Rishi Pandya

About Rishi Pandya

I architect intelligent automation systems that integrate Playwright, microservices testing, and AI-driven orchestration to transform traditional QA into scalable quality engineering platforms.With 10+ years of experience across Telecom, Energy, and Insurance domains, I specialize in building Playwright-first automation architectures enhanced by Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and LLM-based intelligence layers.My focus is not just automation execution — but automation intelligence.I design automation ecosystems that:• Analyze failures contextually using trace and network data• Suggest intelligent locator healing• Generate dynamic test flows using AI-assisted orchestration• Detect and classify flaky patterns• Reduce long-term maintenance overhead• Accelerate engineering release velocityCore Areas of Expertise: Playwright (UI + API + BDD) Architecture Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server Design AI Agent Integration for Test Orchestration & Failure Analysis Consumer-Driven Contract Testing (Pact) Distributed Test Execution (Docker, Grid 4, Kubernetes) CI/CD-Native Shift-Left Quality EngineeringI build self-improving automation ecosystems aligned with DevOps principles, designed to scale with distributed microservices architectures and modern AI-enabled engineering workflows.

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Lead

   Persistent Systems

   Mar 2023 — Present · Indore, IN

   I lead the design of AI-integrated automation architecture for large-scale telecom platforms built on distributed microservices.• Architected a Playwright-first automation ecosystem (UI + API) using TypeScript and Node.js.• Designed and implemented a custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to act as an orchestration layer between automation execution and LLM-based AI agents.• Enabled intelligent automation capabilities including:Context-aware failure analysisSmart locator healingAI-assisted test generationAutomated root cause summarization• Improved automation productivity by 50%+ through intelligent orchestration.• Scaled automated tests using Selenium Grid 4 + Docker-based distributed execution.• Built service virtualization layer using WireMock to reduce environment dependency and execution cost.• Led a team of QA engineers and established shift-left automation practices within CI/CD pipelines.

Education

• I.E.T D.A.V.V.

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology

  2011 — 2015