Abhishek Kumar

About Abhishek Kumar

I am a Lead SDET, Quality Architect with 15+ years of experience driving QA transformation, test automation strategy, and enterprise quality engineering across large-scale product and platform ecosystems.I specialize in designing QA architectures that scale — not just building test scripts. My focus areas include automation frameworks, CI/CD quality gates, AI-assisted testing, and embedding quality across Agile and DevOps teams.Key Impact:• Increased automation coverage from ~25% to 85% across multiple enterprise applications• Reduced regression execution time by ~65% using CI/CD optimization and parallel execution• Reduced production defects by ~40% through shift-left testing practices• Reduced manual regression effort by 60%+ via strategic automation expansion• Cut onboarding time for new QA teams by ~40% using reusable frameworks and librariesTechnical Strengths:• QA Architecture & Test Strategy• UI, API, Integration & Contract Testing• Automation Frameworks (Python, Java, JavaScript)• CI/CD Quality Gates (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, TeamCity)• Cloud-Native Testing (AWS, Docker)• Test Metrics, Dashboards & Release GovernanceGenAI & Modern QA:• Daily usage of GitHub Copilot for test authoring and refactoring• Built AI-powered QA utilities using LangChain and open-source LLMs for: – Test data generation – Failure & log analysis – Intelligent defect triaging• Strong understanding of prompt engineering for QA use casesI have worked across domains including e-commerce, SaaS, fintech, maps, gaming, and cloud platforms, collaborating closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps leadership.Compatible Roles:Quality Architect | QA Architect | Test Architect | QE Architect | Senior SDET Architect roles

Experience

1. Lead Software Test Automation Engineer

   EPAM Systems

   Mar 2022 — Present · Gurugram, IN

Education

• Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

  2006 — 2010