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Google certified Gen AI Leader| Google Certified AI Professional | QA Automation Architect, AI-Powered Testing & Test Strategy | Selenium, Appium, Playwright | API | Enterprise Release Governance | Immediate Joiner

About

Executive Summary: QA Automation Architect & Staff SDET with 14+ years of experience designing scalable, high-throughput quality engineering ecosystems. Expert in accelerating software delivery and driving an automation-first culture across Retail, FinTech, and Platform Engineering domains. Core Focus: QA Automation Architecture, AI-Driven Testing, Mobile/API validation, and DevOps-integrated Quality Engineering. Key Contributions & Technical Impact Framework Architecture (Walmart Global Tech): Architected enterprise-scale, Selenium & Appium automation frameworks that slashed manual testing by 50% and accelerated regression cycles. Next-Gen QA Innovation: Engineering leader for enterprise adoption of AI-powered testing, leveraging RAG-enabled quality solutions and Agentic AI to optimize coverage. Production Stability: Formulated rigorous technical gates and API/Backend validation strategies resulting in zero critical defect leakage for high-impact releases. Technical Skills & Expertise: Architectures: QA Automation Architecture | Enterprise Test Strategy | Mobile Automation AI & Innovation: AI-Driven Testing | Intelligent Automation | RAG Solutions | Agentic AI Tools & Tech: Selenium | Appium Frameworks | API & Backend Testing | JMeter (Performance) Methodologies: CI/CD Integrated Testing | Agile & DevOps Enablement | Performance Engineering

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

gemini

github copilot

notebooklm

openai

githubcopilot

Work experience

Senior Software Engineer at Walmart, Nov 2020 - Jun 2026 · 5 y 7 mo, Bangalore, Spearheaded enterprise-wide QA strategy and end-to-end testing governance for multiple high-priority initiatives across Financial Services, Communications, and Platform Engineering domains. Ensured production-grade quality with zero critical defect leakage across major releases. Architected and maintained scalable Selenium-Java automation frameworks, reducing manual testing effort by 50%. Accelerated regression execution cycles and significantly improved release efficiency. Led API validation and backend integration testing using Postman, strengthening system reliability and data integrity. Embedded Quality Engineering practices into Agile and DevOps pipelines, improving release predictability and reducing deployment risks. Championed AI-driven testing adoption through intelligent automation and AI-assisted validation approaches. Led mobile application testing governance initiatives, improving customer experience and production stability.

Senior Software Engineeer at Walmart Global Tech India, Nov 2020 - Jun 2026 · 5 yrs 8 mos, • Lead enterprise-wide Quality Engineering strategy and testing governance across Financial Services, Communications, and Platform Engineering initiatives, ensuring production-grade quality and successful delivery of mission-critical applications • Champion AI-driven testing initiatives by leveraging intelligent automation, AI-assisted validation, and emerging RAG and Agentic AI concepts to improve defect detection efficiency and optimize testing productivity. • Govern end-to-end mobile application testing programs, ensuring seamless user experiences, production stability, and superior application performance across large-scale customer-facing platforms. • Collaborate with engineering, architecture, product, and business stakeholders to define release readiness criteria, risk mitigation strategies, and quality benchmarks for enterprise programs. • Integrated Quality Engineering practices into Agile and DevOps delivery pipelines, enabling continuous testing, faster release cycles, improved deployment confidence, and enhanced release predictability. • Mentor and develop QA engineers while fostering an automation-first culture that improves engineering maturity, testing effectiveness, and organizational scalability. Key Achievements: ✓ Achieved zero critical defect leakage across multiple enterprise releases, significantly strengthening production stability and customer confidence. ✓ Reduced manual testing effort by 50% through automation framework modernization and regression optimization initiatives. ✓ Accelerated release cycles through CI/CD-integrated quality engineering and continuous testing practices. ✓ Received multiple Employee of the Month and Bravo Awards for exceptional quality leadership, delivery excellence, and high-impact contributions.

Software Test Engineer at Incture Technologies, Nov 2016 - Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Test Strategy & Quality Governance: Led the execution of comprehensive, risk-based test plans, ensuring robust validation coverage while proactively identifying and mitigating critical defects in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams. Test Design & Coverage Optimization: Directed the design and enhancement of end-to-end test cases for web and mobile applications, expanding functional and regression coverage to near-complete assurance levels. Automation & Efficiency Transformation: Spearheaded the development and implementation of automation scripts for regression testing, reducing sprint-level testing cycles by nearly 50% and improving scalability, reliability, and release predictability.

QA Lead at Incture Technologies, Nov 2016 - Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru Area, India, Developed and maintained automation solutions that reduced sprint-level testing cycles by nearly 50%, enabling faster releases and improved testing efficiency. Supported Walmart retail technology initiatives by contributing to large-scale testing programs, release assurance efforts, and enterprise platform validation. Owned QA delivery for Cherrywork, a large-scale enterprise HR platform, ensuring robust validation coverage across employee lifecycle management workflows. Led risk-based testing and quality assurance initiatives for enterprise web and mobile applications, improving release quality, defect prevention, and production stability. Key Achievements: ✓ Reduced testing cycle times by approximately 50% through automation adoption and process optimization. ✓ Successfully managed QA delivery for enterprise HR solutions supporting large-scale business operations. ✓ Strengthened stakeholder relationships through direct customer engagement and solution-oriented quality leadership. ✓ Built high-performing QA teams through structured onboarding, coaching, and technical mentoring programs.

Senior QA Engineer at July Systems, Sep 2015 - Nov 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos, Contributed to quality assurance and validation initiatives for enterprise and mobile technology platforms. Executed functional, integration, and release testing activities that improved software reliability and deployment readiness. Collaborated with Agile development teams to accelerate defect resolution and enhance product quality.

Senior Software Engineer at July Systems, 2015 - 2016 · 1 yr, Contributed to quality assurance and functional validation initiatives for mobile and enterprise solutions. Collaborated with engineering teams to troubleshoot production issues and improve application reliability. Supported release validation activities and deployment readiness efforts. Improved defect resolution efficiency through close collaboration with development teams.

Senior Software Engineer at Sourcebits Technologies, Jul 2012 - Sep 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Supported enterprise application testing, defect management, and release validation activities. Performed functional and regression testing to ensure adherence to quality standards and business requirements. Collaborated with development teams to improve application stability, performance, and customer experience.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Science, Amc Engineering College

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University