Vivek N.

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Senior SDET · Manual + Playwright Automation

Ship releases your users can trust.

I help product teams in the US and UK catch bugs before customers do, with Playwright automation, API and performance testing, and hands-on manual QA. 10+ years across healthcare, finance, insurance and e-commerce.

checkout.spec.ts

test('guest can place an order', async ({ page }) => {
  await page.goto('/products');
  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search').fill('gloves');
  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Add to cart' }).first().click();
  await page.getByRole('link', { name: 'Checkout' }).click();
  await expect(page.getByText('Order confirmed')).toBeVisible();
});

✓ chromium
✓ firefox
✓ webkit
✓ mobile safari

10+ yrs

Manual & automation testing

Enterprise projects delivered

Industries: health, finance, insurance, retail

US · UK

Client projects in both markets

Services

Everything your release needs to pass, before it ships.

Playwright automation

UI and API suites in TypeScript/JavaScript, cross-browser and device runs, parallel execution, tracing for fast debugging, and flaky-test fixes.

Manual & exploratory QA

Test cases from Figma and requirements, exploratory sessions, regression, smoke and sanity cycles, accessibility checks and UAT support.

API & backend testing

Postman collections with request chaining, JSON schema validation, failure simulation, and SQL checks on MySQL and SQL Server.

Performance & CI/CD

JMeter load tests for high-traffic flows, and suites wired into Azure DevOps, Jenkins or GitHub Actions for every build.

Selected work

Quality work in regulated, high-stakes products.

HIPAA-sensitive healthcare, live trading systems and insurance platforms, where bugs are costly.

Healthcare e-commerce2023 – now

US healthcare supply marketplace

End-to-end Playwright coverage of search, cart, checkout and order placement across browsers and devices, plus JMeter load tests for peak checkout and HIPAA data-handling checks.

PlaywrightPostmanJMeterUiPath

Result: Stable parallel regression runs across browsers and devices, flaky tests fixed, and QA sign-off with rollback testing on every production release.

Finance · USTier-1 investment bank

Global Equity Trading

Automated trade creation, confirmation and reconciliation flows, validated FIX-based APIs and financial reports with SQL, and supported weekend production releases.

SeleniumSQL ServerJenkins

Result: Regression automated after every staging release, with validation scripts supporting weekend production deployments for high-risk releases.

Insurance · UKLife & pensions

UK life insurance platform

Data-driven automation for policy generation, renewals and claims, premium-rule validation, and BDD with Cucumber so business analysts could read every test.

SeleniumCucumberJenkins

Result: Policy, renewal and claims journeys automated across many customer scenarios, running on a Jenkins schedule in BDD tests the business could read.

Healthcare · USHospital network

Patient Digital Experience

Automated patient registration, login, health records and appointments; API tests for medical-record services, security and session checks, and risk-based regression suites.

SeleniumPostmanZephyr

Result: Risk-based regression suites for the most critical patient journeys, fully traceable in Zephyr and run on HIPAA-safe test data.

Healthcare mobileiOS & Android

Family health mobile app

One pipeline for UI and API tests across Android and iOS browsers, with Playwright tracing, API-failure simulation, device farms and accessibility checks.

PlaywrightPostmanJMeter

Result: UI and API tests running in one CI pipeline, with Playwright tracing that made failures quick to debug on Android and iOS.

Law enforcementGlobal public-safety vendor

Search & Investigation

Playwright automation for high-security search modules, role-based access tests, audit-trail checks and nightly runs in Azure pipelines, with audit-ready test evidence.

PlaywrightMySQLAzure DevOps

Result: Nightly automated runs in Azure pipelines and audit-ready test evidence for every release.

Sample deliverables

See exactly what you'll get.

Real formats I deliver, shown on a demo e-commerce checkout. Client data is never shared.

Feature: Checkout · 8 scenarios covering happy paths, errors, devices and accessibility

ID	Scenario	Type	Priority
TS-01	Guest user completes checkout with a valid card	Automated	High
TS-02	Logged-in user checks out with a saved address and card	Automated	High
TS-03	User applies a valid, expired and invalid promo code	Both	High
TS-04	Payment is declined and the user retries with another card	Automated	High
TS-05	User changes quantity or removes items and totals update correctly	Automated	Medium
TS-06	Session times out during checkout and cart is preserved	Manual	Medium
TS-07	Checkout works on mobile Safari and Chrome for Android	Both	Medium
TS-08	Checkout is fully usable by keyboard and screen reader	Manual	Low

Scenario TS-03 and TS-04 broken into step-by-step test cases

ID	Title	Preconditions	Test steps	Expected result	Priority	Status
TC-101	Apply a valid promo code	Cart has items worth $120; code SAVE10 is active	Go to cart Enter SAVE10 Click Apply	10% discount applied, total shows $108.00, success message shown	High	Pass
TC-102	Apply an expired promo code	Code SUMMER24 has expired	Go to cart Enter SUMMER24 Click Apply	Error "This code has expired" shown; total unchanged	High	Pass
TC-103	Remove an applied promo code	SAVE10 applied to cart	Click Remove next to SAVE10 Check order total	Discount removed, total returns to $120.00	High	Fail
TC-104	Declined card payment	Test card 4000 0000 0000 0002 (decline)	Proceed to payment Enter decline card Click Pay	"Payment declined" message, user stays on payment step, no order created	High	Pass
TC-105	Submit checkout with empty fields	On shipping step	Leave all fields empty Click Continue	Each required field shows an inline error; focus moves to first error	Medium	Blocked

Test Execution Report · Release 2.4.1 regression

Checkout & Payments

Environment: Staging
Cycle: 2 days · Automated + manual

248

Total tests

231

Passed

Failed

Blocked

Skipped

Pass rate93.1%

■ Passed■ Failed■ Blocked■ Skipped

Results by module

Module	Type	Total	Passed	Failed	Blocked	Skipped
Cart & promo codes	Automated	64	59	4	0	1
Payments	Automated	58	55	2	0	1
Shipping & address	Automated	58	56	1	1	0
Cross-browser & mobile	Manual	40	37	1	1	1
Accessibility & exploratory	Manual	28	24	1	1	2
Total		248	231	9	3	5

Automation run

180 Playwright tests on Chromium, Firefox and WebKit · 4 parallel workers · 14 min 32 s · run in GitHub Actions

Defects raised: 12

Critical 1 · Major 4 · Minor 7 · 2 fixed and retested, 10 open

QA recommendation: Go, with conditions

Release once BUG-2041 (promo total) and BUG-2038 (critical: duplicate order on double-click) are fixed and retested. Remaining minor defects can ship in 2.4.2.

Toolkit

I work inside your stack.

Tests live in your repo, run in your pipeline, and report in your tracker.

Automation

PlaywrightSelenium WebDriverKatalonUiPath (RPA)

API & performance

PostmanApache JMeterMuleSoft

Languages

JavaScript / TypeScriptJavaC#SQL

Frameworks

Page Object ModelBDD (Cucumber)Data-drivenHybrid

CI/CD & tracking

Azure DevOpsJenkinsGit / GitHubJiraZephyr

How I work

A clear process, with updates you never have to chase.

01

Audit

I review your product, current tests and release pain points, then share a short findings report.

02

Test plan

We agree on the highest-risk flows, coverage goals and what gets automated versus tested by hand.

03

Automate & test

Playwright suites built into your CI, plus manual and exploratory cycles each sprint.

04

Report & sign-off

Weekly status on coverage and defects, clear bug reports in Jira, and QA sign-off for each release.

Why work with me

What you can count on.

Senior-level from day one

10+ years on enterprise healthcare, banking and insurance products. No hand-holding, no learning on your budget.

Proven in regulated industries

Hands-on with HIPAA data handling, audit trails, role-based access and audit-ready test evidence.

Clear, proactive communication

Weekly status reports, well-written bug reports in Jira, and working hours that overlap with UK and US East teams.

Tests you keep

Everything lives in your repo and runs in your CI, with handover docs so your team can own it after I leave.

Pricing

Clear hourly rates. Pick the coverage you need.

Monthly and full-time engagements are available on request.

Tier 1

Manual Testing

$10/hour

about $800/month for 80 hours

✓Test plan and test cases

✓Functional, regression, smoke and sanity testing

✓Exploratory and cross-browser testing

✓Clear bug reports in Jira

✓Weekly status report

Choose Manual

Tier 2

Automation Testing

$15/hour

about $1,200/month for 80 hours

✓Playwright framework setup (TypeScript/JS)

✓UI and API test automation

✓Cross-browser and parallel runs

✓CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure)

✓HTML reports and flaky-test fixes

Choose Automation

Tier 3

Best value

Full QA: Manual + Automation

$20/hour

about $1,600/month for 80 hours

✓Everything in Manual and Automation

✓API testing with Postman

✓Performance testing with JMeter

✓Release sign-off and production checks

✓Priority support and daily updates

Choose Full QA

One-time projects

Need testing for a single release or a fixed scope? Get a one-time project at a fixed price, with no ongoing commitment.

One-time Manual Test Cycle

Manual

from$400one-time

Fixed price for up to 40 hours of testing

✓Full test pass on a release or feature

✓Test cases written for your key flows

✓Cross-browser and mobile checks

✓Bug report with steps, screenshots and severity

Book a test cycle

One-time Automation Setup

Automation

from$900one-time

Fixed price for up to 60 hours of work

✓Playwright framework set up in your repo

✓Automated tests for your top user journeys

✓Connected to your CI (GitHub Actions, Jenkins or Azure)

✓Handover docs so your team can extend it

Book an automation setup

Not sure yet? Start with a free test audit.

I test one key user flow and send you a recorded walkthrough of what I find.

Request free audit

Contact us

Let's make your next release a boring one.

Tell me about your product and what you need tested. I reply within one business day.

What happens next

01I review your message and your product.

02We have a short call to agree on scope.

03You get a test plan and a start date.

Prefer email? vname6952@gmail.com

Vivek N. · Senior SDET · Based in India (IST), with daily overlap with UK hours and US East mornings