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Lavanya Laguduva

Summary

Driven professional with exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, coupled with a deep understanding of software development and quality assurance processes. Recognised as a fast learner with the ability to quickly master new tools, complex products, and diverse domains. Known for strong attention to detail, exceptional debugging and problem-solving skills, and a versatile T-shaped profile that enables effective contribution across different roles, including Scrum Master, Business Analyst, or Developer, while maintaining deep expertise in Quality Engineering. Demonstrates critical thinking and communication abilities, ensuring seamless collaboration with cross-functional teams. Poised to deliver significant contributions and improvements. Currently expanding knowledge in AI tools and technologies to strengthen platform engineering capabilities.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work history

Current Activities

Self-employed

Over the next six months, I am focusing on expanding my expertise in AI concepts, frameworks, and tools – including Deep Learning, LLMs, Agents, and MCP. My goal is to build small, practical projects that apply these technologies to areas such as automating test strategy, generating test scenarios, test scripts, and performing intelligent code reviews.

Lead Test Engineer

Genomics England
01.2025 - 08.2025
  • Architected high-performance test framework using Python and Pytest with multiple workers, enhancing scalability and performance.
  • Developed ETL pipeline testing framework to validate data transformations and integrity across systems.
  • Created event-driven architecture validation suite for message queues, event handlers, and asynchronous processing workflows critical to ML platform operations
  • Established contract testing practices with PACT, increasing integration reliability by 40% across components.
  • Integrated CI/CD automation with GitLab for continuous validation and regression testing.
  • Constructed performance testing framework using Python and JMeter to identify critical bottlenecks.

Lead Test Engineer

The Home Office
11.2020 - 12.2024
  • Led Central Integration Team to ensure platform-wide quality engineering and system validation.
  • Established automation framework supporting over 6000 automated tests
  • Integrated Kubernetes API to optimise deployment testing, and infrastructure validation.
  • Developed Python-based validation tools with Jenkins pipeline integration for ongoing infrastructure testing.
  • Enhanced CI/CD pipelines with automated testing triggers for early defect detection.
  • Implemented security and accessibility validation using OWASP ZAP and Axe across components.
  • Mentored cross-functional teams on best practices in platform engineering and quality-as-code.
  • Reduced manual testing effort by 90% through comprehensive automation implementation.

Test Lead Consultant

Nationwide Building Society
12.2018 - 03.2020
  • Led testing initiatives for design system platform and reusable component library.
  • Developed comprehensive test framework, including CI/CD pipeline on Azure DevOps.
  • Implemented microservices and GraphQL testing automation using modern JavaScript frameworks.
  • Established cross-platform compatibility testing with BrowserStack across various devices and browsers.
  • Created accessibility validation framework to ensure compliance with A11Y standards.
  • Drove standardisation initiatives, reducing development rework by sixty percent.
  • Delivered consistent design system platform, enhancing efficiency across engineering teams.
  • Built reusable testing components, promoting scalability and modular quality tooling.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Kamaraj University
India

Skills


Programming & Platform Engineering

Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL, Shell Scripting, Object-Oriented Programming, Platform-level Test Solutions


Test Automation Tools

Pytest, Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Pytest-BDD, Cucumber, Serenity BDD, WebDriverIO, Cypress, TestNG, JUnit, Data Pipeline Testing, ETL Validation


API & Integration Testing

Rest Assured, Postman/Newman, PACT Contract Testing, SuperTest, Chai, Mocha, MicroservicesTesting, GraphQL Testing


Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Services

AWS: Lambda, S3, ECS, Step Functions, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, GCP Pipelines and Big Query, Azure DevOps


Infrastructure as Code: Docker, Kubernetes, Experience with cloud provisioning and infrastructure management


CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Platform CI/CD Integration


Data & Performance Engineering

ETL Testing, Data Quality Validation, BigQuery, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, JMeter, Python-based performance frameworks


Event-Driven Architecture: Message queue testing, Event handler validation, Asynchronous processing workflows


Platform Observability & Quality Tools

OWASP ZAP, Axe Accessibility, BrowserStack, X-ray Test Management, Monitoring Integration, Resilience Testing

Earlier professional experiences


  • QA Consultant (Aug 2017 - Aug 2018 )- Clear Score
  • Test Team Lead (Sep 2014 - Aug 2017) - Appsbroker Consulting Ltd. UK
  • Software Development Engineer in Test (Jul 2013 - Aug 2014) - Caplin Systems
  • System Test Lead (Jun 2011 - Jan 2012) - Wipro Technologies
  • Senior Developer (Aug 2007 - Jan 2010) - Wipro Technologies
  • Developer (Mar 2005 - Aug 2007) Wipro Technologies

Certification

  • Sun Certified Java Professional (SCJP) - 92%
  • ISTQB CTFL - 95%
  • Certified Scrum Master -Scrum Alliance (2014)

Timeline

Lead Test Engineer

Genomics England
01.2025 - 08.2025

Lead Test Engineer

The Home Office
11.2020 - 12.2024

Test Lead Consultant

Nationwide Building Society
12.2018 - 03.2020

Current Activities

Self-employed

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Kamaraj University
Lavanya Laguduva