Sumukha C Adiga
Summary
QA Lead with 10 years of experience in quality engineering, test automation, and release ownership across consumer-scale products. Currently leading QA for Paytm Travel (Flights primary), where I architected an AI-assisted QA agent pipeline that ingests Jira, PRDs, API contracts, Figma, and Git changes to produce governed test plans, traceability matrices, and multi-platform automation. Proven people leader—mentoring 5 QA engineers while staying hands-on in API, mobile web, and Android automation. Consistently rated 4/5–5/5 in performance reviews with two promotions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Lead
Paytm
Bengaluru
01.2024 - 09.2026
- Lead QA for Paytm Travel vertical (Flights, Bus, Train booking); primary depth in Flights search, booking, payment, and post-booking flows across API, mobile web, and Android.
- Manage and mentor a team of 5 QA engineers—sprint planning, task allocation, delivery tracking, and QA onboarding to AI-assisted workflows.
- Architected an AI-assisted QA agent (Cursor/Claude skills + governance rules) that analyzes Jira stories, PRDs, API contracts, Figma designs, Git PRs, screenshots, and supporting docs to generate test plans, scenarios, traceability artifacts, and automation-ready test cases—with mandatory human approval gates before merge.
- Built multi-platform test generation for mobile web and Desktop web (Playwright), Android (WebdriverIO/Appium on LambdaTest), and backend API (RestAssured/TestNG); reduced manual test-design effort by ~50% on agent-supported tickets.
- Implemented Figma-informed UI validation via DOM probing and design-token comparison; maintained centralized semantic locator registries shared across Playwright and Appium frameworks.
- Developed AI-assisted automation workflows that reuse framework flows and testkit data modules; reduced new automation authoring effort by ~40%.
- Designed approval-driven QA governance: Gate 1/3 review, strategy hard-stops, AC traceability, revisit loops, and stakeholder sign-off before automation execution.
- Integrated the QA agent with Jira, Git/Bitbucket, Jenkins job trigger/result polling, local Maven/Playwright execution, LambdaTest device cloud, and Allure reporting.
- Onboarded the QA team to the agent workflow; ~40% of Travel Jira stories in the last four sprints used the pipeline through the scenario approval stage.
- Defined QA strategy, release readiness criteria, regression tagging, and cross-flow propagation coverage for Agile releases.
Senior QA Engineer
Paytm
Bengaluru
01.2021 - 01.2024
- Owned end-to-end QA for Paytm Flights—search, review, cart, booking, payment, cancel/modify, and provider integration workflows.
- Designed and executed functional, regression, and integration test scenarios across staging and production-like environments.
- Built and maintained automation using Java, Rest Assured, Appium, and Selenium; extended data-driven downstream booking flows and API wrappers.
- Performed API and backend validation using SQL, MongoDB, and JSON contract assertions; debugged production issues via Kibana, Charles Proxy, ADB, and Hawkeye logs.
- Partnered with developers on root-cause analysis, defect triage, and faster closure for P0/P1 release blockers.
- Contributed to automation framework design—TestNG suites, data providers, Allure reporting, and Jenkins regression jobs.
- Created Jira dashboards and QA reports for defect visibility, sprint health, and release tracking.
- Led QA for AI chatbot and voice-based features; ensured stable releases through structured regression and exploratory testing.
QA Engineer
Paytm and Test Yantra
Bengaluru
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Executed manual and automated testing for web and mobile products in Agile sprints; reported and tracked defects in Jira.
- Performed black-box, white-box, and regression testing across release cycles.
- Wrote SQL queries to verify backend data and validate test data.
- Supported automation script development and framework improvements under senior QA guidance.
Education
BCA -
National College Jayanagar
Skills
Languages: Java, TypeScript, SQL, Python
API / Backend QA: REST Assured, TestNG, Postman, MongoDB, PostgreSQL
UI Automation: Playwright, Selenium, Appium, WebdriverIO
AI / Agent QA: Cursor, Claude Code, skill-based agent orchestration, prompt governance
CI / Cloud / Devices: Jenkins, LambdaTest, Bitbucket, Allure
Observability & Debug: Kibana, Charles Proxy, ADB, Hawkeye, Firebase
Design & ALM: Jira, Figma, Confluence, Agile/Scrum
Domains: Travel (Flights, Bus, Train), Fintech, AI Chatbot, Voice
Accomplishments
- Promoted twice (QA Engineer → Senior QA → QA Lead) with consistent 4/5 and 5/5 performance ratings.
- Built Paytm Travel’s AI-assisted QA agent pipeline—46+ orchestration skills, per-ticket traceability artifacts, and Jenkins/LambdaTest execution integration.
- Delivered Android V3 core booking automation (DOW/IOW/DRT/IRT) on LambdaTest with shared mweb–Android locator strategy.
- Improved QA visibility and release confidence through Jira dashboards, governed test plans, and structured regression tagging.
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sumukha-adiga-89a600112
Timeline
QA Lead
Paytm
01.2024 - 09.2026
Senior QA Engineer
Paytm
01.2021 - 01.2024
QA Engineer
Paytm and Test Yantra
01.2016 - 01.2021
BCA -
National College Jayanagar