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title: "Karthik Varma - Senior SDET in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Karthik Varma, 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 based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and cursor. Explore public work links inclu..."
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# Karthik Varma on Tal

## Headline

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

claude code

claude

cursor

## 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

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