Bahjat Khan
New York,NY
Summary
Lead QA Automation Engineer with hands on experience writing and contributing to automation across Java/Selenium/Cucumber, Mabl, and Playwright frameworks for enterprise fintech applications. Built a Playwright REST API automation framework from scratch and contributed to UI automation and CI/CD test integration using GitLab. Strong exposure to platform engineering, including QA environment maintenance, IIS-hosted application deployment, and infrastructure automation using Ansible. Experienced in regression and end-to-end testing, test data management, Allure reporting, AI-assisted engineering workflows (Claude, ChatGPT, Glean, GitLab Duo), and mentoring junior QA engineers. Adept at collaborating with development, QA, and platform teams across Agile and CI/CD environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead QA Automation Engineer
InvestCloud Financial Supermarket™ (Tegra118)
11.2021 - Current
- Wrote Java based BDD automated tests using Selenium and Cucumber on existing enterprise fintech automation frameworks, contributing test coverage for new features and regression scenarios.
- Built a Playwright REST API automation framework from scratch and contributed to the Playwright UI automation framework, supporting functional, regression, and end-to-end testing for enterprise fintech applications.
- Contributed to building mabl automation suites and execution pipelines, leveraging mabl's AI-driven test authoring and self healing capabilities to enable resilient automated regression, test orchestration, and centralized reporting.
- Contributed to a large enterprise automation suite of 8000+ UI and end-to-end tests for a fintech application, building and maintaining tests for trading workflows, column validation, and filtering scenarios.
- Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD build and deployment pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, enabling automated regression execution on every build and embedding quality checks directly into release workflows.
- Collaborated with the platform team to design and maintain reusable GitLab CI/CD pipeline templates and deployment automation workflows adopted across multiple enterprise applications, standardizing build, test, and deployment practices organization wide.
- Designed and maintained automation environments end-to-end, including application site creation, deployment configuration, environment setup, and automated code deployment for testing environments.
- Worked hands-on with infrastructure automation using Ansible and managed deployment of IIS hosted applications, supporting QA environment provisioning, configuration, and platform reliability across enterprise fintech projects.
- Integrated AI tools including Claude, ChatGPT, Glean, and GitLab Duo into daily engineering workflow to accelerate test script development, CI/CD pipeline authoring, debugging, documentation, and knowledge discovery.
- Set up and integrated Allure reporting for the Playwright automation framework, enabling automation execution visibility, pass/fail trends, and meaningful metrics to inform test strategy and surface quality signals to engineering leadership.
- Worked with defect workflows integrated with automated test execution and Jira, supporting traceability between test failures and tickets and accelerating root cause analysis with engineering teams.
- Mentored junior QA engineers on automation framework usage, BDD test design, and CI/CD integration, providing hands on guidance and pairing sessions to accelerate team ramp up and capability building.
- Collaborated with developers, business analysts, and product owners during sprint planning and design reviews to identify unit, integration, API, and UI testing needs across feature delivery.
- Contributed to shift left testing practices by participating in early SDLC discussions and identifying appropriate testing layers for new features.
- Contributed to Angular frontend enhancements and authored unit tests for frontend features.
- Managed test data strategies and automated test data workflows across multiple environments, ensuring reliable and repeatable test execution.
- Executed regression, functional, integration, and end-to-end testing for multiple enterprise fintech releases within Agile environments.
- Created and maintained technical documentation, release artifacts, testing processes, and knowledge-sharing materials in Confluence.
- Worked across 2–3 Agile teams within enterprise fintech environments, contributing to automation strategy, framework improvements, deployment automation, and quality engineering best practices.
QA Engineer
PrayersConnect
11.2020 - 11.2021
- Built a Java based BDD automation framework from scratch using Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber, implementing Page Object Model design, Maven based dependency management, Cucumber hooks for test lifecycle management, and parallel test execution to support scalable UI test development.
- Authored automated UI test cases for web application features within the BDD framework, covering functional and regression scenarios.
- Performed manual testing across application features, including functional, regression, and exploratory testing, and documented test results and defects.
- Collaborated with the development team to understand requirements, identify test scenarios, and report defects through the team's tracking process.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic Engineering
American International University Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh02-2017
Skills
- Test Automation Framework Development
- UI Automation Testing
- API Automation Testing
- End-to-End Testing
- Regression Testing
- CI/CD Pipeline Integration
- Shift-Left Testing
- Agile SDLC
- REST API Testing
- Automation Strategy & Test Design
- Parallel Test Execution
- Test Reporting & Metrics
- Automation Framework Maintenance
- Test Data Management
- GitLab CI/CD Pipeline Design
- FinTech Platform Testing
- Automation Architecture
- Scalable Test Framework Design
- Test Environment Management
- Defect Analysis & Root cause Investigation
Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: Java, JavaScript, C#, TypeScript
- Testing Tools: Playwright, Selenium, Postman, Cucumber, Reqnroll
- AI & Productivity Tools: Claude, Glean, ChatGPT, GitLab Duo
- Build Tools: Maven
- Testing Frameworks: JUnit, xUnit, AssertJ, Hamcrest
- Test Management: Jira
- Development IDEs: IntelliJ IDEA, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio
- Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, AIX
- Version Control: Git, GitLab
- CI/CD & DevOps: GitLab CI/CD, Ansible
- API Testing: REST API Testing, Playwright API Testing
- Applications: Microsoft Teams, Outlook
- Test Report: Allure
Timeline
Lead QA Automation Engineer
InvestCloud Financial Supermarket™ (Tegra118)
11.2021 - Current
QA Engineer
PrayersConnect
11.2020 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Electronic Engineering
American International University Bangladesh