QA Lead working on a SaaS product where I own the quality function, from test architecture to team coaching. Nothing ships that shouldn't.
Off the clock, most of my favorite trips started as a different trip. I'd be on Kerala's coast or a hill road I took just to see what was on the other side, and something would make me stop. Usually food. Some tiny place with no signboard, found by asking whoever was nearby. Camera always out for whatever catches my eye. I always stay longer than I mean to, and write about all of it when I get back. That part I've stopped trying to fix.
I'm a QA Lead based in Bangalore, India, working on a SaaS product where I own the entire quality function. I handle everything from designing test architectures and automation strategies to coaching the team and keeping the bug escape rate low enough that nobody panics on release day.
My day-to-day sits at the intersection of people and process: embedding QA early, deciding which tests belong where, and building frameworks that let teams ship with confidence rather than crossed fingers.
Outside work, I'm on a highway with no itinerary photographing whatever catches my eye and writing about it when I get back.
This is less a portfolio, more a record of things lived. Roads that changed something in me, meals I still think about on random Tuesdays, photographs taken because the light wouldn't wait, and writing that helped me figure out what I actually think.
02 / Ethos
The principles that guide how I work, travel, eat, and write.
Real quality lives in architecture decisions, sprint rituals, and the conversation you have before a line of code is written. Not in the last-minute regression suite.
The best trips I've had started with a full tank and no itinerary. The detours are the point. Getting lost is the method.
The dish I still think about years later was found by accident between two towns. No curation needed. Just hunger, a highway, and no fixed plan for lunch.
Most of my thinking happens mid-sentence. Writing is how I find out what I actually believe. About testing, about travel, about anything worth sitting with. Hitting publish just means I'm done arguing with myself.
The tools and disciplines I rely on to build quality in, not bolt it on.
Full toolchain
The stuff I build when the main quest gets too quiet. Weekend rabbit holes that turned into something real.
A privacy-first PDF editor that runs entirely in the browser. No uploads, no servers. Edit, sign, merge, split, and chat with your documents, all 100% client-side.
Moments I was lucky enough to notice.
Paradise beach, Pondicherry
Pooranamkuppam, Puducherry Taluk
Lost in the Green
Somewhere near Poondi where the fog does the talking.
Poondi & Kookal
The kind of green your screen can't do justice.
Munnar Mystic
Tea, fog, and mountains pretending to be clouds.
Mannavanur
Where the terraces climb higher than the temples.
Shot at Pooranamkuppam, Puducherry Taluk
In my own 'khada hoon aaj bhi' moment... dil fir bekaraar hai.
Pooranamkuppam, Puducherry Taluk
Writing on engineering, photography, and whatever else demands attention.
There is a particular kind of quiet that only certain places know how to hold. South Varkala is one of them. I sat on a rock by the sea for four evenings and watched my whole life play back in my head. I did not mind at all.
Nothing in six years of QA has felt like what is happening right now with AI. This is not another tool to add to your stack. This is a fundamental change in what is possible, what is expected, and what it means to be a great QA engineer.
Living in Bangalore puts Kerala and Tamil Nadu within reach for a long weekend. After four years of driving those roads, I've eaten things I still think about on a Tuesday.
Open to full-time roles, freelance projects, and interesting conversations.
Whether you have a project in mind, want to collaborate on something creative, or just want to say hello, my inbox is always open.
Location
Bangalore, India