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Quality Engineering Leader at BrowserStack | AI-Driven QE & Test Automation | Playwright · Selenium · REST Assured · CI/CD

About

I started my career writing test cases and Selenium scripts at Cognizant, and somewhere along the way I realised the most interesting quality problems aren't in the tests themselves. They're in how teams build, ship, and learn from what breaks. That idea has shaped every role since. At Wells Fargo, testing core banking systems taught me what a defect really costs when money and compliance are involved. At S&P Global, I moved from testing to building: automation frameworks, CI pipelines, and the teams that run them. And at BrowserStack, where I lead quality engineering across four product lines, I get to work on that question at scale, with a team I'm proud to have grown and developed. These days a lot of my energy goes into AI, not as a buzzword but as a practical tool. My team uses Claude-based agents to write tests, triage defects, and check coverage on pull requests, and parts of our product we once thought impossible to automate are now largely covered by AI-generated tests. I believe quality is an engineering discipline, not a final checkpoint. The best QE teams make engineering faster: shorter feedback loops, honest metrics, and fewer surprises in production. Always happy to connect with people working on quality engineering, test automation, or AI in testing.

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

claude

deepseek

gemini

github copilot

openai

Work experience

Engineering Manager at BrowserStack, Nov 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo, India, In my role at BrowserStack, I spearheaded quality engineering initiatives for multiple SaaS product lines, significantly enhancing testing efficiency and automation. I implemented a robust API test automation strategy, which became a critical release gate, and authored the QA Test Design & Automation Playbook, adopted across all product lines. My efforts led to a remarkable reduction in regression cycle time and improved release readiness.

Senior Manager Quality Engineering at S&P Global, Nov 2021 - Oct 2022 · 1 yr, • Architected and scaled a centralized test automation framework (CAFE) using Selenium and Java, achieving over 80% automation coverage. • Developed Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing, resulting in a 40% reduction in release defects. • Led cross-geography QE and SDET teams, successfully reducing cycle time by 25%.

Manager, SDET at S&P Global, Apr 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

Senior Software Development Engineer Test at S&P Global, Sep 2019 - Apr 2020 · 8 mos

Senior QA Analyst at Wells Fargo, Apr 2017 - Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Greater Hyderabad Area, • Led functional and regression testing for core banking applications, ensuring compliance with quality, risk, and regulatory standards. • Introduced Selenium/Java test automation for internal tooling applications, enhancing testing efficiency. • Reported quality health, risks, and release recommendations to stakeholders, facilitating informed decision-making.

Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions, May 2014 - Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area, • Designed and maintained comprehensive test plans and test cases for enterprise releases using Selenium automation. • Conducted integration testing for enterprise systems interfacing with SAP to ensure seamless functionality. • Implemented defect tracking and lifecycle management processes in Jira, enhancing project visibility and accountability.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science Engineering, SREC

ST.ANN'S HIGH SCHOOL

Public links

sfkafreen.com: https://www.sfkafreen.com/