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Ankita Hatwar

@ankitahatwar

QA Lead with 12+ years of experience building scalable Playwright & Selenium frameworks to accelerate complex fintech and banking software releases

India

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a techno-functional opportunity to build scalable test automation along with functional testing, manage releases, improve release quality, and coach teams on effective QA practices.

I am available to join on immediate basis.

QA Lead & Test Automation Architect with over 12 years of experience specializing in high-velocity release cycles, robust automation, and complex financial technology ecosystems.

🚀 Key Impact & Achievements:

Framework Optimization: Architected and scaled advanced Playwright and Java-Selenium parallel execution frameworks for global institutions like JPMorgan Chase, HSBC, and BNP Paribas.
Drastic Runtime Reduction: Designed a custom parallel Jenkins and Jules CI/CD pipeline strategy that successfully slashed regression test execution times by 94%—shrinking a 60-hour cycle down to just 3.5 hours for a massive 452-case suite.
End-to-End Release Ownership: Led full integration testing, UI/API test strategies, and E2E release management activities across cross-functional engineering teams.

🛠️ Core Competencies:

Automation & Tools: Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Java, JavaScript, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines.
Methodologies: Test Strategy Development, API Testing, UI Validation, SDLC, Agile Engineering Mentorship, and AI-assisted test engineering.

I am highly passionate about bridging the gap between stable engineering and seamless product delivery. As a team mentor, I specialize in coaching engineers on technical automation best practices, optimizing pipeline bottlenecks, and helping stakeholders achieve complete release readiness with absolute confidence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Senior Test Engineer/Test Architect

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Apr 2022 - Apr 2026 (4 years)

Built and maintained a TypeScript-based Playwright automation framework for UI, API and end-to-end test coverage. Architected enterprise-scale Java-Selenium frameworks, reducing automation execution time by 20% and regression testing time by 94% through parallel execution across 20 nodes.

Playwright TypeScript Selenium Webdriver Java Jenkins Jules CI CD GitHub Co Pilot Test Strategy Test Planning Regression Testing API Testing Agile Scrum

Techno-Functional Tester/Senior Software Engineer

BNP Paribas India Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Mar 2017 - Apr 2022 (5 years 1 month)

Led a team of 12 engineers, driving end-to-end test strategies and owning project deliverables. Engineered Java-Cucumber BDD frameworks using Page Object Model and maintained a zero-critical-bug production standard with a Defect Rejection Ratio under 0.1%.

Java Cucumber BDD Page Object Model Test Strategy Team Leadership Hiring Quality Assurance

Test Coordinator / Analyst

HSBC

Aug 2013 - Mar 2017 (3 years 7 months)

Steered end-to-end testing operations as the central point of contact across 3 cross-functional teams, managing QA delivery. Orchestrated downstream integration testing across 6+ third-party systems and facilitated daily execution status reporting to senior management.

Test Coordination Integration Testing Stakeholder Management QA Delivery Reporting