Expert in Playwright, Robot Framework, Selenium, Appium, and API automation with strong experience building scalable automation frameworks and implementing shift-left practices.
Experienced in AI chatbot testing and backend automation, validating NLP models and training data to ensure reliable conversational workflows. Proven leader in reducing regression cycles, improving product quality, and enabling CI/CD testing using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
4
4
Languages
Work History
Test Lead
Elia
01.2025 - Current
- Defined enterprise QA automation strategy aligned with DevOps and continuous testing practices.
- Designed and implemented scalable UI automation framework using Playwright with TypeScript.
- Built reusable automation utilities reducing test maintenance effort by 40%.
- Designed Robot Framework automation for API, database, and integration testing.
- Integrated automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI) enabling continuous testing
- Supported containerized test execution using Docker-based environments.
- Executed performance testing using JMeter identifying scalability issues.
- Improved test coverage and reduced production defect leakage by 30%.
- Provided quality metrics, risk analysis, and release readiness reports.
Test Lead
Proximus
07.2022 - 12.2024
- Led QA team of 10+ engineers across automation and manual testing.
- Designed automation frameworks for mobile applications using Appium.
- Implemented CI/CD-driven testing reducing release cycle time by 50%.
- Reduced regression testing cycle from 3 days to 6 hours through automation.
- Performed microservices and integration testing validating service communication.
- Managed test data and environment stability across multiple test stages.
- Led defect triage and root cause analysis reducing critical production issues by 35%.
- Built quality dashboards and executive-level KPI reports.
- Supported production deployments and post-release validation.
- Performed performance testing and created risk mitigation strategies.
- Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
Technical Test Lead
Infosys Technologies
03.2022 - 04.2022
- Created and Verified Web services API requests using postman and REST Assured
- Involved in creating Test Environment for Web services Testing
- Review the Test plan and Test case documents Involved in Daily and weekly review meetings.
- Worked as a Test lead. Onsite coordinator and Individual contributor
Technical Test Lead
UST Global
09.2019 - 03.2022
- Performed Data driven testing using Selenium Web Driver and TestNG functions which reads data from property and XML files
- Built BDD automation framework using Cucumber.
- Designed acceptance testing framework using Robot Framework.
- Improved automation execution speed by 60% by optimizing framework architecture.
- Developed User interface to execute automation scripts using macros
- Evaluated third-party testing tools and made recommendations for strategic investments that improved overall team capabilities.
Test Engineer
Cognicor Technologies
10.2017 - 07.2019
- Validated AI chatbot functionality and conversational workflows using backend automation testing.
- Performed testing of AI/NLP chatbot training data ensuring accuracy of responses and intent recognition
- Automated validation of chatbot training datasets to verify data quality and model behavior
- Tested API integrations supporting chatbot services and backend processing.
- Reduced manual regression testing effort by 70% through automation.
Junior Test Engineer
Essel Swolutions
10.2015 - 10.2017
- Participating in all aspects of product testing, including test plan development, execution and delivery of well-tested solutions with short time to release
- Independently analyzes issues, recommends software changes and writes detailed bug reports. Creates and maintains ownership of test cases and test results throughout SDLC
Education
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Mahathma Gandhi University
Kerala 04.2001 -
Skills
Playwright (TypeScript)
Robot Framework (Python)
Selenium WebDriver (Java,TestNG)
Appium (Android & iOS)
REST API Automation using REST Assured
BDD / Cucumber
CI/CD pipeline integration Docker,Kubernetes
Winium / AutoIT
SQL
Azure DevOps
JIRA
Performance testing (JMeter)
Shift-Left Testing
Risk-Based Testing
Certification
ISTQB
Timeline
Test Lead
Elia
01.2025 - Current
Test Lead
Proximus
07.2022 - 12.2024
Technical Test Lead
Infosys Technologies
03.2022 - 04.2022
Technical Test Lead
UST Global
09.2019 - 03.2022
Test Engineer
Cognicor Technologies
10.2017 - 07.2019
Junior Test Engineer
Essel Swolutions
10.2015 - 10.2017
Bachelor of Engineering Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Mahathma Gandhi University
04.2001 -