Principal SDET / Senior QA Automation Engineer

Owned technical direction for quality engineering and automation across enterprise initiatives, defining the automation strategy used by 38 engineers across 42 applications. Architected reusable Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, and REST Assured frameworks that reduced new-project automation setup time by 38% and increased UI/API regression coverage by 41 percentage points.

Built AI-assisted workflows using GitHub Copilot Agents, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for test generation and framework scaffolding, reducing onboarding time from nine weeks to four days. Created prompt libraries and custom instructions, developed source-code analysis workflows, authored engineering standards, and mentored 40 engineers in Playwright and AI-assisted development practices.

Led automation strategy and hands-on delivery for 38 enterprise applications for Fidelity Investments, improving release confidence and reducing production defect escapes by 41%. Designed scalable, reusable automation solutions that reduced framework maintenance overhead by 39%.

Translated business risk and technical requirements into test strategies, test cases, and acceptance criteria for 12 stakeholder groups. Coordinated delivery across vendor and distributed teams in four time zones and supported onboarding and knowledge transfer for 15 engineers.

Performed system, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing across 38 banking applications for Wells Fargo. Identified 42 high-severity defects before release.

Led defect triage and root-cause analysis, reducing recurring defect categories by 40% quarter over quarter. Delivered quality trend analysis and release-risk reporting that informed 37 go/no-go release decisions.

Built and maintained automated test coverage for 39 applications supporting Walmart and ArcBest. Increased regression automation coverage from 8% to 44%.

Partnered with engineering teams to implement defect-prevention practices, reducing regression defect volume by 38% over nine months.

Delivered quality engineering and test automation for large-scale financial services applications for JPMorgan, PNC, and Deutsche Bank across 38 client engagements.

Supported test planning, functional testing, integration testing, defect management, and regression execution for releases covering 40 applications.

Performed software testing, defect analysis, and quality assurance activities across client application environments in India before relocating to the United States.

Contributed to 39 production releases through testing, defect reporting, and quality validation activities.

Bachelor of Technology.

Product Management Certificate.