const poovarasan = {
name: "Poovarasan M",
location: "Yeshwanthpur, Bangalore, India",
role: "QA Automation Engineer | AI & GenAI Testing",
education: "B.E - Mechanical Engineering, GRT Institute of Engineering & Technology",
experience: "4.5+ years in Automation & Manual Testing",
stack: {
languages: ["JavaScript", "Python", "Java"],
automation: ["Playwright", "Selenium WebDriver", "Cucumber BDD (Gherkin)"],
apiTesting: ["Playwright request()", "Postman", "Python Requests"],
cicd: ["Jenkins", "GitHub Actions", "Azure DevOps"],
ai: ["OpenAI API", "Google Gemini API", "Agentic AI", "Prompt Engineering"],
tools: ["JIRA", "Git", "GitHub", "MySQL", "Allure Reports"]
},
currentlyExploring: ["Agentic AI test frameworks", "GenAI-driven test data generation"],
testingSplit: { automation: "75%", manual: "25%" },
funFact: "I let AI draft the edge cases — then I make sure it didn't lie 🤖🔍",
motto: function () {
return "Automate relentlessly. Validate everything — even the AI.";
}
};
console.log(poovarasan.motto());Languages
Automation Frameworks
AI / GenAI
Cloud & DevOps
Databases
Tools
Efficient Employee Energy — SDET | 2025 – 2026 | Project: PetSmart
PlaywrightJavaScriptCucumber BDDPOMJenkinsPostmanAllure ReportsAgentic AI
- Developed and maintained Playwright + JavaScript automation for E-Commerce workflows, covering Product purchase, Service appointment booking, and Auto-Shipping subscription modules.
- Designed and maintained a scalable Page Object Model (POM) framework, using Agentic AI tools to accelerate framework build-out and debugging.
- Performed API testing via Postman, validating request payloads, response status codes, and business rules.
- Integrated OpenAI API and Google Gemini API into automation scripts for inline AI response validation, manually reviewing AI-generated outputs for accuracy.
- Integrated automation execution with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, analyzing results with Allure Reports; managed code via GitHub with PR-based reviews.
Radix HR Solutions — Automation Test Engineer | 2023 – 2025 | Project: TwinBot Innovations
PlaywrightJavaScriptCucumber BDDPOMJenkinsJIRAAI Tools
- Designed and maintained scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, JavaScript, Cucumber BDD, and POM for a large-scale healthcare platform (health plans, claims, provider search, appointments).
- Developed and executed automated UI and API test scripts across functional, regression, smoke, sanity, and end-to-end testing.
- Performed API testing using Playwright and Postman, validating payloads, response data, status codes, and authentication flows.
- Integrated automation suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, tracked defects in Jira, and leveraged AI tools to improve test automation productivity.
Infosol Technosol — QA Engineer | 2021 – 2023 | Project: AllBirds
Selenium WebDriverJavaManual TestingSQLJIRA
- Performed manual testing and Selenium WebDriver automation for key e-commerce modules: Product Search, PDP, Add to Cart, Checkout, and Order Management.
- Executed Functional, Regression, Smoke, and Sanity testing to ensure application stability and workflow validation.
- Developed and maintained Java-based Selenium automation scripts for repetitive, critical test scenarios.
- Conducted cross-browser testing on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge; validated backend data with SQL queries for UI-DB consistency.
| Project | Stack | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| PetSmart — E-Commerce Automation | Playwright, JavaScript, Cucumber BDD, POM, Jenkins, Postman | Automated Product purchase, Service appointment booking & Auto-Shipping subscription flows; integrated OpenAI & Gemini APIs for inline AI response validation |
| TwinBot Innovations — Healthcare Platform | Playwright, JavaScript, Cucumber BDD, POM, Jenkins | End-to-end automation for claims, provider search & appointment scheduling; functional, regression, smoke, sanity & E2E coverage |
| AllBirds — E-Commerce (Footwear & Apparel) | Selenium WebDriver, Java, SQL | Automated Search, PDP, Cart & Checkout modules; cross-browser testing on Chrome, Firefox & Edge with SQL-based data validation |
| 🏅 | Achievement | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 🧪 | Testing Experience | 4.5+ years across Automation & Manual Testing |
| 🤖 | AI-Integrated Testing | Integrated OpenAI API & Google Gemini API into automation scripts for inline AI response validation |
| ⚙️ | Automation-Heavy Delivery | Consistently maintained a 75% Automation (Playwright-led) / 25% Manual testing split |
| 🌐 | Cross-Browser Coverage | Executed tests across Chromium, Firefox & WebKit in parallel, headed and headless modes |
| 🔁 | Framework Ownership | Built Playwright + POM automation frameworks from scratch across two organizations |
| Degree | Institution | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.E - Mechanical Engineering | GRT Institute of Engineering & Technology | 2020 – 2023 | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Diploma - Mechanical Engineering | Bhaktavatsalam Polytechnic College | 2017 – 2020 | Tamil Nadu, India |
🧱 Agentic AI → Multi-step test planning, autonomous debugging workflows
🤖 GenAI Testing → Deeper OpenAI / Gemini API validation patterns
🐍 Python → Expanding API automation & scripting depth