Mihir Dash
LEAD Automation QA
Bengaluru
Summary
Results-driven lead SDET with 12+ years of expertise in test automation, team management, and quality assurance across diverse domains. Proficient in building scalable and maintainable automation frameworks using modern design patterns and cutting-edge tools. Highly skilled in streamlining QA processes to improve execution speed, testing coverage, and solution quality. Passionate about mentoring teams, fostering innovation, and driving strategic quality initiatives for seamless project execution.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Test Automation Engineer (QA LEAD)
EPAM Systems, Inc
04.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Thomson Reuters (Tax and Auditing domain)
- Managed a team of 7 Automation Engineers, conducting regular 1:1 discussion to address challenges and mentor team members, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment
- Designed and implemented comprehensive test strategies aligned with business goals, ensuring quality across functional, regression and performance testing
- Created and shared actionable automation metrics dashboards with management, including insights on issues identified in automation and module-wise automation coverage, enhancing decision-making and transparency
- Spearheaded the adoption of a shift-left testing approach by executing tests in lower environments, reducing bug leakage to staging from 50% to 20%, accelerating defect detection early in the development cycle, minimizing rework, and enhancing overall product quality
- Implemented Command and Builder design patterns to enhance framework scalability, maintainability, and readability, while integrating user pool management and a thread-safety mechanism to enable atomic and conflict-free parallel execution, achieving a 35% reduction in overall test execution time
- Developed a POC for Generative AI in test automation to optimize workflows, achieving potential productivity of 35%.
Lead QA Automation Engineer (Lead SDET)
Annalect
10.2020 - 05.2023
- Managed and mentored QA teams, fostering skill development in automation tools, scripting languages, and industry best practices
- Established a culture of collaboration by facilitating communication between cross-functional teams, including developers, DevOps, and product owners
- Defined and tracked quality metrics such as defect density, test coverage, and automation ROI, providing actionable insights to stakeholders
- Led initiatives to optimize QA processes, introducing test data automation, environment standardization, and service virtualization
- Acted as the primary point of contact for QA processes, providing regular updates to stakeholders on project health, quality risks, and test progress
- Delivered presentations and POCs to clients, demonstrating the value of automation strategies and frameworks
- Developed scalable and reusable automation frameworks leveraging design patterns like Page Object Model, Factory, Command, and Builder, ensuring maintainability and low-cost expansion
- Conducted in-depth performance testing using K6 by designing and executing custom test scripts tailored to business requirements, analyzing application performance under stress, load, and endurance scenarios
QA Test Lead (Lead SDET)
Accenture Solutions Private
05.2016 - 10.2020
- Collaborated onsite in Switzerland with clients on critical healthcare projects, delivering tailored POCs that showcased expertise in automation, system integration, and domain-specific solutions
- Upgraded automation frameworks to meet evolving project requirements while ensuring quality and maintainability
- Partnered with development and operations teams to drive efficient test execution across product versions
- Designed next-gen automation solutions for real hardware and simulators, enhancing client confidence.
Software Engineer (SDET)
Datamatics Technologies
11.2015 - 05.2016
Software Developer
NAPA
08.2012 - 10.2015
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electronic & Telecommunication
Biju Pattnaik University of Technology
Odisha 05.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
Selenium
RestSharp
K6
Postman
Report Portal
C#
NET
JavaScript
Java
Nunit
MS Test
undefinedAccomplishments
- Accelerated Test Execution and Efficiency: Improved test execution speed by 50% through thread-safe frameworks and API-driven preconditions, while further optimizing workflows to achieve a 15% speed increase by integrating API and UI testing for precondition setups.
- Optimized AWS Test Agent Costs: Identified and analyzed non-essential services running on test agents in AWS, strategizing their scheduled shutdown based on usage patterns, resulting in an annual cost saving of $10,000.
- Global Client Engagement: Delivered tailored automation solutions for clients in the US and Europe based across healthcare and other domains, including creating POCs for real hardware and simulators.
- Leadership and Recognition: Recognized with multiple awards, including Winner of Annalect India Hackathon (2022), Intellectual Excellence (2022), Annalectutal of Quarter (2021), and Star Performer at Accenture (2018), for driving innovation and excellence in automation.
Certification
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) - International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB).
Timeline
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) - International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB).
01-2025
Senior Test Automation Engineer (QA LEAD)
EPAM Systems, Inc
04.2023 - Current
Lead QA Automation Engineer (Lead SDET)
Annalect
10.2020 - 05.2023
QA Test Lead (Lead SDET)
Accenture Solutions Private
05.2016 - 10.2020
Software Engineer (SDET)
Datamatics Technologies
11.2015 - 05.2016
Software Developer
NAPA
08.2012 - 10.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Electronic & Telecommunication
Biju Pattnaik University of Technology
05.2008 - 05.2012
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