Aniket Maharaj
Gurgaon,HR
Summary
Results-driven QA Engineering Leader and Architect with 10+ years of experience leading high-performing teams in mobile, web, and API testing. Pioneered Agentic AI-driven QA transformations using LLM/RAG for test generation and autonomous agents, achieving 50-70% efficiency gains. Expert in Java/JS frameworks (Selenium, Appium, Playwright), CI/CD (GitLab, Jenkins), and cloud platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS). Proven in driving KRA/OKR alignment, stakeholder management, and end-to-end delivery for multi-squad programs in Agile environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal QA
Deutsche Telekom Digital Lab
05.2025 - Current
- Developed and launched LLM and RAG-backed QA platform, achieving a 50-70% reduction in test authoring effort, and enhancing overall team productivity.
- Integrated MCP connectors with Jira/Xray, enabling automated fetching of test steps, and real-time reporting to streamline workflows.
- Managed data ingestion from multiple sources into OpenSearch, optimising test retrieval and validation processes for faster issue resolution.
- Launched AI Navigate and AutoGen Test Generator tools, automating Selenium, Rest Assured test generation, and reducing manual coding by 60%.
- Established locator policies and structured project setups, improving local test reproducibility, and minimizing environment-related failures
Principal Manager in QA
Freecharge
09.2022 - 05.2025
- Managed a 12-member QA team across multiple products; hiring, mentoring, KRAs, and progression.
- Ran stakeholder forums for quality strategy, risk reviews, and release sign-offs with Product and Engineering.
- Defined and enforced QA governance (standards, frameworks, code reviews, and quality gates in CI/CD).
- Planned and tracked delivery across sprints/releases; coordinated dependencies, and cross-team work.
- Built GenAI frameworks for test generation, summarisation, and a QA Copilot for triage and coverage analysis.
Principal QA Engineer
Bharti Airtel
07.2021 - 09.2022
- Led a 6-member QA team, ensuring quality automation and improving test coverage.
- Developed mobile automation frameworks using Appium, enabling parallel test execution for Android applications.
- Streamlined web automation testing using Selenium across multiple platforms, reducing test execution time.
- Integrated test suites into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless test execution in an Agile environment.
- Designed and executed performance and load tests using Apache JMeter to identify bottlenecks and ensure system stability under high traffic.
- Automated JMeter test execution as part of the CI pipeline, enabling regular performance regression checks.
- Analyzed performance metrics and worked with engineering teams to tune application performance across various environments.
Senior Test Engineer
Whitehat Jr
07.2020 - 07.2021
- Performed comprehensive regression and functional testing across multiple application modules to ensure high product quality.
- Developed and maintained automation test scripts to validate both functional and non-functional requirements, enhancing test coverage and reliability.
- Implemented Selenium support code in Java within Cucumber-based BDD frameworks to enable readable, maintainable automation.
- Created and maintained detailed test plans, test cases, and execution reports using JIRA and TestRail for traceability and reporting.
Senior Software Test Engineer
InfoEdge
09.2015 - 07.2020
- Led mobile test automation initiatives using Appium for Android applications, improving release quality and reducing manual test effort.
- Developed and maintained automated test suites using Java, Selenium, and Appium to ensure seamless mobile and web experiences.
- Participated in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives in a fast-paced development environment.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to identify test automation opportunities across mobile workflows and critical user journeys.
- Conducted regression, functional, and compatibility testing for mobile platforms to ensure cross-device stability.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
Anna University
Chennai, TN, IN01.2013
Skills
- QA Team Leadership and Mentoring
- Stakeholder Management and Delivery Planning
- Test automation frameworks (Selenium, Appium, Playwright)
- AI in QA (LLM, RAG, LangChain, Generative AI)
- CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitLab CI)
- Performance Testing (JMeter, K6)
- Cloud and Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AWS)
- Mobile, Web, and API Testing
- Risk & Issue Management
- Agile/Scrum Methodologies
- Java, Python, TestNG, Rest Assured, Postman
Certification
Generative AI for Software Testers, Udemy, UC-2fd73064-4935-4fd8-b826-a5260a0c1e53
Languages
English
Hindi
Leadership & Governance Highlights
- Owned KRA/OKR planning and quarterly reviews for QA; aligned quality goals with product/engineering roadmaps.
- Led stakeholder forums with Product, Engineering, and Security to define strategy, priorities, and release readiness.
- Directed end‑to‑end delivery: estimation, planning, execution tracking, risk/issue management, and status reporting.
- Managed and mentored teams of 20+ engineers across multiple squads; instituted career ladders and guild practices.
- Established QA governance: standards, coding guidelines, DoD/DoR, quality gates, and review ceremonies.
Timeline
Principal QA
Deutsche Telekom Digital Lab
05.2025 - Current
Principal Manager in QA
Freecharge
09.2022 - 05.2025
Principal QA Engineer
Bharti Airtel
07.2021 - 09.2022
Senior Test Engineer
Whitehat Jr
07.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Software Test Engineer
InfoEdge
09.2015 - 07.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science Engineering
Anna University