Pragadeeswaran Gnanasekaran
Software Development Engineer Test Lead at IDFC FIRST Bank
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Top SchoolPragadeeswaran Gnanasekaran is a seasoned Software Development Engineer in Test with over 10 years of experience building reliable test automation and QA practices across fintech, e-commerce, insurance, and manufacturing. He has led migrations and optimizations—most notably moving 100+ tests from Protractor to WebdriverIO and improving test efficiency by ~30%—and currently leads SDET efforts at IDFC FIRST Bank. Pragadeeswaran combines deep Core Java and Selenium expertise with REST API testing, CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, Git) and modern JS test frameworks, while mentoring teams and contributing to community events like Hacktoberfest. His background includes senior roles at Oportun, ThoughtWorks and Samsung, reflecting a track record of delivering quality at scale and shaping cross-functional Agile teams. Based in Chennai, he pairs hands-on technical execution with a knack for knowledge sharing via YouTube and Medium, making complex testing practices accessible to broader audiences.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Kendriya Vidyalaya SangathanBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science at KALASALINGAM UNIVERSITY
Tamil, Hindi, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (88)
freshchat10
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freshdesk10
selenium-webdriver10
open-source10
buttons9
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freshservice9
selenium9
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sdk8
webapp8
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pragapraga/Selenium
Nov 2015 - Apr 2020
Contributions:6 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 5 months
pragapraga/my-resume
Nov 2020 - Dec 2023
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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