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Hiren Barad

@baradhiren

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Software Engineer with 10+ years in quality engineering, building QA practices and maintaining QA infrastructure.

India

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What I'm looking for

Since I’ll spend a third of my life at work, I want a job that helps me grow and gives me the freedom to try different approaches as I learn the ropes.

Across companies of small, medium, and enterprise scale, I’ve helped maintain and extend QA infrastructure, and in some cases set up QA practices from scratch.

My experience brings together pragmatic engineering, people management, and culture engineering. I thrive in organized environments and navigate chaotic ones with determinism.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Quality Assurance Lead

Vividly

Apr 2024 - Apr 2026 (2 years)

Established quality processes, entry/exit criteria, and bug triage workflows as the first dedicated QA engineer. Co-designed a Playwright-based test automation framework and pioneered AI tooling for automated test generation.

QA Testing Automation Playwright CI CD AI Test Case Generation Bug Triage Acceptance Criteria

Senior Quality Engineer

TestGorilla

Sep 2021 - Mar 2023 (1 year 6 months)

Drafted the QA framework from scratch and grew the QA function. Achieved 40% automated test coverage using Playwright and configured TestRail for test management.

QA Testing Automation Playwright CI CD TestRail Test Planning Test Execution

Software Development Engineer in Test II

Blackhawk Network

Jun 2020 - Sep 2021 (1 year 3 months)

Designed an automation framework from scratch and reached 84% automated test coverage. Led a team of 4 QA engineers and integrated automated tests into deployment pipelines.

Testing Automation Framework Design CI CD Team Leadership Mentorship Regression Testing

Automation Test Engineer

Technicolor

Mar 2019 - Jun 2020 (1 year 3 months)

Built a Python/Django web application to visualize performance test data. Evaluated open-source tools for GUI automation and set up CI/CD pipelines using Git and Jenkins.

Python Django GUI Testing Xnee ldtp2 dogtail Git Jenkins CI CD

Software Test Engineer

UST Global

May 2018 - Feb 2019 (9 months)

Implemented automation scripts using PowerShell and AutoIt, expanding automation coverage by 20%. Operated as a SCRUM engineer, gathering requirements and executing System Integration Testing.

PowerShell AutoIt Testing Automation Scrum System Integration Testing Test Case Design

Associate Consultant

Capgemini

Jul 2015 - Feb 2018 (2 years 7 months)

Created and maintained automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver across multiple client engagements. Authored test specification documents and performed integration, regression, and ad-hoc testing.

Selenium Webdriver AutoIt Testing Automation Test documentation Integration Testing Regression Testing Linux Windows