I'm Aashir Ahmed, a QA Automation Lead with around 4 years of experience driving engineering excellence and automation strategy across SaaS and data-driven platforms. I design scalable Cypress-based automation frameworks that integrate into CI/CD pipelines, accelerating feedback and improving product reliability.\n\nI specialize in data and API validation across AWS and Snowflake, advocate for shift-left testing, and explore AI-driven approaches to test automation and exploratory validation. I enjoy mentoring teams, expanding automation coverage, and fostering a culture of shared quality ownership across cross-functional teams.

Aashir Ahmed

I'm Aashir Ahmed, a QA Automation Lead with around 4 years of experience driving engineering excellence and automation strategy across SaaS and data-driven platforms. I design scalable Cypress-based automation frameworks that integrate into CI/CD pipelines, accelerating feedback and improving product reliability.\n\nI specialize in data and API validation across AWS and Snowflake, advocate for shift-left testing, and explore AI-driven approaches to test automation and exploratory validation. I enjoy mentoring teams, expanding automation coverage, and fostering a culture of shared quality ownership across cross-functional teams.

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I’m Aashir Ahmed, a QA Automation Lead with around 4 years of experience driving engineering excellence and automation strategy across SaaS and data-driven platforms. I design scalable Cypress-based automation frameworks that integrate into CI/CD pipelines, accelerating feedback and improving product reliability.\n\nI specialize in data and API validation across AWS and Snowflake, advocate for shift-left testing, and explore AI-driven approaches to test automation and exploratory validation. I enjoy mentoring teams, expanding automation coverage, and fostering a culture of shared quality ownership across cross-functional teams.

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Work Experience

Software Automation Engineer 2 at Nivoda
April 1, 2024 - Present
Drove QA automation across iOS, Android, and Web platforms by designing a scalable Cypress-based framework adopted across the company. Automated thousands of end-to-end, integration, and regression test cases across frontend, backend, and data systems, achieving over 85% automation coverage and reducing regression time from 3 days to 4 hours. Automated REST and GraphQL API testing to verify data accuracy, schema integrity, and performance across AWS microservices and data pipelines. Built dashboards and test reporting tools with Datadog and Grafana to provide engineers real-time visibility into build quality and release health. Created a performance testing framework using Grafana K6 for continuous load testing and early detection of performance issues. Integrated automation into CI/CD to promote shift-left testing, collaborating with developers early in the lifecycle. Led testing of complex, high-impact products from build to release, maintaining a zero-defect standard for application
Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Arbisoft
August 1, 2022 - April 1, 2024
Designed and executed end-to-end testing strategies for web and data platforms, ensuring reliable, high-quality releases for large-scale SaaS and analytics clients. Performed comprehensive ETL and data warehouse validation using PostgreSQL and Snowflake, verifying data consistency, transformation logic, and schema accuracy across ingestion pipelines. Built and automated SQL-based tests to validate data quality, completeness, and referential integrity across multiple data sources. Conducted backend API and service-level testing for Django REST and Spring Boot applications, ensuring performance and scalability under heavy data loads. Developed and maintained automation scripts in Cypress and Postman, improving regression coverage and shortening release cycles. Collaborated with data engineering teams to validate ETL jobs and resolve discrepancies between source and target systems. Streamlined bug tracking and reporting in Jira and enhanced traceability through TestRail integration. Parti

Education

Masters in Project Management at Bahria University, Lahore, Punjab
January 1, 2025 - December 27, 2025
Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2022
A Levels at Beaconhouse, Lahore, Punjab
January 11, 2030 - August 1, 2018
O Levels at SISA, Lahore, Punjab
January 11, 2030 - August 1, 2016

Qualifications

Test Automation in DevOps
January 11, 2030 - December 27, 2025
Ultimate Django
January 11, 2030 - December 27, 2025
Scaling Tests with Docker
January 11, 2030 - December 27, 2025
Cypress (Introduction To Advanced)
January 11, 2030 - December 27, 2025
Crash Course On Python
January 11, 2030 - December 27, 2025
HTML, CSS & JavaScript for Web Developers
January 11, 2030 - December 27, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services

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