About
I am a QA & Automation Leader / Staff QE Engineer with 14+ years of experience building automation-first quality engineering organizations and delivering high-reliability software at global scale. My career has been shaped around one core mission: Transform QA into an engineering discipline powered by automation, AI, and innovation. I specialize in architecting end-to-end automation frameworks, building AI-driven test intelligence, and leading high-performing SDET and QE teams that support platforms serving 90M+ monthly users across e-commerce, fintech, payments, and ad-tech. 🚀 What I’m Known For Architecting distributed, self-healing automation frameworks across Web, Mobile, API & Microservices Driving 50% faster automation execution and 70%+ reduction in manual regression Delivering 0 production defects and preventing multi-million-dollar revenue leakage Leading and scaling global QA/SDET teams from 10 to 120+ engineers Using AI for test generation, intelligent selection, auto-refactoring & flaky-test reduction Designing test data platforms, observability-driven QA, and high-confidence release pipelines 🧠 Core Strengths Automation Architecture • SDET Leadership • Quality Strategy • AI in Testing • Microservices QA • CI/CD • Observability • Distributed Testing • Engineering Productivity • QA Org Scaling 🏆 Highlights & Impact 15–25% revenue uplift through quality-driven tracking accuracy (Rakuten) 35% flaky-test reduction using AI-based self-healing Built automation systems supporting 400M+ monthly transactions (Paytm) Published 3 Defensive Publications (IP) in automation & optimization Awarded Top 1% Engineer for test engineering innovation (Tokopedia) I thrive in organizations that value automation, engineering excellence, and innovation, and I enjoy mentoring teams to become strong automation-first SDETs capable of delivering faster, safer, high-quality releases.
Work experience
QA Leader l Staff Engineer - QA at Rakuten, May 2023 - Present · 3 y 3 mo, Bengaluru
Senior QA Manager at Paytm Payments Bank, Dec 2022 - Apr 2023 · 5 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Technical Architect at Tokopedia, Oct 2019 - Dec 2022 · 3 y 2 mo, India
Technical Architect at Tokopedia, Oct 2019 - Dec 2022 · 3 y 2 mo, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 3 Innovations I did along with BAU https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000270556 https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000267877 https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000268270
QA Lead at Paytm, Jun 2016 - Oct 2019 · 3 y 4 mo, Noida
Senior QA Engineer at Snapdeal, Apr 2015 - May 2016 · 1 y 1 mo, Gurugram
Test Engineer at Steria India Ltd, Sep 2014 - Apr 2015 · 7 mo, Noida
QA engineer at LeewayHertz, Jan 2012 - Sep 2014 · 2 y 8 mo, Gurugram
Education
Master of Computer Applications, Computer Science, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Delhi
BCA, Computer Science, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
