Haris Sikander

Principal QA Automation Engineer with 6+ years of progressive experience from Junior QA to Principal-level roles, specializing in automation frameworks (Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, Appium), API and performance testing (Rest Assured, K6, Gatling, JMeter), and CI/CD pipeline integration. Proven track record delivering quality for large-scale U.S. financial products, AI/LLM-based applications, enterprise systems, and fintech platforms, including digital lending and leasing solutions at Progleasing. Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, CyberArk), observability tooling, and AI-powered test automation.

Skilled at scaling and mentoring QA teams, owning client relationships, and driving product quality across fintech, e-commerce, IoT, and gaming domains.

Principal QA Automation Engineer - Nisum - Pakistan

(2025-04)

Principal QA Automation Engineer leading UI, API, and performance test automation, CI/CD integration, and QA process improvements for Progleasing's enterprise-scale fintech platform, ensuring high-quality, secure, and reliable digital leasing and financial services.

• Built Playwright + TypeScript automation framework using POM architecture.
• Developed Rest Assured API automation framework with dynamic authentication handling.
• Performed load and stress testing for 10,000+ concurrent users using K6 and Gatling.
• Integrated automation suites with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and automated reporting.
• Created an AI-powered tool to generate Jira-based test cases and publish them to BrowserStack, improving test case design efficiency.
• Utilized Splunk, Dynatrace, and ArgoCD for monitoring, troubleshooting, and log analysis.
• Resolved deployment and environment issues using Octopus Deploy and CircleCI.
• Delivered product demos and collaborated with stakeholders on release approvals.

Lead SQA Engineer - QLU.ai - Pakistan

(2023-05 - 2025-02)

Lead SQA Engineer responsible for driving quality across AI/LLM-based products through manual, automation, mobile, performance, and security testing while mentoring the QA team.

• Participated in requirement gathering and business requirement analysis, contributing to product requirements and feature planning from early development stages.
• Scaled the QA team from 1 to 10 members by mentoring and providing automation knowledge transfer.
• Built a Cypress automation framework for end-to-end web testing.
• Developed mobile automation using Selenium and Appium for a real-time chat application.
• Validated chat security for an enterprise-grade application handling sensitive data.
• Performed AI/LLM data annotation and tested edge cases to improve model accuracy and reliability.
• Conducted load testing to validate application performance before production releases.

Sr. SQA Engineer - Appiskey - Pakistan

(2021-11 - 2023-05)

Senior Software QA Engineer responsible for delivering quality across multiple client projects through web, mobile, API, performance, and IoT testing while driving test automation initiatives.

• Built automation solutions using Selenium, Appium, and Cypress across multiple projects.
• Automated web applications with Cypress and integrated detailed test reporting.
• Performed load and stress testing of APIs and backend services using JMeter.
• Validated Stripe and Clover payment gateway integrations for an e-commerce SaaS platform.
• Tested IoT solutions covering both hardware and software integration.
• Collaborated with clients on requirement gathering, business requirement analysis, and product demonstrations.
• Mentored junior QA engineers on automation tools and testing best practices.

Jr. SQA Engineer - Smuftech - Pakistan

(2019-11 - 2021-11)

Progressed from Junior SQA Engineer to SQA Engineer, delivering manual testing for web, mobile, and gaming applications across multiple client projects.

• Delivered QA for 50+ Shopify and WordPress websites.
• Performed cross-browser, regression, and UI/design validation using BrowserStack.
• Tested Unity-based VR and card gaming applications, including Oculus VR.
• Validated hybrid and native mobile applications across multiple devices.
• Managed WordPress content and plugins through the WP Admin panel.
• Executed manual functional testing and wrote test cases for web, mobile, and gaming applications.
• Supported UAT cycles with client teams and logged defects through to closure.

Bachelor's - Computer Engineering - Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (2016 - 2020)