May 2025 – Present · 1 yr

• Verify: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-US/MVP/profile/7ebf926b-277e-47fe-b122-69747a95a197
• Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (or MVPs) are technology experts who passionately share their knowledge with others. MVPs have very deep knowledge of Microsoft products and services and a keen ability to bring together diverse platforms, products, and solutions to solve real world problems through technology. MVPs make up a global community of over 4,000 technical experts and community leaders across 90 countries/regions; they are collectively united by their passion, community spirit, love for innovation, and quest for knowledge. In addition to their amazing technical abilities, MVPs are always willing to help others - that's what sets them apart.

Feb 2024 – Jun 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

• People leadership role managing a squad of 9 engineers across multiple client engagements.
• Led formal performance reviews, one-to-ones, and career development pathways for 9 direct reports
• Aligned individual growth objectives with business strategy and client delivery requirements
• Built a collaborative, growth-focused team culture. Championed open communication and continuous improvement
• Coached engineers through career transitions, promotions, and skill development
• Created a foundation for consistent project delivery by investing in people development and team cohesion

Jul 2023 – Jul 2025 · 2 yrs

• Technical test leadership for Specsavers, a enterprise-scale client with global operations.
• Drove the migration from Java Selenium to Playwright/TypeScript across the programme. Reduced test maintenance by 60% and improved cross-browser reliability
• Primary stakeholder interface. Delivered quality metrics, risk assessments, and progress reporting directly to client leadership
• Mentored team on modern testing methodologies including AI-augmented testing approaches
• Used Playwright's parallel execution and cross-browser support for faster, more reliable test coverage
• Built trust with client through transparent communication on testing progress and risk mitigation

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Creating Playwright, AI Testing, and test automation content for testers, SDETs, and developers on YouTube and LinkedIn as "Uncle Aaroh".
• Break down Playwright updates, AI testing tools, and real-world automation patterns into practical videos and posts
• Running an AI Testing Tools review series, rating and comparing tools like Promptfoo, Arize Phoenix, and more
• 55,000+ engineers trained through 3 LinkedIn Learning courses on Playwright and Selenium
• Cover MCP, AI agents, and what modern AI tooling means for testing workflows
• Speak at meetups, conferences, and podcasts about Playwright, AI testing, and quality engineering
• Search "Uncle Aaroh" on YouTube or follow me on LinkedIn for weekly content.

Apr 2023 – Jun 2023 · 2 mos · Remote

Aug 2021 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Owned system reliability architecture for BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds across web, mobile, Smart TVs, and set-top boxes — platforms serving millions of users globally.
• Founded the BBC-wide Engineering Standards Guild — cross-organisational community connecting 50+ teams, driving shared practices and reducing duplicated effort across divisions
• Authored the Maturity Model and self-assessment framework — adopted as the engineering standard across all BBC teams, enabling teams to independently identify and close gaps
• Built reusable cross-platform infrastructure reducing maintenance overhead by 40%, freeing engineering capacity for product work
• Wrote RFCs, ADRs, and architectural proposals for engineering-wide adoption — contributed to architecture forums shaping BBC's engineering practices
• Identified and resolved systemic reliability issues in the TV Platform before they impacted live broadcasts

Apr 2020 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

• My first engineering management role. Recruited, built, and led a team of engineers from scratch.
• Full hiring lifecycle: wrote job specs, screened candidates, ran interviews, onboarded new hires
• Delivered the Device Tracking and Auditing System from requirements through to production
• Represented the team in BBC's Technical Leadership Group (TLG), defining standards and best practices across the organisation
• Implemented DevSecOps practices and maintained architecture documentation
• Built with VueJS, AWS (DynamoDB, Elastic Search, Lambda), CI/CD, CloudFormation

Mar 2018 – Apr 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

• Transitioned from hands-on engineering to organisation-wide quality advocacy.
• Founded #group-automation Guild. Bi-weekly cross-BBC sessions that became the standard for sharing automation strategy across 50+ teams
• Presented "Testing in Production" at BBC Tech Conference
• Migrated CI/CD from Jenkins to AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild, improving deployment reliability and speed
• Built developer velocity measurement tool (commit-to-production time) to identify delivery bottlenecks
• Led SDET hiring process and designed pair programming interview exercises
• Coached and mentored junior and mid-level engineers across multiple teams

Aug 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Lead the development of Live Stream Publication Workflow (LSPW) using Clojure
• Managed and maintained MarkLogic database for Nitro using XQuery
• Contributed to PIPs using Perl language
• Presented the LSPW to BBC Sports, Platform and other teams in the BBC
• Used Python language to build and maintain the infrastructure
• Participated in the R&D of GraphQL as a replacement for REST API
• Worked on APIs serving millions of request per second
• Introduced the backup checking mechanism for the database for our routine maintenance checks

Mar 2014 – Aug 2016 · 2 yrs 5 mos

• I rewrote the BBC Blogs application which you can read about here https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/internet/entries/8222b398-853f-46b4-b97c-d4dfbfe4169b
• Developed BBC Blogs application which is available at https://bbc.co.uk/blogs
• Wrote BBC Branding tool which is used by /programmes, /blogs etc
• Used technologies like PHP, Ruby, JavaScript
• Contributed to BBC Monitoring Process for sending alarms to SIREN Topic

Aug 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos

• I was the leading developer in several successful projects which also involved making architectural decisions as well as managing my colleagues to achieve the best results. The most notable project i led is Interactive Video Overlays (iVO) http://www.ivo.io. This project's front-end is based on AngularJS and backend is PHP and Node JS. The active communication between the front-end and the backend is done using Websockets.
• I am proud to say that i made some good architectural decisions during the construction of that project by understanding the business requirements and adapting the latest technologies present at that time in the market.
• The company still hires me from time to time for new feature development and appreciates the quality of service provided by me during the employment period.
• References can be made available upon request.

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · London, United Kingdom

• Student Representative collect feedback from their fellow students on issues ranging from the content and structure of programmes to communication and resources. They then share this feedback with senior academics.

Jun 2011 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo

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May 2010 – Jun 2011 · 1 yr 1 mo

• I have worked as a Team Lead in Web Applications at PNT Global, which allowed me to cultivate an appetite for advancement and self-improvement. I believed in the ability of my team members and lead them by example. To inspire new behaviours such as researching before directly jumping into implementation, I use to ask individuals to shadow my activity while i worked so that they too could grasp a thorough understanding of the tasks and what was required for high quality output.
• This method was a great investment as I managed to improve not only the quality of their work but also their speed.

Jun 2009 – Aug 2009 · 2 mos

Dec 2007 – Oct 2009 · 1 yr 10 mos

• The Microsoft Student Partners is a worldwide educational program to sponsor students majoring in disciplines related to technology. The MSP program attempts to enhance students' employability by offering training in skills not usually taught in academia, including knowledge in various Microsoft technologies.

Aug 2007 – Dec 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos

• The International .NET Association (INETA) provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft® .NET user groups.

Jan 2004 – Jul 2009 · 5 yrs 6 mos