Headline

SDET Manager | LLM Eval | Automation, AI and Agile Advocate | DevOps | CSM(Certified Scrum Master) | Immediate Joiner

About

As a 'Tester' , I explore and interact deeply with the product to uncover how and where it may fail. I collaborate with the team to share these insights, enabling better, data-driven decisions about product quality and user experience. ☞ Hired and mentored a team of 14 SDET engineers ☞ Established, implemented and improved QA infrastructure: test procedures, process and quality standards in accordance with overall development and product releases. ☞ Introduced Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) related to quality in employee performance plans. ☞ Developed plans for individual career plans including performance reviews, succession planning and grew the team of QA engineers. 🖋️ Responsible overall product quality and Agile Release processes 🖋️ Mentor the team to use AI driven QA Process, quality standards in the automation suites . 🖋️ Experience in defining Test Automation Strategies and Roadmaps 🖋️ Design and Develop the Automated solution for Using Selenium/Playwright and with CI-CD tools Tools: CI-CD/Monitoring: - Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, ELK, Grafana kafka, Redis, Postgres Jira, Linear, Azure-DevOps Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, Geb & Spock Java, Python and TS

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

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hugging face

kimi

Work experience

Senior Engineering Manager at Licious, Aug 2025 - Apr 2026 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, --Defined and evolved test strategy, architecture, and roadmap for web, mobile, and backend systems --Built and scaled automation frameworks (Playwright + TypeScript) ensuring maintainability and reusability --Established testing standards, governance, and best practices across automation, reporting, and test data management --Integrated automation into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing and quality gates for faster feedback --Led tooling decisions across UI, API, and performance testing; evaluated and onboarded new technologies --Implemented real-time test reporting dashboards for visibility into quality metrics and release readiness --Drove quality KPIs (coverage, DRE, defect leakage) and ensured enforcement across teams --Partnered with DevOps and engineering to embed testing into SDLC, improving release confidence --Led performance testing strategy, ensuring scalability and SLA adherence before production --Identified and managed technical debt in automation frameworks, improving stability and execution efficiency --Conducted POCs for new automation approaches and tools, improving effectiveness and speed --Acted as SME for automation and quality engineering, resolving complex system and integration challenges --Mentored teams, conducted code reviews, and elevated automation engineering standards --Promoted early defect detection strategies and shift-left testing across teams

Staff SDET at Ohai.ai, Feb 2024 - Jul 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos, Remote, -- Lead QA Activities for Ohai.ai(AI Peronal Assistant) -- LLM Eval ( DeepEval+ConfidentAI) --Agentic System Testing, RAG System testing, Chatbot Testing -- AI driven Quality process - Test Design, Test automation and self healing tests -- Test Management -- Agile Project Management -- Test Automation with Playwright(TS)/Appium

Senior Engineering Manager QA(Head of QA) at Furlenco, Aug 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, With 12 years of experience in software quality assurance, I am a Senior QA Manager at Furlenco, India's leading furniture rental platform. I have a Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®) credential and a strong background in test automation, agile methodologies, and team management. At Furlenco, I lead a full-stack SDET team of 14 engineers and oversee the quality of tech products and processes across multiple domains. I am responsible for defining and executing the QA vision and strategy, establishing and improving agile practices, mentoring and coaching the team, and building a high-performance QA culture. I also work closely with the product, development, and business teams to ensure customer satisfaction and alignment with the company's goals.

Lead QA Engineer at Baker Hughes, Feb 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Cochin Area, India, • Lead QA Activities for one of the Products of the Baker Hughes • Agile Test management (With Azure DevOps) • POC Activities for Tools, Technologies • Design and maintain highly flexible test automation framework for both front end and backend validations (Cucumber - Java - selenium ) • Customer requirement vetting and Estimation • Automation Code review • QA Environment setup/configure for QA Validations • Process improvements for QA Community • Technical Interview panel member

Senior QA Engineer at Amadeus India, Sep 2016 - Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Working as Senior Automation QA at Amadeus labs -- Test automation with Geb and Spock/Groovy automation -- CI tools - Jenkins, Git-Stash -- Test scripts management using ALM and another custom internal tools -- Report generation and defect tracking. -- Atlasssian and JIRA Software (Confluence,Stash etc)

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering, GEC Idukki