Principal Software Development Engineer in Test Dec 2021 – Present
AutoTrader, Toronto, ON
- Defined and own enterprise-wide quality engineering strategy across 6 product teams, establishing standards for automation, testing practices, and quality gates
- Drive cultural shift from manual testing to AI-native quality engineering, increasing automation coverage from 30% to 85% while reducing manual testing effort by 60%
- Architect a Playwright + TypeScript automation platform integrated with AI-assisted test generation (via MCP + GitHub agents), enabling automated test generation from requirements and accelerating shift-left testing
- Design and implement self-healing automation strategies that automatically adapt to UI changes, improving test stability from 65% to 94% and reducing flaky test maintenance by 80%
- Build cloud-native test infrastructure (AWS EC2 + Docker) enabling scalable execution across multiple environments and parallel test pipelines
- Introduced intelligent CI/CD pipelines executing tests on every PR with optimized test selection and faster feedback loops
- Develop test observability ecosystem using Datadog, enabling real-time insights into failures, anomalies, flaky tests, and performance trends
- Define enterprise QA architecture and governance, standardizing tools, frameworks, and quality practices across teams
- Lead adoption of AI-driven quality practices, exploring anomaly detection, automated failure analysis, and predictive quality signals
- Influenced cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and operations to drive quality improvements, streamline delivery processes, and implement strategic changes without direct authority
- Own quality feedback loop through A/B testing, customer feedback analysis, and bug triage, surfacing failures earlier in the SDLC
- Mentor teams and perform code reviews for automation and application code, ensuring scalable and maintainable automation frameworks
- Integrated Slack bot notifications to enhance developer feedback loops and system visibility
- AI & Quality Innovation
- Implemented AI-assisted test generation reducing manual scripting effort
- Explored self-healing automation techniques to improve test resilience
- Built observability-driven quality dashboards for proactive issue detection
- Enabled shift-left testing practices across CI/CD pipelines
- Key Quality Achievements
- Reduced test execution time by 75% (from 2 hours to 30 minutes) via parallelization
- Increased release confidence through automated CI/CD quality gates
- Improved defect detection earlier in the SDLC through AI-assisted testing
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test Dec 2020 – Dec 2021
AutoTrader, Toronto, ON
- Designed scalable UI + API automation frameworks supporting high-traffic marketplace systems
- Led evaluation and adoption of modern tools (Playwright, Cypress) aligned with long-term architecture
- Contributed to test strategy for microservices and distributed systems
Software Quality Developer Aug 2020 – Dec 2020
Rocket Innovation Studio, Remote, ON
- Implemented automated UI and REST API test suites using Postman, Cypress, C#, and JavaScript for fintech platforms with high reliability and security requirements.
- Partnered closely with engineering teams to embed automation into CI pipelines, improving early defect detection and release confidence.
Software Developer in Test May 2019 – Aug 2020
Firmex, Toronto, ON
- Developed and maintained UI, smoke, and regression automation using Nightwatch.js and BlazeMeter for a large-scale Virtual Data Room platform.
- Designed and executed REST API automation using Ruby, RSpec, and Postman to validate backend services and integrations.
- Supported CI/CD workflows using Jenkins, JFrog, Artifactory, GitHub, Bitbucket, and Git, ensuring reliable builds and automated test execution.
Software QA Engineer Apr 2016 – May 2019
Adlib Software, Burlington, ON
- Mentored and led QA engineers in adopting automation best practices and built scalable automation frameworks integrated with proprietary in-house tools.
- Developed and maintained end-to-end, regression, smoke, and web services tests using Selenium, C#, Postman, SoapUI, and SQL.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and stakeholders to ensure quality alignment throughout the SDLC.
Software Engineer Jun 2011 – Jun 2015
Allscripts, India
- Mentored automation QA teams and established testing standards, frameworks, and documentation for enterprise healthcare applications.
- Developed and maintained UI automation solutions using C#, Coded UI, and PowerShell for HIPAA- compliant systems, ensuring regulatory adherence and reliability.
Software Test Engineer Jun 2010 – Jan 2011
Enzen Global, Cardiff, UK
- Performed data migration validation and end-to-end system testing for mission-critical SCADA Applications.
- Authored detailed test plans and execution strategies, working directly with clients to ensure quality delivery and system readiness.
