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# Nikhil Bhandari on Tal

## Headline

Engineering Leader \- AI \| Test Automation \| Quality \| Tools

## About

Hands\-on DevOps, Tools, Automation, and Quality Engineering leader with 20\+ years of Technical and People Management experience\. I specialize in driving digital transformation and delivering high\-quality products by combining robust cloud infrastructure with modern, AI\-driven engineering practices\. • Delivered global, complex technology implementations with a focus on Digital Transformation using Infrastructure as Code \(IaC\), AI\-augmented automation, and Quality Gate pipelines leveraging open\-source software\. • Proven track record in infrastructure management and cloud migrations of various Mobile app, Web app and Microservices based applications • Drive strategic adoption of AI within the SDLC, utilizing predictive analytics for defect triage, root\-cause analysis, and optimizing CI/CD pipeline efficiency\. • Owned Product Quality and led QE & Automation teams built from scratch\. Championed the integration of AI\-powered testing \(Generative AI for test data, self\-healing test frameworks\) alongside Product E2E Testing, Automation, Infrastructure, Synthetic Monitoring\. • Demonstrated ability to deliver results under pressure of fast\-paced, dynamic environments • Experience & Passion in building High Performing and Highly Engaged Organization • Strong Leadership \- Ownership & Accountability, Change Leadership, Communication, Collaboration, Conflict Management, Stakeholder Management, Performance Management AWS, Azure, CGP, AI\-Driven QA, Predictive Analytics, AIOps, DevOps, CI/CD, Agile, Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Release Management, Monitoring, Security, Performance, Building & Managing Teams, Program Management, People Management, Leadership Hands\-on expertise in: • Programming & Scripting: Java and various scripting languages, leveraging AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Gemini for rapid script generation, test coverage, and automated PR reviews\. • Cloud Operations & Observability: Alerting, Monitoring, and Logging, utilizing tools like Gemini for intelligent log analysis, anomaly detection, and cloud infrastructure management\. • Test Automation & Quality Gate Pipelines: Design and development of robust frameworks, incorporating AI\-driven test data generation and self\-healing UI/DOM mechanisms\. • ProdOps & Agile Workflows: Incident Management, Release, and Change Management, empowered by Atlassian Rovo AI for automated ticket triage, enterprise knowledge discovery, and intelligent Jira/Confluence workflows\. • DevOps & CI/CD: Infrastructure as Code \(IaC\) and the building/integration of modern DevOps toolchains\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude code

claude

n8n

claudecode

## Work experience

Head of Quality Engineering at Moniepoint Group, Nov 2025 \- Present · 10 mos, Remote, Head of Quality Engineering for Moniepoint Group \- Moniepoint MFB, Teamapt, Monnify, MonieWorld\.

Head of Quality Engineering at Tesco, Aug 2023 \- Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Lead QE teams for Enabling Functions Technology portfolio \(Finance, Property, Legal and Data\)\.

Head of QE & DevOps \- Ajio B2B & Seller Marketplace at Jio Platforms Limited \(JPL\), Sep 2021 \- Aug 2023 · 2 yrs, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Led Ajio B2B & Marketplace QA teams to ensure high\-quality product delivery in the e\-commerce domain\. • Managed DevOps for Reliance Retail, overseeing CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines\. • Fostered a culture of continuous improvement through test automation and deployment automation initiatives\.

Group Development Manager \- QE, DevOps, ProdOps, Release Mgmt at Prudential Financial, May 2019 \- Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Gibraltar India \(India Development centre of Prudential Financial Inc\. USA\) • Led the DevOps, Testing, ProdOps, and Release Management teams for Prudential’s International Business unit\. • Managed infrastructure for digital transformation products across APAC and LATAM markets\. • Drove automation initiatives by designing solutions on AWS Cloud and on\-prem data centers\. • Focused on enhancing availability, performance, and compliance to meet internal metrics\.

Sr Manager, Quality Engineering & Tools at TiVo, May 2017 \- Dec 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Head of Service Engineering Tools/Perf/Ops team at Bangalore\. • Built and led a 25\-member high performing team responsible for Infra, Tools, and Automation • Responsible for Infra and Quality deliverable for Service Engineering initiatives Video on Demand, Metadata, Provisioning initiatives of TiVo Service – Build pipelines, Automation framework, Service Integration, Performance, Resiliency, Disaster Recovery, Synthetic monitoring • Driving strategy, process, tools with development & operational peers to execute product roadmaps

Sr Dev Manager \- QA at Intuit, May 2006 \- May 2016 · 10 y, Bangalore

## Education

General Management Programme for IT Executives GMITE\-10, Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\) from Government College of Engineering, Amravati, Maharashtra, Computer Science & Engineering, Amravati University

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