raghuram wasarkar

Lead QA Automation Engineer with 9+ years of experience delivering automation-led testing across Regulatory Reporting, Banking, Insurance, and Mortgage domains. Strong foundation in Selenium WebDriver and Python-based test scripting, with a specialist focus on Axiom SL regulatory report validation. Augments automation delivery with AI-powered tooling (Claude, GitHub Copilot, GitLab Duo) to accelerate test generation, defect RCA, and test data preparation — significantly reducing manual effort without sacrificing coverage. Proficient in SQL for data validation and report reconciliation. Maintains zero defect leakage record across all projects. Experienced Agile practitioner familiar with Scrum ceremonies; contributes to sprint planning and backlog grooming with a QA automation perspective.