Headline

AI-Driven Quality Leader @ Paytm | Creator of AutoMFlows (Open Source QA Automation) | Ex-Licious, Halodoc

About

cv - https://ashishtripathi.cv/ For over a decade, I've specialized in a unique and critical discipline: safeguarding the quality of digital products where failure is not an option. From ensuring the integrity of millions of daily financial transactions at Paytm to protecting the cold-chain logistics for Licious and the reliability of telehealth services at Halodoc, I build and lead the teams that ensure complex systems work, flawlessly. This is "High-Consequence QA," and it's been the driving force of my career. My philosophy is that world-class quality is not a gate at the end of a development cycle; it's a culture of shared ownership and a strategic enabler of business growth. By embedding quality principles early and championing the end-user at every stage, we don't just prevent bugs—we protect revenue, build unshakable customer trust, and enable the business to innovate with speed and confidence. I've evolved from a hands-on analyst to a strategic leader who thrives on this challenge. My approach is built on a foundation of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership. I specialize in: 🚀 Architecting & Scaling Test Automation: Building hybrid frameworks (Selenium, Appium, JMeter, Rest Assured) that have reduced regression cycles by over 60% and accelerated time-to-market. 🛠️ Deep-Dive Performance & API Testing: Leading performance engineering for complex microservices architectures, ensuring systems can scale to handle millions of concurrent users and transactions. 🤝 Agile Leadership & Team Building: Leading and mentoring high-performing teams of up to 8 QA engineers, fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement within fast-paced Agile environments. I believe that exceptional QA is a form of product management. It requires deep user empathy, systems-level thinking, and a relentless focus on the customer experience. My goal is to continue leveraging this unique perspective to not only test products but to help build the right products—reliably, securely, and at scale. I'm always open to connecting with fellow technology and product leaders to discuss challenges in FinTech, D2C, and building high-performing quality engineering teams. Feel free to reach out.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

elevenlabs

claudecode

Work experience

Senior QA Lead at Paytm, Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, - Successfully owned end-to-end lender integration testing for key partners (ABFL, SFMG, Piramal), ensuring 100% on-time project delivery for the MCA loan journey - Reduced manual testing efforts by [40%] through the strategic implementation and team adoption of AI-powered tools like Cursor AI. - Mentored a POD of 4-6 engineers, increasing the team's automated test contribution by [25%] and fostering a culture of quality ownership. - Architected a hybrid Node.js and Playwright framework that decreased test execution time by [50%]. The creation of a no-code, YAML-based DSL empowered developers to write tests, increasing test suite contributions from non-SDETs by [30%] and effectively shifting quality left.

Software developer in test 3 at Licious - Born to meat, Mar 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Played a key role in scaling the engineering team by interviewing, hiring, and onboarding new SDETs and QAs - Architected and deployed three core automation frameworks (API, UI, Mobile) from the ground up. Achieved 100% API test coverage within 8 months and slashed manual regression testing time from [3 days] to [4 hours].

Software Developer In Test -2 at Halodoc ID, Aug 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Drove in-sprint automation using RestAssured, which increased feature release velocity by [15%]. Performed critical load testing to ensure system stability during peak traffic and actively groomed junior engineers to improve team-wide automation skills.

Software Developer In Test - 3 at LimeTray, Sep 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr, Gurgaon, India

Associate Team Lead at Holiday Triangle Travel Pvt Ltd, Apr 2017 - Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Gurgaon, India

Sr QA Engineer at Holiday Triangle Travel Pvt Ltd, May 2016 - Mar 2017 · 11 mos, Gurgaon, India

QA Engineer at Holiday Triangle Travel Pvt Ltd, Dec 2015 - Apr 2016 · 5 mos, Noida Area, India, Developing test strategy both for individual projects and across the team Undertaking all forms of functional and non-functional testing Ownership of testing for individual projects including Creating Test Plans Creating test cases, both manual and automated Organizing test cases for project and product regression testing Test coverage and status reporting Test Summary reports for final QA sign off Co-ordinating testing activities of yourself and others Working within agile development teams with a BDD approach and supporting the developers to quality assure developments early Utilise development skills, data manipulation skills and scripting skills to engineer technical, repeatable tests Report on testing progress and strategy and provide interpretation and insight on progress to inform management to take decisions.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Accurate institute of management and technology

PG-Diploma In Advance Computing, Advance Computing, cdac

Public links

github: https://github.com/ashxtrem