π Lead QA Engineer @ PowerSchool | π€ Agentic AI & Self-Healing Automation | π‘οΈ DevSecOps | βοΈπ Blockchain & Quant Explorer
"Breaking software to make it unbreakable, automating everything to innovate faster."
I'm a Lead QA Engineer with ~11 years of experience transforming how teams approach quality. My journey spans from the malware research trenches at Quick Heal to architecting agentic AI test platforms at PowerSchool β where I own QA strategy for Schoology with zero P0 incidents over 4+ years.
π₯ What makes me different?
- π€ Agentic QA Pioneer - Built a multi-agent test platform (GitHub Copilot Background Agents + Playwright / Browser / Jira MCPs) that cut manual QA effort by 80%
- π§ AI Context Graph Architect - Anchors LLM agents to live OpenAPI contracts β 90%+ first-pass test accuracy, zero hallucinated steps
- ποΈ Framework Builder - Shipped 4+ automation frameworks (Playwright, WebdriverIO, Codeception, Robot)
- π‘οΈ DevSecOps in CI/CD - OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, SAST/DAST & dependency gates across Bamboo, GitLab & GitHub Actions
- π Security DNA - 3 years of malware research & vulnerability testing (Quick Heal + FireEye / Mandiant)
- βοΈπ Side Explorer - Blockchain carbon credits (Solidity / Web3) and quant trading (SMC / ICT)
| π Degree | ποΈ Institution | π Year |
|---|---|---|
| M.Sc. Machine Learning & AI | Liverpool John Moores University, London | π 2025 β 2027 |
| PG Diploma, AI & ML | IIIT Bangalore | π 2025 β 2026 |
| B.E. Information Technology | Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College, Mumbai | β 2012 β 2015 |
| π Credential | ποΈ Issuer | π Year |
|---|---|---|
| CopilotXcelerate: AI-Powered Python for Data Science | Upgrad | 2023 |
| Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) | Simplilearn | 2019 |
| Oracle Certified Expert, Database SQL | Oracle | 2016 |
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β 2023 - Present β π Lead QA Engineer β Powerschool β
β 2020 - 2023 β π§ Sr. QA Engineer II β Powerschool β
β 2018 - 2020 β π§ͺ SDET β FireEye Cybersecurity β
β 2015 - 2018 β π¬ Threat Researcher β Quick Heal Technologies β
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π― At PowerSchool
- π Zero P0 incidents across 4+ years leading Schoology QA strategy
- π€ Architected a multi-agent test platform β Copilot Background Agents + Playwright / Browser / Jira MCPs
- π§ Shipped an AI Context Graph β 90%+ first-pass test accuracy, zero hallucinated steps
- π API regression coverage 55% β 95%; 80% QA effort reduction across the tribe
- β‘ Cut regression runtime ~70% with containerized, parallel cloud-native runners
- π¨βπ« Mentor 20+ engineers across 6 Agile squads
π₯ At FireEye (Mandiant)
- ποΈ Built UI + security test frameworks from scratch for Linux, Windows & Mac endpoint products
- π Cut release escape defects ~35% release-over-release
- β‘ Shortened regression cycles ~40% with Python + Nosetests E2E suites across 8+ releases
- π¦ Part of the Go/No-Go release decision team; ran CI/CD on Jenkins
- π¨βπ« Uplifted 15+ incoming engineers on Python, Selenium & Robot Framework practices
π‘οΈ At Quick Heal
- π¬ Automation-first malware triage β reclaimed ~12 analyst-hours/week for deeper threat research
- π¨ Led 50+ customer escalations & RCAs, feeding insights into product detection roadmap
- π οΈ Shipped 2 threat-detection capabilities into Quick Heal products (millions of endpoints)
- βοΈ Published security blogs read by thousands
π Innovation Highlights
- π§ AI Context Graph adopted by 3+ product teams as the self-healing QA backbone
- βΏ Specialist QA agents for accessibility (WCAG 2.1), i18n & security NFR validation
- π MERN-stack release cockpit β checklist time ~4 hrs β ~15 mins
- π Record-&-Play β Playwright test converters
- π‘οΈ Reusable DevSecOps blueprint β OWASP ZAP + Burp + SAST gates, caught 30+ vulns pre-prod
Python TypeScript PHP Solidity C++
Playwright Selenium Robot Framework Codeception WebdriverIO
OpenAI Claude Google Gemini Cursor Copilot MCP RAG
OWASP OWASP ZAP Burp Suite SAST/DAST CEH
Open-source work reflecting my 10+ years in QA engineering, test automation, and security research. These are the projects I point recruiters and hiring managers to β production-grade, inspectable, and built to outlive a single sprint.
Autonomous QA agent for VS Code / Cursor that treats your PR as the prompt.
- π§ Three-agent pipeline: Git diff β AST Context Graph β LLM orchestrator over MCP
- πͺ’ Maps every changed symbol to its real consumers via
ts-morphβ no hallucinated imports - π§ͺ Emits grounded Jest / Vitest / Playwright / Cypress tests in a human-review pane
- π Model-agnostic (OpenAI, Anthropic, local
llama.cpp) via Model Context Protocol - π‘οΈ Strict JSON contract + human-in-the-loop β zero silent writes
TypeScript Agentic AI MCP VS Code
Playwright E2E suite that rewrites broken selectors on the fly β no LLMs required.
- 𧬠Captures a semantic fingerprint per element (text, label, ARIA, siblings, classes, attrs)
- βοΈ Scores live DOM candidates with six weighted signals (text 0.45 β id 0.05)
- π Emits both CSS & XPath, re-captures after each heal β future-proof across refactors
- π Fully deterministic: zero LLMs, zero API keys, every decision is reproducible
- π JSON audit trail per heal β CI- and compliance-friendly
π§ More QA & security engineering projects landing soon β β follow on GitHub to catch the next drop.
A comprehensive suite for carbon credit tokenization, trading & verification
| Repository | Description | Tech |
|---|---|---|
| π carbon-credit-token-suite | ERC-1155 carbon credit tokens with role-based access | Solidity, Foundry |
| π registry-adapter-api | REST API adapter between Official Registry & Chain | TypeScript, JWT |
| βοΈ iot-solar-sim | IoT Solar Plant Simulator with blockchain anchoring | TypeScript, Fastify, Prisma |
| π evidence-locker | Content-addressed evidence storage for carbon verification | TypeScript, IPFS, S3 |
| π carbon-credit-buyer-marketplace | Demo marketplace for carbon credit trading | Next.js 15, TypeScript |
| π carbon-explorer | Public explorer for the Carbon Credit system | TypeScript, React |
| Repository | Description | Tech |
|---|---|---|
| π OHLC_ANALYZER | No-Code Backtesting Platform with Smart Money Concepts | Python |
| πΉ Advisor | Personal Trading Advisor for XAUUSD & EURUSD | Python |
mindmap
root((Shantanu's Journey))
AI/ML Mastery
PGDM @ IIITB 2026
MSc @ LJMU 2027
Data Science Transition
Quant Trading
SMC & ICT Strategies
Algorithmic Trading
Market Microstructure
Blockchain Innovation
Carbon Credit Systems
DeFi Exploration
Web3 Development
Applied AI
Healthcare Models
Traffic Flow Optimization
Financial Analysis
- π₯ Healthcare AI - Models for small clinics & diagnostics
- π Traffic Optimization - ML for flow management
- π° Quant Trading - SMC, ICT & Technical Analysis models
- π Carbon Markets - Blockchain-based credit verification
I'm always excited to collaborate on:
π€ AI-driven automation & testing tools Β· βοΈ Blockchain & Web3 projects
π Trading algorithms & financial analysis Β· π± Sustainability & carbon credit systems
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"Quality is not an act, it's a habit." - Aristotle