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NDA case study

Global Beverage Platform Automation

Reusable Playwright and pytest automation for UI regression, access control, REST integrations, authentication, and multi-market localization.

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Context

Resume-backed consultant engagement through emagine Consulting for a global beverage platform. Client naming stays anonymized for public portfolio use.

Problem

A predominantly manual test suite needed reusable automation and clearer quality reporting across global delivery teams.

Role

Led the shift toward Playwright and pytest modules, validated API and access-control paths, and maintained test libraries as requirements changed.

Constraints

  • Different markets needed localized coverage without duplicating the entire suite.
  • Authentication and role-based access controls had to be validated across product flows.
  • Stakeholders needed readable quality reports, not raw automation noise.

Approach

Built reusable modules for UI regression, access control, and localization, paired them with REST/API validation, and used review of stories and technical docs to provide earlier testability feedback.

Challenges

The automation needed to support evolving product requirements across markets while staying maintainable for global delivery teams.

Impact

  • Moved a predominantly manual suite toward reusable Playwright and pytest automation.
  • Improved quality visibility across global teams with test strategy and stakeholder reports.
  • Validated REST integrations, authentication flows, role-based access, and localization.

Recruiter takeaway

Strong evidence for QA automation roles that need UI, API, access-control, and stakeholder reporting experience.

Engineering manager takeaway

Shows how automation can become a shared quality system instead of a brittle local test pile.