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title: "Ashok Daukiya - Staff Engineer - QA Automation in Gurugram | Tal"
description: "Meet Ashok Daukiya, Staff Engineer | AI & QA Automation | GenAI Test Automation | SonyLIV (OTT) | Ex-Gaana | Test Architecture | Mobile, TV & Web | CI/CD | Quality Engineering Leader based in Gurugram. AI stack includes claude, cursor, and gemini."
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# Ashok Daukiya on Tal

## Headline

Staff Engineer \| AI & QA Automation \| GenAI Test Automation \| SonyLIV \(OTT\) \| Ex\-Gaana \| Test Architecture \| Mobile, TV & Web \| CI/CD \| Quality Engineering Leader

## About

QA Automation Leader with 11\+ years of experience building scalable quality engineering solutions for high\-traffic mobile and OTT platforms across Android, iOS, Android TV, and Apple TV\. I specialize in designing automation architectures that reduce regression cycles, strengthen release confidence, and improve product stability at scale\. My work combines strong manual testing foundations with modern automation frameworks, CI/CD integration, and performance\-driven validation strategies\. At SonyLIV and previously at Gaana \(Times Internet\), I have: • Architected end\-to\-end automation frameworks using Appium, Espresso, Playwright & BDD • Built NFR automation covering startup time, memory consumption, and UI smoothness • Automated media playback validation under real\-world network conditions • Integrated automation pipelines with Jenkins to enable faster, safer releases • Mentored QA engineers and expanded automation coverage across platforms Core Expertise: Automation Strategy \| Mobile & OTT Testing \| Performance & NFR Engineering \| CI/CD Integration \| Analytics Validation \| Playback Testing \| Test Architecture \| Release Governance I am passionate about transforming QA from reactive testing to proactive quality engineering that drives product excellence\. Open to collaborating on scalable quality engineering initiatives in product\-focused environments\.

## Location

Gurugram

## AI stack

claude

cursor

gemini

claudecode

githubcopilot

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Staff Engineer \- QA Automation at Sony Pictures Networks India, Aug 2022 \- Present · 4 y 2 mo, Gurugram, Leading end\-to\-end testing of the SonyLIV OTT application across manual and automation streams\. Expertise in BDD \(Cucumber\), Appium, Selenium, Shell scripting, and Java\. Designed and implemented automation frameworks from scratch, covering UI, API, and analytics validation\. Skilled in CI/CD using Git, Jenkins, and Bitbucket Pipelines\. Strong experience in team management and cross\-platform test strategy execution\.

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Times Internet — Gaana\.com, Jul 2018 \- Aug 2023 · 5 yrs 2 mos, Led manual \+ automation testing for the Gaana music app \(Android & iOS\), one of India's largest music\-streaming platforms\. Established NFR automation comparing candidate vs\. market builds \(startup time, app size, memory, UI\-thread performance\), institutionalizing performance gates for every release\. Automated audio/video tap\-to\-play testing under network throttling, improving playback\-quality detection before release\. Owned UAT execution and post\-release monitoring; created and executed test plans in partnership with product and engineering\.

Senior Software QA Engineer at Times Internet, Jul 2018 \- Aug 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Noida Area, India, Testing Mobile Application & API \- Manual \+ Automation\.

Senior Software Test Engineer at Trinity Mobile App Lab Pvt\. Ltd\., Dec 2015 \- Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Ghaziabad Area, India, Mobile & Web Application Testing Using Automation Tools\(QTP & JMETER\) & Manually \. Design of Test case and execution\. UI Testing, Functional Testing\. Regression & Retesting \. Black & White Box Testing \. Test Result Analysis\. Bug Tracking and Reporting\. Compatibility Testing, Security Testing\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(BE\), Information Technology, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

12 Science, Computer Science, Apex School Jodhpur

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