Headline

Immediate Joiner | QA Module Lead | Quality Assurance & Team Leadership | GenAI & AI-Driven Test Automation | QA Strategy | Web Testing, App Testing, API Testing and Performance Testing

About

QA professional with 8 years of experience in dedicated Software Quality Assurance roles, with experience leading and mentoring QA teams. Proven track record of delivering reliable, high-quality telecom products. Experienced in AI-assisted QA and test automation, with hands-on experience developing and executing automated tests using Playwright, JavaScript, Playwright MCP, and Playwright CLI. Leverages generative AI tools including Claude, ChatGPT, and Github Copilot for test design, automation, defect triage, test documentation, and quality analysis. Strong expertise in: • Test Planning & Execution • Functional / Regression / UAT Testing • API Testing (Postman) • Defect Lifecycle Management • Agile / Scrum Delivery • Cross-functional Collaboration • Stakeholder Management • Mentoring QA Teams • Hiring & Interviewing Test Engineers Currently exploring opportunities in Senior QA Engineer, Test Management, and next-gen AI-powered QA transformation. Open to connect with recruiters, product companies, startups, and global teams.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

gemini

mcp

openai

ChatGPT

Microsoft Copilot

Work experience

Module Lead – QA at Reach, Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, 1. Own end-to-end QA for assigned modules across web, mobile (Android/iOS), and back-office portals—covering functional, regression, integration, system, UAT, and accessibility testing. 2. Developed and executed web UI automation tests using Playwright MCP and Playwright CLI. Used generative AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Github Copilot) to accelerate test-case design from requirements, draft edge-case scenarios, summarize defect trends, and produce release and status documentation. 3. Use generative AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) to accelerate test-case design from requirements, draft edge-case scenarios, summarize defect trends, and produce release and status documentation. 4. Facilitate daily scrums, sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives; act as the QA point-of-contact with Development, Product, DevOps, and Design for seamless releases. 5. Analyze client requirements with BAs and product managers to design traceable test cases and maintain requirement-to-test coverage mapping. 6. Lead a dedicated “Firefight” production-issue triage squad—coordinating reproduction, root-cause analysis, and fix verification for high-priority customer-impacting incidents. 7. Manage defect lifecycle in Jira: triage, prioritize, log reproducible reports, re-test fixes, and drive closure with developers and leads. 8. Test across Development, Staging, and Production environments; validate API behavior with Postman and monitor logs via Kibana, Loggly, Datadog and AWS CloudWatch. 9. Define and enforce QA processes, best practices, and entry/exit criteria; continuously identify opportunities to improve efficiency, coverage, and release predictability. 10. Publish regular QA metrics, status reports, and risk/mitigation updates to leadership; proactively surface blockers to stakeholders.

Software Engineer - Testing at Datami, Mar 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, 1. Executed functional, regression, and integration testing on web and mobile applications within agile sprint cycles. 2. Designed and maintained test cases from business requirements and participated in requirement walk-throughs with BAs and developers. 3. Supervise UAT runs with clients and perform joint testing between partner teams to ensure a hassle-free end-user experience. 4. Logged, tracked, and verified defects in Jira; performed re-testing and regression passes post fix to ensure release readiness. 5. Test across Development, Staging, and Production environments; validate API behaviour with Postman and monitor logs via Kibana, Loggly, Datadog and AWS CloudWatch. 6. Contributed to test documentation, release notes, and handover materials to production support. 7. Publish regular QA metrics, status reports, and updates to leadership; proactively surface blockers to stakeholders.

Quality Assurance Engineer at Eros Group, Apr 2018 - Jan 2020 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, 1. Executed functional, regression, and integration testing on web and mobile applications within agile sprint cycles. 2. Designed and maintained test cases from business requirements and participated in requirement walk-throughs with BAs and developers. 3. Logged, tracked, and verified defects in Jira; performed re-testing and regression passes post fix to ensure release readiness. 4. Validated APIs using Postman and monitored application behaviour across multiple environments. 5. Contributed to test documentation, release notes, and handover materials to production support. 6. Publish regular QA metrics, status reports, and updates to leadership; proactively surface blockers to stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya