Vishal Malik
Dehradun
Summary
QA Technical Leader with over 14 years of experience driving quality engineering, automation strategy, and delivery excellence for large-scale consumer web platforms. Deep expertise in Playwright (JavaScript) UI automation, API testing, Azure-based CI/CD pipelines, and GenAI-assisted QA practices using GitHub Copilot. Proven leader in defining QA strategy, release governance, shift-left and shift-right testing, and production quality monitoring. Recognized for building automation aligned with real end-user behavior, leading multi-squad QA teams, improving release confidence, and scaling modern quality engineering practices within Agile environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Technical Leadership
Fareportal India
Gurugram
08.2022 - Current
- Lead end-to-end QA delivery across SEO/SEM, DMS, and Loyalty platforms, ensuring release quality and stability
- Own sprint planning, estimation, execution, and release sign-off based on risk and QA capacity.
- Provide clear quality status, risk assessment, and mitigation updates to product and engineering stakeholders
- Define and govern Playwright-based UI automation standards for scalable, maintainable test coverage
- Design automation aligned with critical end-user journeys and business-impacting flows
- Oversee API automation using Postman to validate backend integrations and workflows
- Leverage GitHub Copilot to accelerate automation development, refactoring, and framework evolution
- Ensure AI-assisted automation adheres to QA standards, security, and business behavior validation
- Monitor production quality, support root-cause analysis, and strengthen post-release stability
- Apply shift-left and shift-right testing practices to reduce defect leakage and improve release confidence
Senior Test Lead
Coforge Ltd. (Client: ARM)
Hyderabad
03.2021 - 08.2022
- Led QA delivery and automation efforts across multiple programs, ensuring on-time and high-quality releases
- Designed and implemented a centralized BDD automation framework using SpecFlow (C#) to standardize automation practices
- Reviewed and governed automation scripts and test cases to ensure quality, reusability, and alignment with standards
- Monitored release readiness, test execution status, and defect trends during deployments.
- Worked closely with business and engineering teams to validate acceptance criteria and delivery scope
Associate QA Lead
Fareportal India
Gurugram
04.2015 - 05.2021
- Led hands-on UI automation and Postman API automation for core booking, profile, and loyalty workflows
- Executed end-to-end functional, regression, and integration testing across multiple releases
- Reviewed test cases and automation scripts to ensure coverage, quality, and alignment with business flows
- Supported production releases through final validations, smoke testing, and defect triage
- Collaborated closely with development and product teams to clarify requirements and resolve issues early
Software Test Engineer
Metro Infrasys - Client -Kapsch(Austria)
Gurugram
11.2010 - 03.2015
- Involved in the initial STLC and project management
Client and Team Management
Test Planning, Tracking and Delivery
Providing Demos
Database Testing
Data Capturing and Reporting for the delivery, sprint efficiency and productivity
Education
B.Tech -
RGEC
Meerut06-2009
Skills
Languages & Frameworks:
JavaScript, TypeScript, Playwright, Nodejs, C#, SpecFlow (BDD)
Test Automation:
UI Automation (Playwright), API Automation (Postman), End-to-End Testing, Regression Automation, Automation Framework Design
CI/CD & DevOps:
Azure DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Git, Test Execution Automation, Release Validation
Cloud & Platforms:
Microsoft Azure (DevOps, Pipelines), Web Applications, Production Environment Monitoring
API & Integration Testing:
Postman, REST API Validation, Backend Workflow Testing
GenAI in QA:
GitHub Copilot, AI-Assisted Test Development, Automation Refactoring, Test Prototyping Acceleration
Monitoring & Quality Metrics:
Production Monitoring, Defect Trend Analysis, Release Health Metrics, Live Issue Validation
Tools:
JIRA, Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ IDEA
Methodologies:
Agile, Scrum, Shift-Left Testing, Shift-Right Testing, Risk-Based Testing
Key Highlights
● Led QA validation for migration of 10+ lakh (1M+) SEO pages, ensuring zero-impact transition on user experience, traffic, and search visibility.
● Validated and optimized Akamai and Nginx caching strategies to improve page load performance, cache hit ratio, and scalability under high traffic.
● Executed risk-based QA to prioritize high-traffic, revenue-driving, and SEO-critical pages during large-scale migration.
● Performed end-to-end validation covering page rendering, cache behavior, network calls, and performance metrics across environments.
● Collaborated with engineering teams to verify cache invalidation, fallback behavior, and production stability post-migration.
● Improved release confidence by combining automation, cache validation, and production monitoring for large-scale SEO platforms.
Timeline
QA Technical Leadership
Fareportal India
08.2022 - Current
Senior Test Lead
Coforge Ltd. (Client: ARM)
03.2021 - 08.2022
Associate QA Lead
Fareportal India
04.2015 - 05.2021
Software Test Engineer
Metro Infrasys - Client -Kapsch(Austria)
11.2010 - 03.2015
B.Tech -
RGEC