Srinath Yellepeddi

Work Experience

• Career Break November 2023 - Present
  Upskilling | Certification Focus
  • Focused on enhancing technical expertise across automation and cloud platforms to realign with evolving industry needs.
  • Built Playwright-based frontend automation scripts using JavaScript (ES6+) for validating dynamic UI workflows and user interactions.
  • Validated React-driven UI behavior, including state updates, form handling, and API-triggered rendering changes.
  • Applied HTML5, CSS3, and responsive design concepts while testing layouts across browsers and viewport sizes.
  • Used Git/GitHub workflows and browser debugging tools to troubleshoot UI defects and improve automation reliability.
  • Built and tested API automation frameworks using Python with PyTest for backend validation.
  • Developed working knowledge of PySpark and ETL testing, validating large-scale data transformations.
  • Hands-on experience using AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and CloudWatch to support automated test environments, validate cloud APIs, and troubleshoot distributed application behavior.
  • Performed real-time monitoring and log analysis using Splunk and Datadog for QA in CI/CD environments.
  • Completed the IBM Data Science Professional Certificate & Applied Data Science Capstone, gaining hands-on experience across the full data science lifecycle.

  Skills: JavaScript, Python, Playwright, HTML, CSS, Git, AWS Services, Data Science, ETL Testing

• Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) August 2020 - October 2023
  SDK Digital | CVS Health

  SDK Digital gives the digital experience of pharmacy benefits using APIs.

  • Tested web-based applications and APIs based on client requirements, performing functional, regression and E2E testing.
  • Designed and executed test cases for claims processing APIs, validating eligibility, adjudication logic, and status updates across multiple backend services.
  • Simulated real-world claim submission scenarios using Postman and automated scripts, ensuring correct processing through different system stages.
  • Developed and maintained automated test scripts with JavaScript, Cypress, and Cucumber BDD, and integrated them into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to accelerate release cycles.
  • Used Splunk to validate backend logs and ensure expected event logging during automated test execution.
  • Parsed Splunk logs to debug failed tests, reducing defect triage time by 30%.
  • Led a Quality Engineering team, managing both onsite and offshore members, while collaborating with Product Owners, Developers, and stakeholders.
  • Utilized Agile methodology, participating in ceremonies, tracking user stories and defects, and validating test scenarios, test cases, and data.

  Skills: APIs, Postman, Splunk, JavaScript, Cypress, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, RALLY

• QA Automation Engineer January 2020 - July 2020
  End-to-End Testing of Digital Applications | UPS
  • Designed and developed a scalable Java-based Selenium test automation framework for end-to-end testing of web applications, reducing manual testing efforts by 70%.
  • Created and maintained BDD test scripts using Cucumber and JUnit, enabling business stakeholders to understand and review test scenarios easily.
  • Performed REST API testings using Postman and RestAssured, validating request/response payloads, authentication mechanisms, and data contracts.
  • Designed and executed TestNG-based automation suites integrated with Selenium Grid. Utilized TestNG annotations and data-driven testing for cross-browser automation, improving test coverage and maintainability.
  • Integrated test suites into the CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, enabling nightly builds and automated smoke/regression testing with email reporting.
  • Performed stress testing using JMeter.
  • Validated data integrity by writing SQL queries for backend database verification across Oracle database.
  • Used Git and GitHub for version control and participated in code reviews for automation scripts, ensuring coding standards and reusability.
  • Created and managed manual and automated test cases using Xray for JIRA, linking them directly to user stories and requirements to maintain complete traceability.
  • Executed Test Plans and Test Executions in Xray to validate functionality, regression, and integration scenarios across multiple sprints and releases.
  • Maintained reusable Test Sets and updated test artifacts in sync with evolving business requirements and product features.
  • Collaborated with developers and product owners in Agile/Scrum teams to define acceptance criteria, clarify feature behavior, and perform sprint testing.

  Skills: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, JUnit, TestNG, RestAssured, Postman, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, JIRA, Oracle, Microsoft Visual Studio, Maven, Selenium Grid, JSON, XML

• Software Quality Analyst April 2018 - December 2019
  Online Checkout React Migration | Home Depot

  Online Checkout React Migration is a project where existing web pages developed using Angular methodologies were converted to React JS.

  • Performed regression, and functional testing on web pages, using both automated and manual testing methods.
  • Identified, documented, and reported bugs, errors, interoperability flaws and other issues within proprietary software applications developed for global user base.
  • Participated in sprint planning, story reviews, and release readiness discussions with QA, developers, and product teams for high-priority checkout releases.
  • Developed automated test scripts using JavaScript, Selenium and Cucumber BDD tools.
  • Deployed test environments on AWS EC2 instances to simulate scalable, real-world scenarios for automated UI testing.
  • Configured S3 buckets to store test artifacts, logs, and automation reports, ensuring version-controlled backups and audit trails.

  Skills: JavaScript, Selenium, Jenkins, Microsoft Visual Studio, Pivotal Tracker, Git, GitHub, AWS