Kailash Pathak is a Senior QA Lead Manager at 3Pillar Global with over 18 years of experience in software testing and automation. He has built scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright, integrating them with CI/CD pipelines and aligning them with business goals. He is the author of Web Automation Testing Using Playwright, which ranked #1 in Amazon’s “API & Operating Environments” category for six consecutive months.
He is a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) in Quality Assurance, a LinkedIn “Top QA Voice” with 19,500+ followers, and a core member of TestMu AI Spartans, DZone, and Applitools Ambassador programs. Kailash holds certifications including AWS (CFL), PMI-ACP®, ITIL®, PRINCE2 Practitioner®, and ISTQB. He has delivered 25+ QA talks across conferences and webinars and actively mentors engineers while driving quality strategies, shift-left testing, and continuous improvement.
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Cypress
Cypress Cucumber Tutorial: BDD Testing with Gherkin [2026] | TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest)Learn to set up Cypress with Cucumber using cypress-cucumber-preprocessor, write Gherkin feature files, and run BDD tests on cloud.
March 28, 2026
Cypress
Cypress JavaScript Tutorial: A Step-by-Step Handbook For BeginnersThis Cypress JavaScript tutorial deep dives into using Cypress and JavaScript to improve the speed and efficiency of software testing significantly.
February 23, 2026
Software Testing
What Is Mainframe Testing? Types, Process & Best Practices | TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest)Mainframe testing verifies applications on IBM Z systems. Learn the types, process, tools, challenges, and best practices to modernize mainframe QA in CI/CD.
July 2, 2026
Playwright
Playwright JavaScript: A Beginners GuideThis comprehensive Playwright JavaScript tutorial is perfect for beginners who are looking to learn how to automate web testing and control web browsers with Playwright.
February 16, 2026
Playwright
AI and Playwright MCP: Running Tests Through Smart Agents | TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest)Learn how Playwright MCP and AI agents work together for self-healing test automation, with a real JIRA-to-test-execution workflow and code examples.
June 26, 2026
Cypress
How to Perform E2E Testing Using Cypress CLI and Test Runner | TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest)In this step-by-step Cypress tutorial, you will learn how to perform E2E testing using Cypress CLI and Test Runner.
December 8, 2025
![Playwright Agents: Planner, Generator, and Healer [2026] | TestMu AI (Formerly LambdaTest)](https://assets.testmuai.com/resources/images/playwright-agents-og.png)
