VP, QA Automation Engineer

Led QA automation strategy and established standards for framework design, automation coverage, CI/CD quality gates, and engineering practices. Built a scalable Playwright-based automation platform supporting UI, API, integration, and load testing.

Developed qa-pilot, an agentic tool that generates automation tests from JIRA ticket requirements. Conducted AI agent evaluation and Model Context Protocol testing, implemented CI/CD practices to improve deployment success, and built executive dashboards for monitoring automation and CI/CD build health.

Spearheaded implementation, testing, and release activities for high-profile data pipeline projects using the Databricks ecosystem. Led QA for a large AWS-to-GCP infrastructure migration involving dozens of applications and mentored engineering teams on automation best practices.

Developed automated test scripts using Selenium and Java frameworks, while optimizing and refactoring existing automation suites. Integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery and reliable releases.

Defined automation coding and source code management standards, executed regression testing before releases, and documented test cases and automation processes for team knowledge sharing.

Mentored junior QA engineers in automation design patterns, debugging strategies, and framework usage.

Enhanced and extended a Selenium WebDriver-based automation framework using data-driven design patterns. Implemented a cross-browser and cross-device automation strategy using Sauce Labs.

Transformed manual test cases into automated test scripts and automated regression workflows across production and lower environments to improve release validation consistency.

Partnered with Product and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into robust test strategies for site enhancements.