Available · Lead SDET

Rajat Sharan

Lead SDET — Automation Architecture & Strategy

Lead SDET with 12+ years building — and twice rebuilding — enterprise test automation strategy from the ground up. Led the end-to-end Cypress-to-Playwright/TypeScript migration that cut release cycles by 55%, and embedded AI-augmented testing into CI/CD pipelines to sustain 98% production stability across regulated FinTech, Aviation, and HealthTech platforms. Brought in to own architecture decisions, not just execute test plans.

Noida, India

+91-8692985111

errajatsharan@gmail.com

linkedin.com/in/rajatsharan-15a19244

rajatsharan.github.io/Profile

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name: "Rajat Sharan",

role: "Lead SDET",

company: "Coforge",

experience: 12, // years

onsite: "London 🇬🇧",

domains: ["Aviation",

"FinTech", "HealthTech"],

coverage: 98,

ai_testing: true

};

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// 01 — Experience

Professional History

Coforge

Test Specialist

Oct 2022 — Present

📍 Noida, India CURRENT

Spearheaded the migration from Cypress to Playwright + TypeScript — a strategic call to eliminate flaky-test debt at the root — cutting framework maintenance overhead by 40%.
Designed and enforced SonarQube quality gates inside GitLab CI/CD, tying release approval to strict "Definition of Done" criteria — cutting production defect leakage by 45%.
Built and led a 4-engineer QA team while staying 80% hands-on as lead architect for the platform's most complex microservices.
Pioneered Generative AI integration for synthetic test-data generation, unlocking automated coverage for non-deterministic FinTech workflows.
Replaced reactive QA estimation with a risk-weighted sprint model, reducing mid-sprint scope rework and improving delivery predictability.

PlaywrightTypeScriptGitLab CISonarQubeGenAIDocker

🏆 Employee of the Quarter & Rising Star Award — exceptional automation contributions and quality ownership

Dotsquares

QA Automation Specialist

Jun 2016 — Oct 2022

📍 London, UK 🇬🇧

Architected BDD frameworks (Cypress, WebdriverIO) standardized across 15+ global finance and e-commerce platforms, lifting automation coverage to 80%.
Delivered API automation covering 500+ REST endpoints at 100% regression accuracy, removing manual regression as the deployment bottleneck.
Re-architected regression execution with Docker containerisation and parallelized AWS test runs, cutting regression cycle time by 55%.
Partnered directly with Product Owners to embed Shift-Left testing at the requirements stage, cutting post-release hotfixes by 20%.

CypressWebdriverIOREST AssuredBDDDockerAWS

🏆 2x Team of the Month Award — outstanding QA delivery and cross-functional collaboration

Datamatics Global Services Limited

Software Test Engineer

Jul 2014 — Oct 2016

📍 Mumbai, India

Validated enterprise CRM systems, achieving 100% requirement traceability across 10+ major production releases and closing compliance audit gaps.
Conducted backend SQL verification that caught critical data-synchronisation defects invisible to UI-level testing, preventing production issues.

Manual TestingSQLCRM

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"Led the end-to-end Cypress-to-Playwright/TypeScript migration that cut release cycles by 55%, and embedded AI-augmented testing into CI/CD pipelines to sustain 98% production stability across regulated FinTech, Aviation, and HealthTech platforms."

— Flagship Achievement · Coforge · Aviation, FinTech & HealthTech Division

// 02 — Skills

Technical Toolkit

🏗️ Quality Architecture & Strategy

CI/CD Pipeline Design Shift-Left Engineering Test Strategy & Governance Microservices Architecture Agile / Scrum Risk-Based Test Planning

🤖 AI-Assisted Engineering

GitHub Copilot Claude AI Cline ChatGPT Codex Agentic Test Generation

🎭 Automation Frameworks

Playwright Cypress WebDriverIO TestNG BDD / Cucumber

💻 Languages

JavaScript TypeScript Python SQL

⚙️ Infrastructure & DevOps

Jenkins TeamCity Docker Git AWS Maven / Gradle / npm

⚡ API & Performance Engineering

Postman REST-Assured JMeter Grafana

🗄️ Databases

MySQL PostgreSQL

📋 Governance & Tooling

Jira Confluence TestRail Trello

// Testing Disciplines

ManualFunctionalRegressionSmokeSanityIntegrationAPIMobileWebPerformanceAccessibilityA/B

Playwright / TypeScript98%

REST Assured / API Testing96%

CI/CD · GitLab · Docker92%

Cypress · WebdriverIO90%

GenAI / Agentic Testing78%

// 03 — Work

Strategic Project Leadership

✈️PASS

Emirates Passenger Service System

Architected end-to-end validation strategy for global Reservation and Loyalty (Skywards) modules, covering PNR management, GDS integrations, fare class validation, and multi-currency transaction flows.

PlaywrightAviationE2E

🔐PASS

Shieldpay Secure Payment Platform

Engineered validation strategy for multi-party escrow transfers, ensuring 100% financial integrity across high-value transactions.

REST AssuredFinTechAPI

🏥PASS

Bupa Healthcare Claims

Developed validation strategy for insurance claims processing, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance across the claims lifecycle.

BDDHealthTechCompliance

// Open Source

🎭

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