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Sana K.
Senior SDET — Playwright Specialist
97Verified
skill score
- Playwright
- TypeScript
- CI/CD
- API Testing
- Visual Regression
About
Sana K. is a Senior SDET with 8+ years of experience building resilient, scalable test automation for high-growth product teams. She specializes in Playwright-based end-to-end testing, CI/CD pipeline design, and mentoring QA engineers to build quality into every release. She has led automation strategy for fintech and logistics platforms, with a consistent focus on cutting regression time and eliminating flaky tests.
Achievements & badges
Top 1% Ranked
Playwright testers
Fast Responder
Avg. reply < 2 hrs
Mentor
12 engineers coached
30-Day Streak
Active challenge solver
100% Completion
18/18 projects delivered
Skill breakdown
- Playwright (E2E Automation)97
- TypeScript93
- CI/CD Pipelines88
- API Testing85
- Visual Regression Testing81
Career timeline
2015 — 2018
QA Trainee → Junior QA Tester · BrightPath Software (fictional)
Started career in manual testing, learning test case design and bug triage across web applications.
2018 — 2020
QA Analyst · Driftwave Retail (fictional)
Transitioned the team from manual to automated regression testing across web and mobile.
2020 — 2022
QA Automation Engineer · Northwind Logistics (fictional)
Built first E2E automation suite from scratch, covering 12 regional warehouse configurations.
2022 — Present
Senior SDET · Finlytics (fictional)
Leading Playwright test architecture for a 40-engineer fintech platform.
Experience & portfolio
Senior SDET · Finlytics (fictional)
2022 — Present
- Lead Playwright test architecture for a 40-engineer fintech platform spanning web, mobile web, and partner APIs.
- Cut full regression cycle time from 3 days to 4 hours by migrating the legacy Selenium suite to Playwright with parallel sharding.
- Built a self-healing locator strategy that reduced flaky test rate from 18% to under 2%.
- Mentor a team of 4 junior QA engineers on automation best practices and code review standards.
- Playwright
- TypeScript
- CI/CD
- Docker
QA Automation Engineer · Northwind Logistics (fictional)
2020 — 2022
- Built the first E2E automation suite from scratch, achieving 85% critical-path coverage within 6 months.
- Designed a data-driven test framework supporting 12 regional warehouse configurations.
- Integrated visual regression testing into the CI pipeline, catching UI defects before release.
- Partnered with product and engineering to define acceptance criteria every sprint.
- Selenium
- Java
- Jenkins
- Cucumber
QA Analyst · Driftwave Retail (fictional)
2018 — 2020
- Transitioned the team from manual to automated regression testing across web and mobile.
- Authored 300+ test cases covering checkout, payments, and inventory-sync flows.
- Reduced production escape rate by 40% through stronger pre-release smoke test coverage.
- Manual Testing
- Appium
- JIRA
Community endorsements
Illustrative quotes from fictional clients.
“Sana caught a race condition in our checkout flow that three engineers missed. Her Playwright suite is now our CI gatekeeper.”
Marcus T.
Eng Manager, fictional client
“Worked with Sana on a 3-month contract — she rebuilt our E2E coverage from zero and documented everything cleanly.”
Priya D.
CTO, fictional client
“Responsive, sharp, and she explains tradeoffs clearly. Would hire again without hesitation.”
Owen R.
Product Lead, fictional client
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