
Anil Nellaiyappan
Senior QA Engineer | AI-Driven Testing
Salary / Daily rate
Nice, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Can come onsite
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About me
Intro
Business Analyst & QA Engineer with 8+ years driving AI-powered testing for enterprise platforms including Lufthansa and Amadeus. Cut test planning time 60% using ChatGPT/Claude to auto-generate test plans from BRDs; specialized in end-to-end quality strategies across airline, insurance, and SaaS domains. I deliver traceable, risk-aligned test frameworks and Playwright/Selenium automation that accelerate releases and ensure regulatory compliance.
Work experience
Business Analyst / QA Engineer - Al-Driven Testing Specialist
Amadeus Airline & Hotel Platforms (incl. Lufthansa)
Apr 2022 - Jan 2026
3 years 10 months
Nice & Frankfurt
– Al-generated test plans from BRDs used ChatGPT/Claude to auto-generate structured test plans, cutting planning time ~60% across Lufthansa and multi-tenant airline platforms. – Al test cases & acceptance criteria generated test cases from functional specs ensuring full BRD-to-test traceability each sprint. – Al-driven test strategies produced risk-aligned strategies for feature releases scoped by business impact and regulatory requirements. – Al test data generation synthesised diverse test data sets (passenger profiles, booking scenarios, edge cases) using Al tools. – Al test scenarios & user stories converted business requirements into Gherkin/BDD scenarios and user stories, accelerating sprint onboarding. – Ul test cases via Al created Ul test cases from wireframes and specs; validated with Playwright (TypeScript) automation suites. – Al-assisted PR reviews used GitHub Copilot and LLM tools to flag logic gaps, missing coverage, and spec deviations before merge. – Key liaison between Frankfurt stakeholders and Nice dev team gathered requirements, produced functional specs, resolved ambiguities. – Investigated production incidents, root-cause analysis, and client-facing summaries for Lufthansa and multi-tenant airline accounts. – Authored test plans, release notes, QA KPI reports; release coordination across distributed SAFe Agile teams.
Test Automation Consultant (BA / QA)
Gawron Consulting Euler Hermes
Dec 2019 - May 2021
1 year 6 months
Paris, France
– Translated insurance business requirements into functional test scenarios, user stories, and acceptance criteria. – Designed test strategies aligned with business processes; full defect lifecycle documented in Confluence. – Level-1 production support; validated UAT releases (UATM/UATR) coordinating with clients and internal stakeholders. – Automated regression suites with Selenium + Java, improving coverage, stability, and release confidence. – Validated JSON/XML at API level using Postman, ReadyAPI, Swagger; familiar with FIX protocol.
QA Automation Intern
SAP Labs
Apr 2019 - Oct 2019
7 months
06250 Mougins, France
– Built automated regression tests (SAP START/ABAP); performance testing with SUPA. – Created test plans; managed defects in BCP; contributed to cloud QA processes.
Business Analyst
Darmatek Pvt Ltd
Jan 2015 - Dec 2017
3 years
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
– Full BA role for fleet management & vehicle tracking – requirements, functional docs, process flows. – Translated business needs into technical specs; coordinated UAT and post-deployment validation. – Designed analytics dashboards and performance reports; improved workflows via data-driven analysis.
Education
ESIGELEC : ÉCOLE D'INGÉNIEURS-ES GÉNÉRALISTES
2017 - 2019
2 years 1 month
Anna University Chennai
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science
2010 - 2014
4 years 1 month