Meskerem Gebru

About Meskerem Gebru

QA Automation Engineer with 8+ years of experience in web application testing, automation framework development, regression strategy, and CI/CD integration across enterprise environments. Strong hands-on experience building and maintaining scalable automation frameworks using Playwright, Selenium, and the Page Object Model (POM). Proven track record of reducing bug leakage by 35%, automating 200+ test cases with 95% stability, and improving deployment validation time by 50% through risk-based and pre/post-release regression testing. Experienced in REST API validation, backend data verification, and close collaboration with DevOps and cross-functional teams. Actively leverage GitHub Copilot and ongoing AI-focused training to continuously improve automation efficiency and software quality.

Experience

1. Sr Quality Engineer

   Optum

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Designed and executed 200+ automated and manual test cases across multiple enterprise web applications, achieving 95% automation stability rate.• Built and enhanced Playwright (JavaScript) automation framework using POM and data-driven design, improving reusability and reducing maintenance effort by 40%.• Reduced bug leakage by 35% through implementation of risk-based testing strategies and early regression validation.• Execute full regression testing before and after developer code changes to ensure new updates do not impact existing functionality.• Validate defect fixes through targeted retesting and perform impact analysis to maintain application stability across releases.• Automated high-impact regression and smoke scenarios, increasing automation coverage by 60% and accelerating release cycles.• Built and supported CI/CD pipeline integrations, reducing deployment validation time by 50%.• Performed REST API validation using Postman and backend data verification using SQL, ensuring end-to-end data integrity.• Led midnight and off-hours production release validation, preventing critical production defects.• Proactively identified flaky tests and stabilized execution reliability through improved waits, locator strategy, and environment handling.• Worked closely with DevOps to build and optimize CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment validation time by 50%.• Leveraged GitHub Copilot and extensive AI-focused training to accelerate test development and reduce debugging time by 30%.• Collaborated cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and QA to mitigate release risks and improve overall quality standards.

Education

• Addis Ababa University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Marketing Management

  2007 — 2009