Headline

Lead QA Engineer (Acting) @Checkmarx | SDET | Automation (Playwright, Java, Selenium) | AI-Driven QA | Agentic AI | CI/CD | Security & Fintech

About

QA Lead-level engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable automation and driving quality for enterprise systems. Expert in Java-based automation (Selenium, REST Assured) and applying AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude to improve test design, debugging, and delivery efficiency. Reduced defects by ~80% and test effort by ~50%. Currently leading a team of 5 engineers.

Location

Pune Division

AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

gemini

kiro

openai

ChatGPT

Figma Make

JetBrains AI Assistant

Work experience

Lead Quality Assurance Engineer at Checkmarx, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Hybrid

Senior Software Development Engineer Test at PayU, Apr 2021 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Senior Software Development Engineer Test at PayU, Apr 2021 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Pune District, Maharashtra, India

Senior Software Engineer at Persistent Systems, Apr 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

Module Lead at Persistent Systems, Apr 2019 - Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

Software Engineer at LTI, Jul 2016 - Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Pune Area, India

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, UPES