Sharath Babu

Principal Test Engineer and QA Automation Lead with 15+ years of experience in Software Testing, including expertise in Playwright, TypeScript, JavaScript, Selenium, API Automation, SQL, and Azure DevOps. Experienced in designing and developing scalable end-to-end test automation frameworks, API testing, regression testing, smoke testing, functional testing, and CI/CD pipeline integration. Proven track record of increasing automation coverage by 70%, reducing regression testing effort by 50%, and improving release quality by minimizing defect leakage. Experienced in Banking, Financial Services, Retail, and Real Estate domains. Certified Scrum Master with strong expertise in Agile methodologies, Azure DevOps, Jira, and cross-functional team collaboration.