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Ankith Kalai

@ankithkumar

Quality Engineering Lead specializing in test automation, AI-augmented testing, and CI/CD-driven quality infrastructure.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead test automation and quality infrastructure, apply AI-augmented testing, improve observability, mentor teams, and drive CI/CD excellence.

I am a Quality Engineering Lead with deep experience building scalable UI and API automation frameworks, migrating tooling to Playwright, and driving AI-augmented test automation to reduce flakiness and accelerate test authoring. I have led CI/CD and observability efforts, created performance testing solutions with K6 and ELK, and mentored QA teams to improve test quality and reliability.

My work includes designing self-healing locator mechanisms, prototyping AI agents that generate Playwright TypeScript scripts, and implementing production monitoring and alerting integrated with Elasticsearch and Slack. I prioritize automation resilience, performance-first testing, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure high-quality releases.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Quality Engineering Lead

Current

Volvo Cars

Aug 2021 - Present (4 years 4 months)

Built scalable UI and API automation frameworks, migrated WebdriverIO to Playwright, and implemented CI/CD pipelines to run daily and PR-level tests; developed AI agents and self-healing locators to reduce test authoring time and flakiness. Designed a K6-based performance testing framework and ELK dashboards to surface throughput, latency, and error metrics.

Playwright WebdriverIO Azure DevOps ELK TypeScript JavaScript API Testing CI CD

Senior Software Engineer

L&T Technology Services

Dec 2018 - Aug 2021 (2 years 8 months)

Led automation for MediaKind client by expanding Nightwatch-based frameworks, implementing cross-platform testing with TypeScript and Appium, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines to improve pass rates and release quality. Drove POCs for Detox, Cavy, and WebdriverIO to evaluate new testing approaches.

Nightwatch TypeScript Appium CI CD TFS DevOps Python Test Automation

Software Engineer

Altair

Jul 2013 - Dec 2018 (5 years 5 months)

Developed UI automation with JavaScript and Nightwatch and implemented API automation using Java, TestNG, and Rest Assured; established pipeline jobs for sanity, smoke, and regression test execution to improve release validation.