Pramod Kumar ISTQB®

Product Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India14 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led transformation of software quality at FanCode.
Built AI-first test platforms and self-healing CI/CD pipelines.
Mentored future QA leaders and hosted community meetups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS quality engineering leader with a strong focus on automation and team development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationCi/cdRelease ManagementTeam ManagementTest ManagementContinuous DeploymentPerformance TestingMobile TestingDeployment ManagementAutomation TestingIntegration TestingApi DevelopmentB2b Solutions

Other Skills

API SolutionsAgile MethodologiesAgile MethodologyAppiumAutomationAutomation FrameworkB2BBusiness DevelopmentContract TestingDefect TrackingE-commerceEnterprise MessagingEspressoJIRAJava

About

I’m Pramod Kumar, a storyteller at the intersection of Quality, DevOps, and AI — and a firm believer that great engineering isn’t just about writing code; it’s about building trust at scale. As AVP – Test and Release Engineering at FanCode (DreamSports), I lead a passionate team transforming how software quality is built, measured, and shipped. Over the past decade, I’ve evolved from writing Selenium scripts to building AI-first test platforms, architecting CI/CD pipelines that self-heal, and cultivating an SDET culture that treats testing as engineering, not afterthought. But beyond tools and tech, I care about people, culture, and continuous learning. Whether mentoring future QA leaders, hosting community meetups, or speaking at conferences like The Test Tribe and Cloud FinOps Show 2025, Browsestack Events , my goal is simple — to make quality visible, measurable, and inspiring. I’m passionate about exploring how AI, observability, and developer experience will redefine quality in the next decade — and I love connecting with others who believe the same.

Experience

14 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs

Current Experience

Fancode

AVP - SDET (Test and Release Engineering)

Jun 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Heading and Handling the Test and Release Engineering team consist of 15 members.
Brought in the Culture of SDET ( not just Automation Engineer) in Fancode
Build the Various internal tools to increase the test efficiency and eventually Developer productivity
Achieved 56% QnQ growth on the Automated Test
Automated the whole Release Engineering process with CI/CD integration
Handling the Test Infrastructure on K8s
Automated the Oncall Bug tracking process
Integrated the automation framework with the test mangement tooling test rail

Test and Release EngineeringCI/CDAutomationSDET CultureKubernetesTest Management+1

Blinkit

2 roles

Engineering Manager (Test and Release Engineering)

Promoted

Jul 2020 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

Build the Test Automation team of 5 SDET
Bootstrapped the Production support team and increased the headcount to 3
Managing 3 team ( SDET, exploratory testers, PSE) consists of 12 people as total
Streamlined the Release process.
Introduced a framework for Proper Defect Tracking from all sources
Set up the Oncall process to fix the production Issues
Successfully managed the change management and the testing for the biggest grocery sale event at grofers GOBD

Test AutomationDefect TrackingProduction SupportRelease ProcessRelease Management

Team Lead (Test Engineering)

Nov 2018 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 8 mos

1. Led the Grofers automation journey From UI to Contract Tests
2. Reduced the Regression test Execution time from many hours to less than 5 mins
3. Ensured CD via Automated Deployment pipeline for frontend and Backend Releases
4. Automated tests Running as Part of the PRs Check and Deployment pipelines
5. Increased stability of the test suite to more than 95% by introduction data Fixtures, mocks isolation and setting up the own test environment.
6. performance/load testing using locust to test a system that can handle 2000 orders/min

AutomationContinuous DeploymentPerformance TestingTest Automation

Wadi.com

SDET-III

Jun 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurgoan

1. Managing all the end to end QA responsibilities for mobile App(iOS & Android) and Web
2. Building the Automation Framework to Automate the Apps test scenarios using Appium and Selenium
3. Requirement gathering, Test Planning, and Estimation.
4. Tested and launched a hyperlocal grocery Hybrid ReactNative App From Scratch
5. Setup the CI/CD Ecosystem for iOS App using Fastlane and Hockey App
6. Designed the Continuous Deployment of JS bundle/Codepush updates via Microsoft App Center.
7.. Building the Team and QA Process in the Organisation
8. Handling the Team of 2 QA and Mentoring them
9. Backend Integration tests using Rest Assured

Automation FrameworkCI/CDMobile TestingTest Automation

Snapdeal

Sr SDET

Sep 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

1.Managing All the QA related Responsibilities for Android as well as iOS Exclusively App.
2. Functional test Automation for iOS App using UI automator in swift 2.0
3.Functional test Automation for android app using espresso
4. managining distribution and monitoring using tools Crashlytics , TestFlight
5. monitoring day to day activity using analytic tools omnitures , Apsalar and facebook analytic SDK
6. Unboxed the react native hybrid app for snapdeal.
7. managed the React native deployment via code-push
8. Developed CI Ecosystem using Fastlane + jenkins + Crashlytics + Slack

Test AutomationCI/CDMonitoring Tools

Hcl technologies

Software Engineer

Aug 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Sector -126 Noida (UP)

Professional Profile:
Extensive exposure in writing automation test Scripts for web based as well as Windows UI Automation along with both Unit testing and Integration.
Good knowledge of automation scripts of Selenium in C# using Selenium Web driver.
Good knowledge of automation scripts of Selenium in python using Unittest framework.
Good knowledge of automation scripts of Selenium in java using TestNG framework.
Good knowledge of UI automation scripts of windows in C# using Nunit.
Good Knowledge of product automation (Antivirus) scripts in Iron python using atrium.
Knowledge of Data Base Testing using Oracle My SQL Developer.
Good Knowledge of Regression testing, UI Testing, Smoke, Sanity Testing and UAT Testing.
Knowledge of Spec flow BDD (Behavior Driven Development) Integration tests.
Exposure to HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, JavaScript also.
Good experience on tools Like Jenkins (CI Integration Tool), Putty, and Perforce, GitHub, TFS.
Good knowledge of JIRA for Bug reporting.
Have good experienced in e-commerce and Security Domain process of Symantec and Go Daddy.
Knowledge of QC explorer for Management of defects and documents.
Knowledge of Guvnor Tool to manage the rules.
Good Knowledge of web services, Restful services, Rest Client and Soap UI.
Good analytical and Problem Solving capabilities.
Capable of working individually as well as a Good Team Player.
Experience of End to End testing of Software Products from Requirement analysis to system study, Testing, Debugging and Implementation.
Knowledge of Agile Methodology

Automation TestingIntegration TestingAgile Methodology

Go processing india private limited

Director of Operations

Jun 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

Products and Services handled:
Enterprise API solution:- Recharges (Mobile+DTH+Datacard) API, Air Travel API, Bus Travel API, Bill Payment API,White label solutions, Reseller Panel(MARS), B2C and B2B customized solutions, Co-branded solutions.
VAS Products:-Enterprise Messaging (Transactional and Promotional SMS), 2 way Messaging (long code and Virtual number), Mobile Applications, Missed call and USSD Services, IVR (Inbound & Outbound).
Retail Products:- POS , Channel Distribution of POS.

API SolutionsEnterprise MessagingB2B SolutionsAPI Development