Pranit is an ISTQB Certified Senior QA/SDET with 12+ years of experience helping engineering teams deliver reliable software faster through strategic QA transformation across finance, insurance, automotive, and AdTech industries. His expertise spans building scalable automation frameworks (Python, Java), implementing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and leading cross-functional quality initiatives. Pranit specializes in designing test architectures that balance coverage with execution speed using modern tools and practices - Playwright, Selenium, API automation, and containerized test environments (Docker). As a leader, he excels at transforming quality teams from cost-centers to strategic assets while fostering a culture where quality is everyone's responsibility.
Built and managed a QA team of 25 engineers, implementing scalable test automation, enhancing QA processes, and leading high-performing teams in AdTech and account-based marketing.
Designed and implemented a scalable test automation framework for web and API platforms, reducing regression testing time by 70% for the core features.
Established QA strategy, test planning, and execution models, decreasing release cycle time by 55%.
Implemented shift-left testing practices like integration with internal RTF framework, decreasing defect leakage in production.
Developed and enforced standardized coding, review, and automation practices, significantly improving the maintainability and reusability of test scripts.
Improved test efficiency through parallel and distributed execution, reducing automated test run times by 56% across environments.
Designed and developed XScale, streamlining cross-browser and parallel testing.
Adopted a data-driven automation framework called XTAF (Xpanxion's Test Automation Framework), built with Java, Selenium WebDriver, and TestNG, reducing 70% of manual regression testing efforts.
Led end-to-end API test automation using REST Assured, improving API reliability and security validations by 60%.
Implemented in-sprint automation, minimizing functional defects slippage in production.