William Anthuvan
Sr. Automation Engineer
San Jose
Summary
Senior SDET with over 12 years of experience in manual and automated testing of front-end and back-end applications driven by commitment to delivering high quality and defect free software. Possess strong domain expertise across Retail, Telecom, Travel, Healthcare, and BFSI sectors. Proficient in designing test plans, test strategies, test scenarios and test cases, with hands-on experience in various testing types functional, automation, end-to-end, regression, system integration and User Acceptance test. Expert in building robust automation frameworks from scratch using Selenium and incorporating Page Object Model (POM), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and Data-Driven frameworks with Java, Python and JavaScript. Working knowledge of modern automation tools such as Cypress and Playwright. Strong in SQL and UNIX shell scripting. Proficient in testing cloud-based applications hosted on AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Sr.Verification and Validation Engineer
Abbott
09.2025 - Current
- Created detailed test protocols, validation plans, and verification procedures for the CardioGuide HF device and its supporting software, ensuring alignment with FDA regulatory expectations and internal quality standards.
- Tested the Cardio Guide Heart Failure (HF) medical device end‑to‑end, validating sensor behavior, data transmission, firmware interactions, and device reliability across clinical workflows.
- Verified Cardio Guide Heart Failure (HF) mobile app functionality, including UI flows, patient onboarding, caregiver workflows, data visualization, and clinical configuration settings.
- Designed and executed clinical scenario simulations to validate real‑world usage patterns and ensure regulatory‑grade reliability
- Ensured accurate synchronization between device, backend APIs, and mobile app, validating data integrity, latency, and error‑handling across the ecosystem.
- Performed subsystem‑level testing across hardware modules, firmware components, communication interfaces, and cloud services to ensure seamless integration.
- Tested backend REST APIs supporting device telemetry, patient data, clinical settings, and workflow automation.
- Designed and executed clinical scenario simulations to validate real‑world usage patterns and ensure regulatory‑grade (FDA) reliability
- Developed and maintained Selenium automation scripts for core UI workflows, improving regression coverage and reducing manual testing effort.
- Fixed flaky tests in the CI pipeline, improving test pass percentage and stabilizing nightly builds.
- Integrated automation scripts into Azure DevOps, creating branches, raising pull requests, resolving merge conflicts, and ensuring smooth pipeline execution
- Led the transition from Selenium to Playwright, modernizing the automation stack to improve speed, stability, and parallel execution capabilities
Sr. Automation Engineer
Spectrum
05.2024 - Current
- Performed end‑to‑end testing of IVR (Integrated Voice Response) systems across multiple lines of business, including Cable, Mobile, Phone, and Internet.
- Decreased manual testing effort by 60% by developing and implementing scalable automation frameworks for both web and API layers.
- Cut test execution time by 70% by enabling parallel execution in CI pipelines and optimizing test suite structure for faster feedback cycles.
- Automated customer interactions with IVR using NLU (Natural Language Understanding) and DTMF (Dual Tone Multi‑Frequency), validating complete user workflows through the IVR system.
- Identified and reported 100+ major defects, significantly improving software reliability and user experience.
- Validated data file migration from Oracle DB to AWS S3 and monitored system behavior using AWS Cloud Watch logs.
- Performed root‑cause analysis on critical defects, enabling faster turnaround time for fixes and improving overall product stability.
- Supported remote testing environments, ensuring consistent execution and validation across distributed systems.
Sr. Automation Engineer
QuinStreet
02.2023 - 04.2024
- Developed a Maven‑based API automation framework using Java, Rest Assured, and TestNG, enabling scalable, maintainable, and reusable test components.
- Automated 100+ manual regression test cases, significantly reducing manual effort and accelerating release validation cycles.
- Saved 150+ hours per release cycle by automating repetitive smoke and regression scenarios using Selenium and Python, improving team productivity and test consistency.
- Uncovered critical production defects missed in earlier releases, contributing to improved product reliability and heightened team awareness of system gaps.
- Conducted thorough root‑cause analysis for defects, documented findings, and collaborated with development teams to ensure timely and accurate resolution.
- Designed, authored, and maintained detailed test cases in HP ALM, ensuring full traceability to requirements and coverage across functional areas.
- Managed and tracked defects in JIRA, ensuring clear documentation, prioritization, and cross‑team communication.
- Delivered testing timelines, dashboards, and weekly/monthly test reports to leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment with project milestones and goals.
Sr. Automation Engineer
Cepheid
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Performed end‑to‑end testing of automated molecular diagnostic medical devices, ensuring full compliance with HIPAA, ISO 13485, and FDA regulatory standards across hardware, firmware, and software components.
- Followed device testing protocols and validated complete user workflows based on approved use‑workflow documentation, ensuring clinical accuracy and regulatory alignment.
- Designed a Selenium automation framework using Page Object Model (POM), Data‑Driven, and Page Factory design patterns to improve maintainability and scalability.
- Achieved 90%+ automation coverage for core business modules, enabling early defect detection, faster regression cycles, and improved release confidence.
- Collaborated with cross‑functional teams (firmware, mobile, backend, clinical, regulatory) to define quality goals and implement shift‑left testing practices, reducing defect leakage and accelerating feedback loops.
- Migrated legacy manual and scripted test cases to a modern BDD framework, improving test readability, stakeholder collaboration, and long‑term maintainability.
- Integrated UI, API, and workflow test suites into CI/CD pipelines, enabling nightly builds, automated execution, and real‑time reporting for rapid triage and decision‑making.
Sr. Automation Engineer
Capital One
11.2015 - 12.2022
- Automated 500+ test cases across Web and Mobile platforms, reducing manual testing effort by 80% and accelerating release cycles.
- Reduced environment setup time from 4 hours to 30 minutes by creating automated, reusable Docker‑based test environments, improving team productivity and test consistency.
- Verified data integrity, accuracy, transformation, and completeness across complex ETL pipelines, ensuring reliable data flow for analytics and reporting systems.
- Validated data migration processes implemented using Informatica, SSIS, ODS, and Ab Initio, ensuring alignment with data lineage and source‑to‑target mapping documentation.
- Tested iOS and Android applications using both physical devices and simulators/emulators, ensuring consistent behavior across OS versions and device types.
- Executed cross‑browser and cross‑platform testing using Selenium Grid, ensuring compatibility across Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and mobile browsers.
- Validated data movement from Oracle DB to NoSQL databases, ensuring schema alignment, transformation accuracy, and end‑to‑end data consistency based on technical specifications and mapping documents.
Test Engineer
Microsoft
04.2011 - 10.2015
- Eliminated 100% of manual data‑verification effort by implementing automated validation processes that ensured consistent accuracy across all data pipelines.
- Created SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) packages to validate ETL data integrity, reducing manual testing effort by 100% and improving reliability of data movement.
- Designed comprehensive test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and requirement traceability matrices (RTM) to ensure full coverage and alignment with business and technical requirements.
- Tracked defects and prioritized regression test cases for future releases, improving test efficiency and focusing effort on high‑risk areas.
- Maintained and executed regression test suites, optimizing test execution order to save time and maximize defect detection.
- Converted manual regression test cases into automated test scripts, significantly reducing manual effort and accelerating release cycles.
- Used SQL queries and UNIX shell scripts to validate backend data, automate environment setup, and streamline test execution workflows.
Test Automation Engineer
Cigna
11.2011 - 09.2013
Education
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
International Technological University
San Jose, CA12.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics
Anna University
India05.2007
Skills
- Java
- Python
- JavaScript
- SQL
- Unix Shell Scripting
- Microsoft Dynamics
Websites
Certification
AWS cloud practitioner
COURSES
Generative AI with Large Language Models – AWS + DeepLearning.AI
Prompt Engineering
Timeline
Sr.Verification and Validation Engineer
Abbott
09.2025 - Current
Sr. Automation Engineer
Spectrum
05.2024 - Current
Sr. Automation Engineer
QuinStreet
02.2023 - 04.2024
Sr. Automation Engineer
Cepheid
07.2022 - 01.2023
Sr. Automation Engineer
Capital One
11.2015 - 12.2022
Test Automation Engineer
Cigna
11.2011 - 09.2013
Test Engineer
Microsoft
04.2011 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical & Electronics
Anna University
Master of Science - Computer Engineering
International Technological University