Akash Aggarwal AI and Test Engineering Automation Leader

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Architected self-healing automation frameworks.
  • Led QA teams scaling from 10 to 120+ engineers.
  • Achieved 0 production defects in high-traffic systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA and Automation Leader in Fintech and E-commerce sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Quality StrategyAutomation ArchitectureQa AutomationQuality AssuranceTest Automation

Other Skills

Non-Functional RequirementsAutomationOptimizationKatalonAutomation FrameworkBackend TestingFrontend TestingQA ProcessAppiumAndroid TestingSeleniumIoT TestingJavaDesign PatternsFunctional Testing

About

I am a QA & Automation Leader / Staff QE Engineer with 14+ years of experience building automation-first quality engineering organizations and delivering high-reliability software at global scale. My career has been shaped around one core mission: Transform QA into an engineering discipline powered by automation, AI, and innovation. I specialize in architecting end-to-end automation frameworks, building AI-driven test intelligence, and leading high-performing SDET and QE teams that support platforms serving 90M+ monthly users across e-commerce, fintech, payments, and ad-tech. šŸš€ What I’m Known For Architecting distributed, self-healing automation frameworks across Web, Mobile, API & Microservices Driving 50% faster automation execution and 70%+ reduction in manual regression Delivering 0 production defects and preventing multi-million-dollar revenue leakage Leading and scaling global QA/SDET teams from 10 to 120+ engineers Using AI for test generation, intelligent selection, auto-refactoring & flaky-test reduction Designing test data platforms, observability-driven QA, and high-confidence release pipelines 🧠 Core Strengths Automation Architecture • SDET Leadership • Quality Strategy • AI in Testing • Microservices QA • CI/CD • Observability • Distributed Testing • Engineering Productivity • QA Org Scaling šŸ† Highlights & Impact 15–25% revenue uplift through quality-driven tracking accuracy (Rakuten) 35% flaky-test reduction using AI-based self-healing Built automation systems supporting 400M+ monthly transactions (Paytm) Published 3 Defensive Publications (IP) in automation & optimization Awarded Top 1% Engineer for test engineering innovation (Tokopedia) I thrive in organizations that value automation, engineering excellence, and innovation, and I enjoy mentoring teams to become strong automation-first SDETs capable of delivering faster, safer, high-quality releases.

Experience

Rakuten

2 roles

QA Leader l Staff Engineer - QA

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present Ā· 11 mos Ā· Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Ā· On-site

QA Leader | Senior Tech Lead - Rakuten Affiliate

May 2023 – Apr 2025 Ā· 1 yr 11 mos Ā· Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Ā· On-site

  • Test Leader @ Rakuten Affiliate
Non-Functional RequirementsQuality Strategy

Paytm payments bank

Senior QA Manager

Dec 2022 – Apr 2023 Ā· 4 mos Ā· Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India Ā· Hybrid

Tokopedia

2 roles

Technical Architect

Jan 2022 – Dec 2022 Ā· 11 mos

  • 3 Innovations I did along with BAU
  • https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000270556
  • https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000267877
  • https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000268270
Non-Functional RequirementsAutomation Architecture

Principal Engineer

Oct 2019 – Dec 2021 Ā· 2 yrs 2 mos

  • As principal engineer, my role involves building tech solutions or improving existing solutions.
  • I successfully reduced execution time for frontend automation from 16hrs to 8hrs in existing Katalon-based solutions by optimizing the way we automate.

Paytm

2 roles

QA Lead

Apr 2019 – Oct 2019 Ā· 6 mos Ā· Noida Area, India

  • Creating an automation framework from Scratch. Lead automation testing (backend as well as frontend) of Cart and Order management systems.
  • Cart and Order systems components are heart and soul of Paytm and required uptime of 100% and that too without bugs.

Senior QA Engineer

Apr 2016 – Mar 2019 Ā· 2 yrs 11 mos Ā· Noida Area, India

  • Joined as first QA in Paytm for mobile apps. Created the QA process and policies. From an outsourced QA model, individually handled the complete transition outsourced to in-house model.
  • Handled iOS, Android, Windows and iPad apps(Windows and iPad apps now discontinued).
  • Handled end to end delivery including Requirement gathering, requirement analysis, impact analysis, test case creation, testing, test automation of app & apis and post-production testing once deployed.
  • Was one of the first 100 employees that were moved from Paytm to Paytm Mall.
  • Handled Cart and Order systems of Paytm, that is Heart of entire Paytm Platform that process over 400M+ transactions every month.
  • Ensure 100% uptime in Demonetization as well as peak traffic period of festivals.

Snapdeal

QA Engineer II

Apr 2015 – Apr 2016 Ā· 1 yr Ā· Gurgaon, India

  • Tech owner of all-flash sales that happened in Snapdeal. Was product owner of Image search, write a review etc.
  • Was responsible for android app testing and automation. Created an automation framework from scratch for android app testing using appium.

Sopra steria

Test Engineer - Steria India Ltd

Sep 2014 – Apr 2015 Ā· 7 mos Ā· Noida Area, India

  • Worked with a client named as British Gas on their IoT application called Hive Home. Was responsible for training, mentoring team. Was responsible for the automation of iOS, Android Apps using SeeTest and Website using Selenium.
  • Hive home was a home heating solution used by millions of people in the UK and was controlled by website, IoT applications, and remote control like devices.
  • We reached 98% stability from 80% stability post I joined.

Leewayhertz

QA Engineer

Jan 2012 – Sep 2014 Ā· 2 yrs 8 mos Ā· Gurgaon, India

  • Worked with McKinsey, Nascar, ESPN, PrecisionLabs, Nanawall, LaserPeg, Bacardi etc Delivered over 180+ mobile applications including travel- cruise bookings, hotel bookings, eCommerce, games, self-help, ebook readers, chat applications.
  • Delivered app that was used by Top 10 Fortune 500 people lists in just 7 Days !!
  • Joined as First QA in LeewayHertz in 2012 and Leewayhertz was declared #4 Mobile App Development company in 2013 in terms of Quality.
  • Set up complete QA process, managed multiple applications simultaneously and delivered in time.

Education

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Master of Computer Applications - MCA — Computer Science

Jan 2009 – Jan 2012

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

BCA — Computer Science

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009

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