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
$ 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
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Current role
ActiveSDET 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+ yearsUI, 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 locationsDistributed 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 WarangalBachelor 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
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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 reportLooking 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.
- UI → API → DB → KafkaRepofor Multi-Layer Playwright Framework (opens in a new tab)
Multi-Layer Playwright Framework
One order verified at every layer: UI, REST/GraphQL, Postgres, Kafka, and WebSocket.
- Playwright
- TypeScript
- Docker
- PostgreSQL
- Kafka
- Model Context ProtocolRepofor Portfolio MCP Server (opens in a new tab)
Portfolio MCP Server
Exposing this site's data as MCP tools any AI client can query.
- Cloudflare Workers
- MCP SDK
- TypeScript
- Zod
- Live public testbedRepofor Sauce Demo Playwright Suite (opens in a new tab)
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
- Built & load-hardenedRepofor Food Recommendations (opens in a new tab)
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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