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Pranav Mahale

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AI-Orchestrated Test workflow | Prompt driven test generation
Gen-AI powered automation testing | AI-Driven playwright automation

GASQ ISTQB® CTFL & CTAL-TAE Certified AI-First Senior QA Automation Engineer with 7.5+ years at TIBCO & EY. Expert in Playwright MCP Server, TypeScript, Cypress & Selenium. Building next-gen AI-orchestrated test frameworks across Healthcare · Finance · Banking · Life Science domains.

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01 — about

Crafting Quality at Every Layer

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7.5YOE
CTFLISTQB
TAECTAL
AIFirst
Healthcare Finance Banking / BPM Life Science

A results-driven AI-Powered Senior QA Automation Engineer (SDET) who worked at TIBCO (Cloud Software Group) with 7.5+ years of experience — bridging quality engineering and modern AI-first software delivery across complex enterprise ecosystems.

Specialized in UI Automation using Playwright Agent MCP Server, TypeScript & JavaScript. Currently designing AI-orchestrated test workflows using Playwright MCP Server, n8n, and agent-based systems — enabling prompt-driven test generation and transforming manual test cases into automated scripts at scale.

I thrive in cross-functional Agile environments, lead offshore QA teams & Agile ceremonies, champion shift-left testing practices, and believe quality is everyone's responsibility. Strong ability to quickly adopt new AI-powered automation tools to improve efficiency and outcomes.

pranavmahale22@gmail.com +91 96650 48747 pranavmahale-ai-powered-sdet.netlify.app

Core Strengths

  • Strong ability to work independently within cross-functional Agile teams, driving end-to-end quality and delivery.
  • Quickly adopt new technologies and AI-powered automation tools to improve efficiency and outcomes.
  • Detail-oriented and ethical, consistently delivering high-quality results in software testing and IT operations.
02 — skills & tools

Tech Arsenal

Every tool, framework & technology from the CV — nothing omitted

Programming / Scripting Languages

TypeScript JavaScript Python Core Java C#

Web Automation & UI Testing

Playwright Cypress Selenium WebDriver

AI-Driven Automation & Workflow Orchestration

Playwright MCP Server n8n AI Agents for Test Execution

AI in Testing & Developer Productivity

testRigor GitHub Copilot Microsoft Copilot Claude Promptfoo

LLM & AI Testing

LangChain OpenAI API Prompt Engineering AI-based Test Case Generation

Testing Frameworks

BDD Cucumber Serenity BDD Mocha TestNG JUnit Pytest

API Testing Tools

Postman REST-Assured Swagger UI

Performance & Load Testing

Apache JMeter Grafana k6 LoadRunner

Test Management & Defect Tracking

JIRA Xray Zephyr TestRail qTest YouTrack Bugzilla MantisBT

CI/CD & Build Automation

Jenkins Azure DevOps Pipelines GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD CircleCI TeamCity Maven

Version Control Systems

Git (GitHub, GitLab) Git Bash TortoiseGit

Containerization & Deployment

Docker Kubernetes

Databases & IDEs

SQL VS Code PyCharm Cursor Antigravity Eclipse IntelliJ IDEA

Reporting & Observability

Allure Report Extent Report BrowserStack Prometheus Grafana

Methodologies & Data Formats

SDLC STLC Agile (Scrum) Waterfall JSON XML YAML TOML TOON Windows Linux

Future Learnings & Roadmap

Generative AI AI Testing Karate DSL Cloud Testing ETL / Database Testing Tosca ACCELQ
03 — key roles

What I Do

Key roles and responsibilities across my career — every bullet from the CV

Business / Management

  • Drove QA strategies & test planning by aligning business requirements with functional specifications.
  • Led offshore QA teams & Agile ceremonies, ensuring timely delivery, defect tracking.
  • Improved efficiency by developing reusable test scripts and supporting automation to reduce testing effort.

Technical / Automation Engineer

  • Engineered scalable, reusable automation frameworks with AI-driven Playwright (TypeScript/JavaScript) and BDD (Cucumber) + POM architecture, reducing code duplication by 40%+ and improving maintainability.
  • Generated AI-enhanced reports (Allure, Extent) delivering actionable insights and predictive quality metrics.
  • Designed and implemented AI-orchestrated test workflows using Playwright MCP Server, n8n, and agent-based systems, enabling prompt-driven test generation and transforming manual test cases into automated scripts.
  • Built Gen-AI powered UI & API automation solutions with reusable feature-level components and AI-assisted workflows, improving test coverage and productivity while reducing manual effort by 30–50%.
  • Integrated automation suites into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) enabling continuous testing and faster releases.
  • Led automation strategy, feasibility analysis, and test planning across functional, integration, regression, and API testing.
  • Executed cross-browser and cross-environment test suites with observability using Grafana and Prometheus.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive AI-first, shift-left quality engineering practices.
  • Automated API testing (Postman, REST-assured) integrated with UI automation workflows.

Manual / Functional QA

  • Analyzed business requirements and functional specifications, ensuring clarity, completeness, and testability.
  • Defined clear acceptance criteria and developed AI-orchestrated QA documentation workflows, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations.
  • Designed and maintained test plans, test cases, and test strategies leveraging Gen-AI-powered, prompt-driven test generation to enhance coverage and efficiency.
  • Designed and implemented comprehensive test scenarios across Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, Integration, SIT, UAT. Ensured e2e validation, improved test coverage and product quality across releases.
  • Implemented prompt-driven test case generation, improving coverage and reducing manual effort.
  • Executed AI-orchestrated testing workflows encompassing exploratory testing, edge-case validation, and release readiness, improving defect detection efficiency.
  • Managed end-to-end defect lifecycle (JIRA) with AI-assisted prioritization, triaging, and tracking.
  • Performed root cause analysis using Browser DevTools, ensuring effective defect resolution.
  • Validated hotfixes, conducted regression testing, and supported AI-driven release validation pipelines.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement AI-enabled QA workflows, accelerating delivery timelines and improving overall product quality and release efficiency.
  • Delivered data-driven insights and predictive defect analysis to enhance test effectiveness.
  • Implemented shift-left testing integrated with CI/CD, enabling early defect detection.
  • Enhanced QA processes using Gen-AI, AI-driven automation, and intelligent regression strategies.
  • Leveraged AI-assisted test data generation for boundary, negative, and edge-case scenarios.
04 — career journey

Professional Experience

01

Senior QA Engineer

Cloud Software Group (Merger of TIBCO India & Citrix R&D India)
Jun 2023 – Sep 2025 · 2.3 yrs Banking / BPM

Projects: Nimbus | BPME 5.x [BPMN | BPMS]

Business Process Management (BPM) platform enabling process optimization, innovation, and integration with client requirements to drive efficiency, flexibility, and continuous improvement.

PlaywrightTypeScriptCypress JavaScriptAzure DevOpsJIRASwagger UIGIT
02

Consultant → Senior Consultant

Ernst & Young (EY — Big 4)
Aug 2021 – May 2023 · 1.9 yrs Finance

Projects: Brokerage for retail customers [Fidelity International] | IA Insured [Insurance Australia Group]

Brokerage proposition for Retail clients in the Platform (Record keeping) space.

PlaywrightTypeScriptCypress JavaScriptTortoiseGitYouTrackTeamCityDevOps
03

Software Automation Developer

PaperLess Lab Works Pvt. Ltd.
Nov 2020 – Aug 2021 · 9 months Life Science

Project: iLES: iVention

Delivered a Paperless Lab solution enabling laboratories to operate via Web, Cloud, and Tablets, streamlining workflows and improving compliance through automation.

TypeScriptCypress TortoiseGitYouTrackTeamCityAzure DevOps
04

Automation Engineer

Datamatics Global Service Limited (Client: BUPA U.K.)
Jul 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2.1 yrs Healthcare

Projects: Bupa Dental Care Integration | Bupa By You | Avibuyer

Automated Bupa U.K. web applications ensuring seamless functionality, quality delivery, and improved testing efficiency for healthcare solutions.

C#REST APISelenium WebDriver CucumberTFSJava
05

Software Developer

SpiterTech Solutions
Dec 2016 – Jul 2017 · 7 months Life Science

Project: Point Of Sales

Point-of-Sale management system including PO generation, Supplier management, Inventory and Stock Management.

AngularREST APIJSON BootstrapAngular MaterialGITTrello
05 — portfolio

Featured Projects

Automation frameworks & AI-powered testing solutions

Playwright MCP Agent Framework

Enterprise-grade E2E automation framework using Playwright Agent MCP Server with TypeScript. Implements POM, BDD-Cucumber, AI-orchestrated test workflows, Allure reporting, and Azure DevOps CI/CD integration.

Playwright MCPTypeScriptBDD Cucumber Azure DevOpsAllurePOM

n8n Multi-Agent Automation Workflows

AI-orchestrated testing workflows using n8n and agent-based systems. Enables prompt-driven test generation, transforming manual test cases into automated scripts and accelerating end-to-end automation.

n8nAI AgentsPrompt Engineering LangChainOpenAI API

Cypress E2E BDD Framework

Scalable Cypress automation framework with JavaScript & BDD Cucumber integration. Features parallel execution, custom commands, and Extent Reports dashboard.

CypressJavaScriptCucumber TeamCityExtent Reports

AI-Powered Test Automation Suite

Explores AI-powered test generation using GitHub Copilot, Claude, testRigor & Promptfoo for natural language test authoring, reducing scripting effort by 30–50%.

testRigorGitHub Copilot Claude AIPromptfooMS Copilot

REST API Testing Suite

Comprehensive API automation suite using Playwright API testing & REST-Assured with schema validation, data-driven testing, and CI/CD pipeline integration.

Playwright APIREST-Assured PostmanGitHub ActionsSwagger

Performance & Load Testing Observability

Load & performance testing using Grafana k6 & Apache JMeter with Prometheus + Grafana dashboards for real-time observability and SLA validation.

k6JMeterPrometheus GrafanaLoadRunner
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06 — achievements

Certifications & Learning

GASQ / ISTQB®

Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)

Official Certification
GASQ / ISTQB®

Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Automation Engineering (CTAL-TAE)

Official Certification
Online Course

Learn GenAI Tools & AI Agents for Software Testing — Build Multi-Agent Automation Workflows (n8n)

Course Certification
Online Course

Learn Agentic AI – Playwright E2E JS/TS, Python Automation Testing from Scratch & Framework

Course Certification
07 — let's connect

Get In Touch

Open to Senior SDET / QA Automation Lead roles. Let's talk quality.

Let's Build Quality Together

Whether you're looking for a passionate SDET to lead your QA automation efforts, or you'd like to collaborate on an AI-powered automation project — I'm just a message away.

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