Dharshan Balasubramaniam

I’m a Senior Automation Test Engineer focused on improving software quality through scalable end-to-end automation. I’ve delivered results across functional testing, regression testing, API automation, mobile automation, and end-to-end testing. I architect and enhance automation frameworks using Selenium, Playwright, and Cypress, applying design patterns like Page Object Model and data-driven approaches. I build maintainable BDD Cucumber suites and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing. Across my roles, I’ve increased reliability and coverage while reducing manual effort and flaky failures. For example, I reduced escaped production defects by 28% (via Jira/Zephyr traceability), improved automation pipeline stability to 92%, and cut flaky test failures by 35% using synchronization and API intercept strategies. I work closely with Agile teams—supporting sprint planning, retrospectives, and release validation—so feature validation accelerates without sacrificing quality. I’m especially strong in cross-browser execution, parallel execution, and test reporting using JIRA and Zephyr best practices.