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ashish.kumar

Experience

5+ years designing and owning test automation, from payments to healthcare.

  1. Jun 2026 – Present

    Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II)

    Triomics Healthcare · Bangalore

    • Authored the automation suite from scratch for an oncology clinical-trial matching platform, in a HIPAA-regulated environment.
    0 → 1
    automation suite built from scratch
    HIPAA
    regulated environment — compliance-aware test design

    Impact — Establishing the testing foundation for a healthcare platform where a missed regression carries real clinical-trial-matching risk, not just a support ticket.

  2. Sep 2024 – Mar 2026

    Software Development Engineer in Test II (SDET II)

    LiveSwitch · Bangalore

    • Designed and owned scalable UI and API automation frameworks using Selenium, TestNG, REST Assured, Appium, and BDD (Cucumber) across Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox, and Android/iOS.
    • Built Playwright test suites from scratch for new workflows, enabling early regression coverage and reducing production defects.
    • Authored feature-level test plans and detailed test cases for comprehensive coverage.
    • Optimized test execution strategy, cutting regression execution time by ~40%.
    • Validated API responses and backend data consistency using SQL queries and schema validation.
    • Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
    • Applied AI-powered coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, MCP Server) to generate test cases, debug automation failures, and streamline manual and automated testing workflows.
    • Performed API load and performance testing with JMeter to identify bottlenecks and ensure system stability.
    ~40%
    reduction in regression execution time
    4 + 2
    browsers and mobile platforms covered end-to-end
    AI-assisted
    workflow using Claude Code, Cursor, and MCP Server

    Impact — Turned a slow, manual-heavy release process into a fast, cross-platform regression system the team could trust before every release.

  3. Jul 2021 – Sep 2024

    Software Development Engineer, Quality

    Mastercard Data & Services · Pune

    • Led end-to-end testing for a commercial payments rewards platform supporting large-scale transaction workflows.
    • Collaborated with Product Managers and developers to define feature-level test strategies.
    • Built and maintained 1000+ automated test cases using Cypress (JavaScript) and Selenium, achieving 95%+ test coverage across multiple releases.
    • Improved defect resolution speed by ~20% by initiating structured QA-Dev syncs and better triaging practices.
    • Worked in Agile (Scrum) teams with CI/CD-driven delivery pipelines supporting high-volume commercial payments workflows.
    1000+
    automated test cases (Cypress + Selenium)
    95%+
    test coverage across releases
    ~20%
    faster defect resolution via structured QA-Dev syncs

    Impact — Gave a high-volume commercial payments platform release confidence at a scale where manual testing alone couldn't keep up.