Ahil Mohanan

I’m a Senior QA Automation Engineer with 6+ years of experience in SDLC test automation architecture, test automation framework design, and scalable QA strategy for enterprise web, mobile, and microservices-based applications. I’m an expert in Playwright, Appium, API testing, CI/CD pipelines, and GenAI testing, with a strong focus on test data management in DevOps-driven environments.

I’ve consistently improved release confidence by reducing regression cycles by 40%, enabling parallel test execution across UI and backend verification, and implementing shift-left testing. In my most recent role, I designed a scalable Playwright framework using TypeScript and Page Object Model (POM), automated 250+ regression scenarios, and achieved 98% test reliability through flaky test handling, smart wait strategies, and CI test retries.

I lead quality efforts end-to-end—defect management and root cause analysis (RCA), STLC ownership, and mentoring teams (5+ QA engineers). I also integrate automated suites into CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure Pipelines, and validate backend integrity via REST API validation and SQL/database checks to improve overall product quality and reduce defect escape rate.