Rahul M.

About Rahul M.

Engineering Manager / AVP – SDET with 11+ years of experience in Fintech & Payments,specializing in building scalable Quality Engineering practices for high-volume transaction systems.Currently working with Airtel Payments Bank, leading QA and SDET teams acrossUPI, Cards, Wallets, Payment Gateways, and Banking platforms. I focus on drivingquality as a culture — not just a phase in the SDLC.My core strengths include:• Quality Engineering strategy & test architecture• Automation frameworks for API, Mobile, and Backend systems• Scaling QA teams and mentoring engineers• Agile delivery, CI/CD, and release confidence• Risk-based testing for critical payment flowsI strongly believe that in Payments and Banking systems, reliability, trust,and customer experience are non-negotiable. My goal is to enable faster, saferreleases while minimizing production risk at scale.Always open to meaningful conversations around Fintech, Payments, QualityEngineering leadership, and building high-impact teams.

Experience

1. Associate Vice President

   Airtel Payments Bank

   Dec 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Leading Quality Engineering and SDET teams for large-scale Fintech and Banking platforms, including UPI, Cards, Wallets, Payment Gateways, and Core Banking integrations.• Managing and mentoring cross-functional QA teams across Mobile, API, Middleware, and Backend systems, ensuring high reliability for business-critical payment flows.• Defined and executed QA strategy focused on automation-first approach, risk-based testing, and shift-left quality practices.• Built and scaled test automation frameworks for API and application layers, improving release confidence and reducing production incidents.• Worked closely with Product, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to ensure timely, secure, and compliant releases in an Agile environment.• Championed quality as a shared ownership across teams, enabling faster delivery without compromising customer trust and system stability.

Education

• M.P. Board

  HSC, Science

• Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

Skills

• Test Cases
• Functional Testing
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Apache Kafka
• Test Planning
• Sql
• Software Quality Assurance
• Windows
• Software
• Manual Testing
• Unix
• Agile Methodologies
• Testing
• Defect Tracking
• Elasticsearch
• Mysql
• Git
• Postman
• Regression Testing
• System Testing
• Aerospike
• Maven
• Microsoft Office
• Quality Assurance
• Sdlc
• Tomcat
• Integration Testing
• Rabbitmq