About Me
QA Leader and Lead SDET with 12+ years of progressive experience delivering end-to-end quality engineering across Banking & Capital Markets platforms, including trading, pension risk management, and retail banking systems. Expert in architecting scalable UI and API test automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript, Selenium WebDriver with Java, and REST Assured.
Skills & Technologies
Work Experience
Lead SDET / QA Automation Lead
Architected and scaled Playwright TypeScript automation frameworks for UI and API testing, automating 500+ regression test cases and reducing manual regression effort by 65%. Pioneered AI-assisted QA workflows to dynamically convert Jira stories into test scenarios, cutting manual design effort by 50%. Owned end-to-end QA delivery for a high-throughput Post Trade platform, ensuring 99.8% defect-free releases across fast-paced Agile sprint cycles.
Associate QA Lead (Automation & Database Engineer)
Directed automation and database validation strategies for asset transfer applications, expanding automated regression coverage from 35% to 80%. Formulated risk-based test planning matrices, catching structural data defects pre-production and reducing release blockages by 45%. Automated backend data integrity verification using SQL scripts, reducing manual database validation time by 50%.
Senior Software Engineer (QA Track Lead)
Managed comprehensive test coverage matrices for the 'One Risk' platform, achieving 100% compliance alignment with institutional audit standards. Built automated regression suites using Selenium WebDriver and TestNG, decreasing full-suite execution time from 18 hours to 4 hours via parallel execution.
Software Engineer (Functional & Database Tester)
Verified computational algorithms of the Investment Selector Tool, achieving zero critical calculation defects across 15+ product releases. Designed and executed 400+ functional and database test cases using SQL Server to validate complex financial mapping rules.