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Senior
Registration: 18.02.2026

Chandrakanta Ghadei

Specialization: Mobile Test Automation Engineer
— Mobile Test Automation Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and implementing scalable UI and API automation solutions across enterprise and financial systems. — Strong hands-on expertise in Appium for Android and iOS automation, CI/CD integration using Jenkins, and automation framework design. — Experienced in DevOps-aligned Agile environments, contributing to automation strategy, framework improvements, and AI-assisted testing initiatives. — Proactive, solution-oriented, and passionate about building maintainable automation architectures beyond basic maintenance tasks.
— Mobile Test Automation Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing and implementing scalable UI and API automation solutions across enterprise and financial systems. — Strong hands-on expertise in Appium for Android and iOS automation, CI/CD integration using Jenkins, and automation framework design. — Experienced in DevOps-aligned Agile environments, contributing to automation strategy, framework improvements, and AI-assisted testing initiatives. — Proactive, solution-oriented, and passionate about building maintainable automation architectures beyond basic maintenance tasks.

Skills

Appium
Real Devices
Simulators / Emulators
RestAssured
Postman
REST Services
CI/CD
Page Object Model
Reusable Utilities
Test Data Management
Git
Mocking Simulation
Artificial Intelligence
Agile
Scrum
Continuous Testing
Shift-Left Testing

Work experience

Senior Test Automation Engineer
since 04.2024 - Till the present day |EPAM Systems
Appium, Jenkins, API
Client: Swiss Re. ● Designed and enhanced mobile automation framework using Appium for Android and iOS applications. ● Implemented scalable UI and API automation suites integrated with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines. ● Contributed to automation strategy discussions and framework improvements. ● Collaborated with product and business teams to understand complex functional workflows. ● Integrated automated tests into DevOps pipelines ensuring reliable and structured releases. ● Supported log analysis and defect investigation to strengthen regression stability.
Software Development Engineer in Test
04.2023 - 04.2024 |Educational Initiative
Playwright, RestAssured
● Developed UI and API automation frameworks using Playwright and RestAssured. ● Participated in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and automation improvements. ● Proposed tooling enhancements to improve coverage and maintainability.
Senior Software Engineer (QA)
07.2021 - 04.2023 |Ferns N Petals
Appium, Agile
● Built and maintained Appium automation for Android and iOS applications. ● Automated end-to-end mobile user journeys and backend API validations. ● Executed regression, smoke, and exploratory tests in Agile sprint cycles. ● Contributed to CI pipeline improvements and automation reliability.
Test Engineer
02.2020 - 07.2021 |Cigniti Technologies
Appium, CI/CD
● Implemented Appium-based mobile automation across Android and iOS platforms. ● Performed functional and integration testing in distributed systems. ● Supported CI/CD validation and automation framework setup.
Associate
12.2018 - 10.2019 |Neon Security
Testing
Quality Engineer
05.2017 - 12.2018 |Happy Forging
Testing

Educational background

Specialist (Bachelor’s Degree)
GIET

Languages

EnglishUpper Intermediate