Mounika Nalajala

Software Automation Developer Ai Automation Engineer @UPMC Health Plan

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Project Summary – UPMC HealthPlaNETAt UPMC, I worked as a Software Automation Developer / AI Automation Engineer on the HealthPlaNET platform, a multi-tiered Angular-based application used by Health Coaches, Care Managers, Utilization Management Nurses, and Medical Directors. The system supports over 3 million health plan members and is a mission-critical tool for delivering quality healthcare management. My role combined traditional test automation engineering with AI/ML-driven approaches to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance the reliability of releases.The overarching goal was to increase test coverage, accelerate release cycles, and reduce defect leakage into production, while building sustainable frameworks that could be scaled across multiple teams.Key Contributions:Designed scalable automation frameworks with Selenium, TestNG, and Java, improving regression efficiency.Spearheaded Playwright adoption for UI & API testing, achieving 85%+ coverage and reducing execution time by 40%.Automated mobile testing with Appium, ensuring Android app stability across devices.Integrated test suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous validation and real-time reporting.Conducted cross-browser/cloud testing using Sauce Labs, cutting manual efforts by 70%.Built automated suites for REST/SOAP APIs (Postman, RestAssured) and validated backend data with SQL.Introduced AI-driven test impact analysis, reducing regression cycles by 35% while maintaining coverage.Applied ML-based defect clustering & log analysis to predict high-risk areas and accelerate root cause detection.Used AI-assisted test data generation to expand edge-case coverage and cut manual prep time by 50%.Collaborated in Agile ceremonies (JIRA) for faster triage and defect resolution.Tech Stack: Selenium | Playwright | Cypress | Appium | TestNG | Java | Postman | RestAPI| Jenkins | Sauce Labs | SQL | JIRA | AI/ML in Test Impact, Defect Prediction, Data Generation

University of the Cumberlands

Master's degree