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I'm Ashutosh Bapat, a Quality Assurance Lead with 18+ years of experience in test automation and quality strategy across web, mobile, and API-based applications. I specialize in building scalable automation frameworks (Playwright and Cypress) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines to raise the quality bar and accelerate releases. Over the years I've mentored QA engineers, led end-to-end quality initiatives including platform redesigns and billing migrations, and championed shift-left testing. I'm excited about AI-assisted test design and expanding Playwright MCP Server workflows to further improve efficiency and reliability.…I'm Ashutosh Bapat, a Quality Assurance Lead with 18+ years of experience in test automation and quality strategy across web, mobile, and API-based applications. I specialize in building scalable automation frameworks (Playwright and Cypress) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines to raise the quality bar and accelerate releases. Over the years I've mentored QA engineers, led end-to-end quality initiatives including platform redesigns and billing migrations, and championed shift-left testing. I'm excited about AI-assisted test design and expanding Playwright MCP Server workflows to further improve efficiency and reliability.

Ashutosh Bapat

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I'm Ashutosh Bapat, a Quality Assurance Lead with 18+ years of experience in test automation and quality strategy across web, mobile, and API-based applications. I specialize in building scalable automation frameworks (Playwright and Cypress) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines to raise the quality bar and accelerate releases. Over the years I've mentored QA engineers, led end-to-end quality initiatives including platform redesigns and billing migrations, and championed shift-left testing. I'm excited about AI-assisted test design and expanding Playwright MCP Server workflows to further improve efficiency and reliability.…I'm Ashutosh Bapat, a Quality Assurance Lead with 18+ years of experience in test automation and quality strategy across web, mobile, and API-based applications. I specialize in building scalable automation frameworks (Playwright and Cypress) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines to raise the quality bar and accelerate releases. Over the years I've mentored QA engineers, led end-to-end quality initiatives including platform redesigns and billing migrations, and championed shift-left testing. I'm excited about AI-assisted test design and expanding Playwright MCP Server workflows to further improve efficiency and reliability.

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I’m Ashutosh Bapat, a Quality Assurance Lead with 18+ years of experience in test automation and quality strategy across web, mobile, and API-based applications. I specialize in building scalable automation frameworks (Playwright and Cypress) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines to raise the quality bar and accelerate releases.

Over the years I’ve mentored QA engineers, led end-to-end quality initiatives including platform redesigns and billing migrations, and championed shift-left testing. I’m excited about AI-assisted test design and expanding Playwright MCP Server workflows to further improve efficiency and reliability.

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Work Experience

Quality Assurance Lead at Planoly

September 1, 2019 - April 1, 2026

Architected a Playwright-based web automation framework in a monorepo, integrated with GitHub Actions to enforce quality gates on every PR. Built and maintained a 200+ scenario regression suite, expanding coverage to Priority 2 tests. Transitioned from Cypress to Playwright, adopting a new toolchain and AI-assisted workflows to accelerate releases. Previously led a Cypress suite of 600+ tests running nightly, reducing regression time from 2 days to 6 hours. Replaced Rainforest QA with a low-code TestProject.io solution across web, iOS, and Android, cutting regression time to hours. Implemented testIDs for robust selectors and mentored QA engineers through automation adoption.

Test Lead at Mindtree (now LTIMindtree)

October 1, 2007 - September 1, 2019

Led QA across enterprise engagements for Fortune 500 clients, delivering functional, regression, and integration testing for web and mobile applications. Developed test strategies, plans, and execution roadmaps while coordinating with cross-functional development and product teams. Managed QA teams, mentored junior testers, and maintained quality standards across multiple concurrent projects. Gained exposure to performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter) and built a foundation in Selenium WebDriver and Selenium/Selenide for scalable automation delivery.

System Administrator at e-Zest Solutions

February 1, 2006 - September 1, 2007

Managed Windows Server infrastructure and provided systems administration support in an enterprise IT environment.