
Akshay Sharma
Verified Expert in Engineering
QA Developer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Toptal member since January 28, 2026
Akshay is a senior QA with nearly a decade of hands-on experience in automation and manual testing using Selenium, Playwright, Appium, Jenkins, Java, Python, TypeScript, REST Assured, and REST APIs, building stable automation solutions and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines. He has worked for clients such as EasyJet, AT&T, ADIB Bank, STC, and Royal London. Akshay focuses on clean test design, reliable execution, and deep root-cause analysis to support fast, high-confidence releases.
Portfolio
Experience
- Selenium - 10 years
- Java SE (Core Java) - 9 years
- Appium - 8 years
- Cucumber - 7 years
- REST Assured - 6 years
- Jenkins - 5 years
- TestNG - 5 years
- Playwright - 2 years
Preferred Environment
Selenium, Appium, Java SE (Core Java), REST Assured, TestNG, Cucumber, Playwright, Postman, Python, Windows 11
The most amazing...
...things I've developed are automation frameworks integrated with Playwright MCP using an AI agent, Selenium MCP, and pytest.
Work Experience
Senior QA Automation Consultant
ParamInfo
- Built an end-to-end agentic AI automation ecosystem using Java Selenium with MCP-based AI-callable tools, alongside a Playwright Pytest framework for ga overnment-grade generative AI chatbot to implement AI-driven testing covering self-healing automat.
- Designed and implemented automation frameworks from scratch for web, mobile, and back-end systems using Selenium, Playwright, and API automation, improving overall test coverage by more than 60%.
- Reduced regression execution time by 50–60% for back-end testing and 30–40% for web and mobile testing by introducing API-first automation and optimizing test execution strategies.
- Integrated automated UI and API test suites into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, enabling continuous quality checks and reducing production defects by over 30%.
- Defined and implemented a structured QA process aligned with software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile practices, improving requirement clarity and reducing rework during later testing phases by more than 25%.
- Established a test strategy that balanced API-level and UI-level automation, improving execution stability and reducing dependency on fragile UI tests.
- Standardized test case design, review, and execution processes, improving test quality and reducing duplicate and redundant test cases by 30%.
- Implemented defect triage and root-cause analysis processes, reducing recurring defects and improving overall product stability across sprints.
QA Lead
Nagarro
- Implemented API automation using REST Assured, Postman, and Swagger, enabling early defect detection and significantly reducing dependency on UI-only testing.
- Performed end-to-end testing across web, mobile, and back-end systems, ensuring complete validation of business-critical user journeys before production releases.
- Utilized cloud-based testing platforms like BrowserStack and Xperitest to enhance cross-browser and cross-device coverage, boosting production confidence across various platforms.
Senior Test Analyst – Automation (Web & Back-end QA)
Accenture
- Collaborated with developers and QA teams to review automation code, improve framework reusability, and mentor engineers on test design. Performed manual API testing using Postman.
- Executed API regression and performance testing using Rest Assured and JMeter, identifying scalability and stability issues early.
- Developed Selenium-based automation for web applications and integrated UI validations with back-end API checks for end-to-end coverage.
Senior Test Engineer (API & UI Automation)
Sopra Steria
- Developed and maintained Selenium-based automation frameworks for web applications using Java, TestNG, and Cucumber to strengthen regression coverage.
- Executed system integration, regression, and exploratory testing across multi-channel platforms, including web and back-end services.
- Integrated automation suites with Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing and faster release cycles.
- Delivered automation knowledge-sharing and training sessions on Selenium and API testing to improve team productivity and adoption.
Experience
GovGPT AI Chatbot Testing
The solution enables self-healing UI automation, intelligent waits, dynamic element recovery, and autonomous test decision-making to improve stability across complex, frequently changing UIs. In parallel, developed a Python-based framework for generative AI chatbot validation, covering multilingual English/Arabic (RTL/LTR) intent confidence scoring, fallback handling, security and response consistency checks, and hallucination detection.
The ecosystem includes enterprise-ready reporting, screenshots, execution evidence, CI/CD compatibility, and governance-level quality metrics, enabling scalable, AI-driven testing for regulated environments such as government and large enterprises.
Cybersecurity VOIP Messenger
STC TV Back-end API & Microservices Testing
Banking Back-end API & Microservices Automation (ADIB)
Education
Diploma in Computer Engineering
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) - Maharashtra, India
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
University of Lucknow - Uttar, Pradesh, India
Certifications
TOSCA Automation Specialist
Tricentis
Certified Professional Selenium Automation Tester (CP-SAT)
Agile Testing Alliance
ISTQB
ITB
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, Open APIs, WebDriver
Tools
REST Assured, Cucumber, BrowserStack, Jira, HP Quality Center (QC), GitHub, Postman, Jenkins, Apache Maven, RabbitMQ, Pytest, TestRail, JSON Schema, Apache JMeter
Languages
Java SE (Core Java), Java, Python, SQL
Frameworks
Selenium, Appium, TestNG, API Framework, JUnit, Swagger
Paradigms
Test Automation, E2E Testing, Testing, Automated Testing, Data-driven Testing, Microservices, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Manual Testing, Behavior-driven Development (BDD), Automation
Platforms
Tricentis Tosca, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Storage
Database Testing
Other
Manual QA, API Testing, QA Automation, Quality Assurance (QA), REST API Automation, Test Automation Frameworks, Automated UI Testing, Regression Testing, Test Management, QA Testing, Integration Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), UI Testing, Automated Regression Testing, Behavioral Testing, Monitoring, Communication, Training, Advanced Computing, Windows 11, Mobile Device QA Automation, APIs, CI/CD Pipelines, Contract Testing, AI Tools, OpenAI, AI Testing, GitHub Copilot Chat, Playwright MCP
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