Richa Shekhar
Seattle,WA
Summary
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 9+ years of experience building scalable automation solutions for SaaS, healthcare, and logistics applications. Skilled in Java, Playwright, Selenium, REST Assured, GitLab CI/CD, Kafka, and AI-assisted test automation. Experienced in automation framework modernization, API and microservices testing, containerized CI/CD pipelines, and leveraging GitHub Copilot with prompt engineering to accelerate software quality and delivery.
Overview
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Certification
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer in Test - II
Expeditors International Of Washington Inc
Seattle, WA
04.2025 - Current
- Utilized GitHub Copilot Agent in IntelliJ IDEA with prompt engineering to generate automation scripts and comprehensive test cases, validating AI-generated code to enhance automation development speed.
- Migrated Selenium-based automation tests to Playwright, improving execution speed, stability, and long-term framework maintainability.
- Integrated UI, API, and containerized automation tests into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated regression execution and reporting.
- Validated Kafka-based event-driven workflows by testing Journaler, Revenue Adapter, and Routing Adapter services, ensuring reliable message processing and data integrity.
- Improved automation suite reliability by analyzing and resolving flaky tests, achieving and maintaining a near 100% regression pass rate.
- Executed and validated containerized automation tests across WSL and RHEL environments, ensuring consistent execution across local and CI environments.
- Utilized Elasticsearch and Kibana to investigate automation failures, analyze application logs, and accelerate root cause analysis in distributed systems.
- Worked with the Elastic Stack, understanding log ingestion through Filebeat, Metricbeat, Logstash, and Elasticsearch for centralized monitoring and troubleshooting.
- Collaborated with the Audit & Compliance team to conduct technical walkthroughs of critical business controls and system workflows for internal and external auditors, supporting audit readiness.
- Collaborated with developers and cross-functional teams to troubleshoot complex automation, infrastructure, and application issues across distributed microservices.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer - II
Tasso, Inc.
Seattle, WA
04.2023 - 11.2024
- Led testing for major epics with a traceability matrix, ensuring all requirements were fully covered.
- Developed manual and automated test cases including REST Assured API automation, achieving 95% test coverage.
- Automated 70% of regression scenarios using Selenium, Java, and QMetry Gherkin BDD; executed tests on AWS Device Farm.
- Delivered regression reports and maintained release quality through IntelliJ-based automation.
- Monitored applications using AWS CloudWatch and investigated production issues.
- Collaborated with developers on portal workflows, SQL validation, CyberDuck data uploads, and code reviews.
- Introduced Playwright automation for a new portal and integrated tests into regression suites.
- Participated in product hackathons and clinical trials to improve testing quality and user experience.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
CustomerSuccessBox
Gurugram, India
09.2020 - 11.2022
- Led manual and automation testing in Agile environments to ensure quality deliverables.
- Developed Selenium automation, enhancing test coverage by 40% and minimizing manual testing efforts.
- Performed REST API, backend, and SQL validation.
- Managed defects in Jira and participated in sprint planning and release activities.
- Automated CI/CD execution through Jenkins and evaluated QA tools.
- Performed integration testing across Salesforce, FreshDesk, HubSpot, and QuickBooks.
Test Engineer
Merlin Softech & Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
Hyderabad, India
05.2016 - 09.2020
- Designed and automated regression test suites using Selenium, Java, TestNG, and IntelliJ to enhance test coverage and reliability.
- Executed smoke, functional, integration, system, regression, and cross-browser testing to ensure software quality and performance.
- Developed automation framework components and maintained Git-based automation.
- Worked with developers to resolve defects and continuously improve quality processes.
Education
B.Tech -
Institute of Technical Education And Research
IndiaSkills
- Test Automation
- Selenium
- Java
- TestNG
- Gherkin BDD framework
- PlayWright
- REST Assured
- API Testing
- Postman
- Agile Methodology
- Gitlab CI/CD
- Docker
- AWS DeviceFarm
- AWS Cloudwatch
- Zephyr Scale
- Kafka
- SQL
- Logstash
- Kibana
- CyberDuck
- Github CoPilot
- AI - Assisted Development
- Prompt Engineering
- JIRA
Certification
ISTQB
Languages
English
Full Professional
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Software Development Engineer in Test - II
Expeditors International Of Washington Inc
04.2025 - Current
Software Quality Assurance Engineer - II
Tasso, Inc.
04.2023 - 11.2024
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
CustomerSuccessBox
09.2020 - 11.2022
Test Engineer
Merlin Softech & Telecom Pvt. Ltd.
05.2016 - 09.2020
B.Tech -
Institute of Technical Education And Research