# Vinoth Sekar > Sr.SDET @ Coupa | QE Lead | Capital Markets | Procurement/Supply chain | AI/ML Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/vinoth Seasoned QA engineer with 12 years of extensive experience with testing Web, API, cloud and desktop applications using Automation and Manual Test techniques. Skilled in Test plan, test strategy, scripting, CI/CD integration, agile project management, and embedded software testing. Developed End-to-End UI and backend Automation Frameworks from scratch using Playwright, JavaScript and also with Selenium,TestNg,Maven and Java. Experienced in the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Test Life Cycle (STLC). Technical Skills: • Testing Tools: Playwright, Selenium, Postman, SoapUI, Appium, JMeter,Cucumber, Ruby-Rspec • Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, Typescript, UNIX, SQL, Groovy • Databases: PostgreSQL, Oracle SQL developer • Data Formats: XML, JSON • Project Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Kanban • Version Control & Build Management Tool: GitHub, Git, Maven • Project and Test-Management Tools: Jira, Confluence, Test-Rail, XRAY • CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, AWS Cloud • Machine Learning & Generative AI: TensorFlow, ChatGPT, PaLM, Gemini • DevOps tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Kibana, Argo CD • Operating Systems: Windows, MacOS, Ubuntu ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Engineer in Test @ Coupa Software Jan 2024 – Present | Foster City, California, United States • Lead the quality engineering initiatives for Coupa’s Core Procurement and supply chain collaboration services, enhancing feature and API testing. • Improved the custom Playwright framework for UI and API automation, leading to a 30% increase in testing efficiency. • Implemented shift-left testing strategies, reducing defect rates in productio ### Senior Software Test Engineer @ Ripcord Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Hayward, California, United States • Owned QA for all Digitization products by developing Test Plans and Test Cases, identified and resolved 350+ defects in 2 years through strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. • Rapidly mastered and implemented Playwright automation framework within a month, reducing manual testing effort and optimizing UI test runtime through parallel execution and custom configurations, significantly improving overall testing efficiency. • Launched Docufai.com, an AI project using Google OCR & ML for text extraction. Rigorous testing ensured smooth operation • Led end-to-end testing (involving hardware, GPUs, and vision-guided robots) for Ripcord's document scanning devices. Delivered on schedule, within limited resources and budget. • Architected and implemented a CI/CD pipeline using Playwright E2E tests in Jenkins (YAML, Groovy, GitHub) for smoke, integration, and regression testing, accelerating production releases and improving QA processes. ### Senior Quality Assurance Engineer @ E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley Jan 2013 – Jan 2022 | United States • Specialized in testing E*TRADE’s trading systems from order placement through settlement, covering core brokerage, margin buying power, commissions, corporate actions, transfers, RIA accounts, portfolios, balances, tax statements, and back-office services. Developed detailed test plans and test cases for comprehensive system testing. • Contributed to maintaining and enhancing the in-house Automation Framework, using Selenium, Java, TestNG, and Maven for UI Automation. • Developed 400+ comprehensive Test Plans, Cases, and Automation scripts for core brokerage APIs to ensure accurate order handling, routing, confirmation, T+2 settlement, and compliant post-trade operations, effectively managing stakeholders and communicating QA sign-offs. • Adept in Back-end services automation, efficiently transitioning from UFT automation to Selenium with Rest Assured. Successfully converted 150 API test cases, demonstrating my adaptability and ability to leverage the most suitable tools for comprehensive testing coverage • Spearheaded the timely delivery of critical margin risk projects , overseeing 2000+ test cases across automation and manual testing, ensuring compliance with FINRA regulations. • Transitioned from graduate to Senior QA, mentoring new and existing team members, supporting 10+ teams across 60+ critical revenue-generating projects. ## Education ### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Computer Software Engineering Pondicherry University Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 ### High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/vinothsekar91 --- Source: https://flows.cv/vinoth JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/vinoth/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-22