Payal Bagtharia
QA Automation Lead | Selenium Architect | Healthcare Data Validation Specialist | Generative AI Engineer
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Results-driven QA Automation Lead with 8+ years of experience designing and implementing scalable automation frameworks across Web, Desktop, API, and Data Validation platforms. Proven expertise in Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG, SQL Server, Healthcare EMR validation, and enterprise automation strategy. Recently expanded into Artificial Intelligence and Generative AI, with hands-on experience building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), LangChain, Vector Databases, Embeddings, Semantic Search, and Prompt Engineering.
Demonstrated success in leading QA teams, reducing manual testing effort, improving data quality, and delivering enterprise-grade automation and AI solutions.
Experience
QA Automation Lead – Data & Automation QA - The Garage Platform India Pvt. Ltd. - Bangalore
(2017-07 - 2026-04)
- Designed and developed end-to-end automation validation engines for healthcare portals.
- Architected Pre-Check, Build Testing, and Post-Check automation frameworks for validating backend and frontend healthcare data.
- Automated validation of dashboards, widgets, reports, pie charts, and graphical analytics.
- Led automation initiatives for EMR data extraction across multiple healthcare organizations.
- Developed GUI-based utilities for file validation, automated email alerts, and data monitoring.
- Integrated BCDA APIs (C#) and Health Gorilla APIs (Python) into validation workflows.
- Reduced manual validation effort by over 60%.
- Led and mentored automation engineers while driving QA best practices.
- Collaborated closely with development and integration teams to ensure successful releases.
Sr. Software Engineer – QA - BatchMaster Software Inc. - Indore
(2004-08 - 2012-01)
- Designed and executed test plans, test scenarios, and regression test suites.
- Performed Functional, Regression, Integration, Black Box, and Client-Server Testing.
- Conducted Build Validation and Patch Testing.
- Verified technical documentation and software requirements.
- Trained and mentored newly onboarded QA engineers.
- Performed Deputy Team Lead responsibilities, including first-level build certification.
Education
Master of Computer Applications - North Maharashtra University (2004)
Bachelor of Computer Science - Pune University (2000)
