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Khannara Phay

@khannaraphay

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I build quality-first platforms, automation architecture, and high-performing engineering teams.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead quality engineering, automation architecture, and teams building reliable platforms, while continuing to develop talent and improve delivery speed.

At Repay, I lead seven quality engineers supporting Lift, a B2B payments platform processing millions in transactions. I built a Ruby on Rails mock loan service and a standalone QA environment for 32+ applications, removing client dependencies and cutting release bottlenecks from days to minutes.

I've scaled Pearson VUE's online proctoring platform to 40,000+ daily sessions, led a Ruby-to-Java microservices migration, and built automation frameworks reaching 98% coverage. I also develop the khannara.dev ecosystem and an open-source Next.js RBAC library with a TypeScript-first design.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Team Lead, Quality Assurance

Current

Repay

Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 9 months)

Lead team of 7 QEs for B2B payment platform (Lift) processing millions in transactions. Built Mock Loan Service in Ruby on Rails stack and architected standalone QA environment hosting 32+ Ruby on Rails applications.

Ruby on Rails Jenkins TestCaseAI LLM QA Automation Distributed Systems

Software Developer

Pearson VUE

Jan 2019 - Dec 2022 (3 years 11 months)

Scaled Online Proctored examination platform from thousands to 40,000+ daily sessions. Led migration from monolithic Ruby codebase to Java microservices architecture and rewrote front-end in TypeScript/Angular 2+ with Electron.

Java Microservices TypeScript Angular Electron Monitoring Alerting

Software Quality Engineer Lead

Pearson VUE

Jan 2017 - Dec 2019 (2 years 11 months)

Built automation framework from ground-up achieving 98% test coverage. Reduced test suite duration from 6 hours to 1 hour through VM optimization and parallel execution.

Automation Framework Test Coverage VM Optimization Parallel Execution Release Management QA Standards

Software Automation Engineer

Starkey Hearing Technologies

Jan 2013 - Dec 2017 (4 years 11 months)

Developed comprehensive UI and API automation test suites for hearing aid fitting software. Promoted to Engineer II based on technical contributions and leadership.

UI Automation API Automation Test Suites Mentorship FDA Regulated Software