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Ashish KumarSDET II
Open to Senior & Lead SDET roles · India & overseas

Quality Engineering Beyond Test Automation.

Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II) at Triomics Healthcare. I build quality systems that help product teams ship reliable software with confidence.

I focus on identifying customer-impacting risks early, choosing the right balance of manual and automated testing, and using actionable quality signals to improve release decisions.

  • HIPAA-regulated environment
  • WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 AA audits
  • Review-gated AI workflows
github-actions · plawight-ui-api-wss-db-kafka
Nightly · Oct 24, 2026

$ npx playwright test # full run: every layer, every browser

  • typecheck + lintpassed0:20
  • api (2 shards)passed1:04
  • ui-chromium (2 shards)passed1:47
  • dbpassed1:29
  • messaging (Kafka)passed1:17
  • websocketpassed1:06
  • e2epassed2:01
  • ui-firefox · ui-webkitpassed1:45
  • mobile-chrome · mobile-safaripassed1:58
Test jobs
12 / 12
Failed
0
Wall clock
2m 57s

// for recruiters & hiring managers

Recruiter TL;DR

The 60-second version: role, scope, location, and how to reach me.

  • Current role

    Active

    SDET II · Triomics Healthcare

    Oncology clinical-trial matching platform in a HIPAA-regulated environment. Built the automation suite from scratch and lead the automation and QA team.

    Looking for
    Senior SDET and Lead SDET roles
    Notice period
    30 days
  • Track record

    5+ years

    UI, API & mobile test automation

    Healthcare (HIPAA), commercial payments. Cut regression execution time by ~40% at LiveSwitch; built 1000+ automated tests at 95%+ coverage at Mastercard.

    Core stack
    Playwright · Selenium · Cypress · Appium · REST Assured
  • Global delivery

    7 locations

    Distributed teams across time zones

    Worked with teams in Singapore, Dublin, Sydney, New York City, Arlington, North Carolina, Canada.

    Location
    Bangalore, India
    Relocation
    India & overseas (visa sponsorship for overseas)
  • Foundation & leadership

    NIT Warangal

    Bachelor of Technology · 8.69 CGPA

    Leads the automation and QA team at Triomics; mentored interns and new joiners at every company.

    Education
    National Institute of Technology, Warangal, 2017–2021

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// verifiable metrics

By the Numbers

Measured before and after the work, on the roles themselves.

  • <5%

    escaped defects — defects found only after release

    Triomics · LiveSwitch

  • ~40%

    reduction in regression execution time

    LiveSwitch

  • 90%+

    automation suite coverage across Web, Android, and iOS

    LiveSwitch

  • 95%+

    test coverage across releases

    Mastercard Data & Services

  • 1000+

    automated test cases (Cypress + Selenium)

    Mastercard Data & Services

  • ~20%

    faster defect resolution via structured QA-Dev syncs

    Mastercard Data & Services

// now · updated October 2026

What I'm working on

Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II) · Triomics Healthcare · since Jun 2026

  • Building

    The automation suite for an oncology clinical-trial matching platform at Triomics, and leading the automation and QA team that scales its coverage.

  • Driving

    A pre-production accessibility checklist for every new feature, and a monthly accessibility review across every product Triomics ships.

  • On the side

    A live Playwright suite against a public store, with its Allure report published on every push and replayable on this site.

    See the live report
  • Looking for

    SDET and Lead SDET roles where I can own automation strategy and grow a team — in India or overseas.

    Get in touch

// public repositories

Featured Frameworks & Systems

Real code from public repos — open any of them and check.

  • Multi-Layer Playwright Framework

    One order verified at every layer: UI, REST/GraphQL, Postgres, Kafka, and WebSocket.

    • Playwright
    • TypeScript
    • Docker
    • PostgreSQL
    • Kafka
  • Portfolio MCP Server

    Exposing this site's data as MCP tools any AI client can query.

    • Cloudflare Workers
    • MCP SDK
    • TypeScript
    • Zod
  • Sauce Demo Playwright Suite

    A real E2E suite against a live public store, with its report published and replayable here.

    • Playwright
    • TypeScript
    • Allure
    • GitHub Actions
    • Shopify
  • Food Recommendations

    A no-login food and dish recommendation board, built and load-hardened like a real product.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Prisma
    • PostgreSQL
    • Redis

// engineering convictions

Strategic Quality Philosophy

Quality as something the system is built to produce, not a gate at the end of the sprint.

  • Test where the risk is

    Not every feature deserves the same depth. I prioritize by business risk, customer impact, and integration complexity, and pair automation with exploratory testing where scripted checks won't find the problem.

    // Risk-based testing

  • Quality starts at discovery

    The cheapest defect is the one caught in a requirement review. Quality work starts when a feature is still an idea and continues after release, when production tells you what the tests missed.

    // Shift-left

  • Accessibility is a constraint, not an audit

    WCAG compliance works when it's designed in from the first component, not checked for after launch. I hold my own work — including this site — to the same bar I audit other software against.

    // WCAG in CI

  • AI is a tool with judgment attached

    AI-assisted coding is genuinely useful for first-draft scaffolding and debugging flaky failures fast. Deciding what actually needs test coverage stays a human, strategic call — that part doesn't get automated away.

    // Review-gated AI

// tooling & infrastructure

Categorized Technical Stack

The tools I actually use day to day, grouped by where they sit.

Automation engines

  • Playwright
  • Selenium
  • Cypress
  • TestNG
  • Appium
  • REST Assured
  • Cucumber

Languages

  • Java
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • C++

CI/CD & cloud

  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • Azure DevOps
  • Docker
  • AWS

AI-assisted QA

  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • GitHub Copilot
  • MCP Server
  • ChatGPT

Specializations

  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • API Testing
  • Performance (JMeter)
  • Contract Testing (Pact)
  • Cross-Browser Testing
  • LLM Testing
  • RAG Evaluation

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// ready to talk?

Hiring a Senior or Lead SDET?

Based in Bangalore, India. Open to Senior and Lead SDET roles, with relocation in India or overseas. 30 days notice.