🌟 QA Lead | SDET | Shift-Left Strategy | AI in Testing
🤖 Currently exploring Agentic AI, Claude Code , LLMs, MCP, Amazon Kiro, Amazon Q, and AI-assisted QA workflows to redefine modern test automation strategies.

Functional Testing | API Testing | Database Testing | Automation Testing | Mobile Testing | Agile | Shift Left | AI in Testing

• I am a QA Lead / SDET with 14 years of experience in software testing, test automation, QA strategy, and quality engineering.
• I focus on crafting seamless user experiences and ensuring high-quality delivery for web, mobile, API, and enterprise-scale applications.
• I have hands-on experience building scalable automation frameworks using Playwright with TypeScript, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, Rest Assured, Postman, and Pytest.
• I have worked on shift-left testing strategies, requirement analysis, risk-based testing, API testing, contract testing, CI/CD quality gates, and test automation optimization.
• I am currently exploring AI-assisted testing, including prompt engineering, context engineering, agentic QA workflows, MCP servers, and spec-driven test generation.
• I enjoy mentoring QA teams, improving QA processes, defining quality metrics, and helping teams build a stronger quality culture.
• I actively participate in testing communities and enjoy sharing knowledge through talks, blogs, and meetups.

• AI-powered QA workflows
• Playwright MCP Server
• Amazon Kiro Steering Documents and Agent Hooks
• Amazon Q for code analysis and framework refactoring
• Prompt Engineering for QA
• Context Engineering for AI agents
• Spec-driven test case and automation generation
• Playwright + TypeScript framework design
• Appium automation for Android and iOS
• Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub Actions for test execution at scale

• Playwright TypeScript Automation Framework
  A scalable Playwright framework designed with reusable fixtures, API integration, CI/CD execution, and modern design patterns.

• Appium Mobile Automation Framework
  A mobile automation practice framework using Appium, WebdriverIO, and TypeScript for Android and iOS testing.

• AI in Testing Experiments
  Experiments around AI-assisted test design, test data generation, prompt engineering, and QA workflow optimization.

• Portfolio Website
  My personal portfolio showcasing my QA journey, projects, talks, and learning experiments.

• Risk-based testing
• Exploratory testing
• API testing and API security testing
• Web and mobile automation
• Accessibility testing
• Performance testing
• Visual testing
• Contract testing
• Test data strategy
• Quality metrics
• AI-assisted test design
• Shift-left and shift-right testing

• Speaker at BrowserStack QA Meetup
• Speaker at The Test Tribe Meetup
• Speaker at Testμ Spartan Summit
• Professional Member at Ministry of Testing
• Active member of The Test Tribe and testing communities

• Challenge Medal - Charter Communications
• Award for Innovation - Clover Bay Technologies
• AI Testing Hackathon - Tricentis ShiftSync
• The Enlightener Award - The Test Tribe
• Testing Community Recognition - Ministry of Testing

• When I don’t test the code, I code to test.
• I enjoy learning how AI can make testers more creative, productive, and strategic.
• I love discussing quality, automation, testing mindset, and modern QA practices.
• I believe quality is not just a phase; it is a mindset built into every conversation, decision, and delivery.

• Always open to meaningful discussions around software testing, automation, AI in QA, and quality engineering.
• Email: komalgc17@gmail.com

✨ Favorite Quote:

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.”