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Senior SDET @ Hinge Health | Agentic Testing, MCP & AI-Assisted QA | Web, Mobile and API Automation (Appium, Maestro, Playwright) | AWS Certified | Open to Senior QE/SDET Roles

About

I'm a Senior SDET at Hinge Health, building test automation across mobile, web and backend for a digital MSK clinic. Most of the past year has gone into moving our testing from scripted-only to a hybrid model — deterministic Maestro and Appium execution at the core, with LLMs handling spec generation, self-repair and failure diagnosis at the edges. I led the Maestro MCP work that grounds AI-generated tests in live device state instead of guesswork, grew mobile coverage 6.5x and web/API coverage 10.5x, and cut our end-to-end suite from 6 hours to 1 hour. Before this I built QA from scratch twice — CoinDCX's first automated regression suite, and FloBiz's backend API automation foundation, where I also hired and scaled the team from 2 to 8. I care most about the unglamorous parts: flaky test triage, CI runtime, and whether a green build actually means anything. Open to Senior SDET and Quality Engineering roles — remote or Bengaluru.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior SDET at Hinge Health, Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Expanded Mobile UI coverage by 6.5x using Appium and Maestro to 95%+ test coverage, with AI-assisted spec generation grounded in live device inspection over Maestro MCP. - Expanded Web and API automation coverage by 10.5x using Cypress with TypeScript and LLM-assisted test authoring, closing regression gaps in core patient-facing flows. - Cut end-to-end suite execution from 6 hours to 1 hour via parallel execution, consolidated reporting and AI-generated failure diagnostics. - Built the Agents Backbone catalog indexing the org's AI agents, skills and MCP servers. - Defined the hybrid AI testing architecture — deterministic Maestro execution with LLMs for generation, enrichment and self-repair. - Set up the performance testing framework using k6, enabling load and stress testing of critical APIs. - Built Aviary, internal Android build-distribution app similar to TestFlight using React Native Expo. - Built and maintained CI/CD test infrastructure on GitHub Actions, and mentored engineers into agentic test automation through 1:1s and pull request code reviews.

Senior SDET at FloBiz, Jun 2021 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Create, maintain, and execute test specifications and implement a structured testing strategy to ensure a high-quality deployment of product and technology initiatives within the timelines - Monitoring quality trends, measuring effectiveness, reviewing processes for improvements - Working in close collaboration with Developers and Customer Support teams to bridge the gap and communicate customer issues. - Performing regular Pentests to ensure a secure platform for the customers. - Scaled QA team from 2 to 8 across various platforms. - Follow, Identify, and implement best practices/opportunities to improve the QA process

QA Automation Engineer at CoinDCX, Apr 2020 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, - Defining and designing test strategy and automation architecture from scratch at CoinDCX. - Writing and executing tests for new features along with Design - Performed integrity and regression testing using a combination of manual and automated techniques

Software Engineer Intern at Koinex, Jun 2018 - Mar 2019 · 10 mos, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, - Worked on multiple internal projects.

Education

High School Diploma - Class 11th & 12th, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Ameya World School - India

High School Diploma - Class 8th - 10th, Ameya World School - India

Public links

github: https://github.com/leovarmak

medium: https://medium.com/@karthik.varma