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Asim Noaman Sr. SQA Manager & AI Automation Engineer

18+ years in QA leadership. Currently managing an 80+ engineer QA function. Built a Testing Center of Excellence for a major Saudi bank. I create AI-powered testing agents with Microsoft Playwright, Claude AI, and MCP Server — turning manual QA into intelligent automation.

18+ Years Experience 80+ Engineers Managed Fortune 500 & Banking 600+ Engineers Trained 28 Udemy Courses
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Banking · Fintech · SaaS · Insurance

9 Industry Domains · Remote-Ready

18+
Years QA Leadership
80+
Engineers Managed
600+
QA Professionals Trained
28
Udemy Courses Published
9M+
Records in Data Migration QA
What I Do

Expertise & Services

From building AI testing agents to leading QA teams at scale — here's how I help companies ship quality software faster.

AI Augmented Testing

Building AI testing agents with Playwright + Claude AI + MCP Server. Autonomous test generation, self-healing locators, and intelligent test orchestration.

QA Strategy & Management

End-to-end QA strategy for SaaS and Fintech products. Test planning, team leadership, release quality gates, and CI/CD pipeline integration.

Playwright Automation Frameworks

Enterprise-grade test automation using Microsoft Playwright. TypeScript/Python, Page Object Model, API testing, visual regression, cross-browser.

MCP Server Integration

Connecting AI models to testing workflows via Model Context Protocol. Browser automation agents, real-time test execution, intelligent reporting.

CI/CD & DevOps Testing

GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker-based test pipelines. Parallel execution, artifact management, automated regression on every PR.

Training & Mentorship

Published Udemy instructor with 28 courses and thousands of students worldwide. Corporate training on Playwright, AI testing, Claude AI, ETL testing, and modern QA practices.

Leadership

QA Management & Team Leadership

18 years of building high-performing QA teams, transforming testing processes, and driving quality culture across Fortune 500 organizations.

👥 Team Building & Management

Built and scaled QA teams from the ground up. Experienced in hiring, onboarding, mentoring, and performance management across distributed remote teams.

  • Recruited, trained, and managed cross-functional QA teams across multiple time zones
  • Established skill matrices and career growth paths for manual testers transitioning to automation
  • Conducted regular 1:1s, code reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions to upskill team members
  • Managed vendor QA teams and offshore/nearshore testing partnerships
  • Built a culture of ownership where every engineer is responsible for quality, not just QA

⚙ Process Improvement & Optimization

Transformed legacy QA processes into modern, AI-augmented testing workflows that cut release cycles and eliminate bottlenecks.

  • Reduced regression testing time by 70%+ by migrating from manual to Playwright-based automation
  • Implemented shift-left testing strategy — catching defects in requirements and design phases
  • Introduced risk-based testing to prioritize high-impact test cases and reduce test suite bloat
  • Built automated quality gates in CI/CD pipelines — zero deployments without passing test suites
  • Standardized test data management, environment provisioning, and defect triage workflows

📈 QA Strategy & Roadmap

Define and execute enterprise QA strategy aligned with business goals. Bridge the gap between engineering velocity and product quality.

  • Designed end-to-end QA strategies for SaaS platforms handling millions of transactions in Fintech
  • Created test automation roadmaps with quarterly milestones, ROI tracking, and stakeholder reporting
  • Established quality KPIs and dashboards — defect escape rate, test coverage, automation ratio, MTTR
  • Led QA transformation initiatives: from waterfall to Agile, from Selenium to Playwright, from manual to AI-augmented
  • Aligned QA priorities with product OKRs to ensure testing effort maps to business impact

🏆 Quality Culture & Advocacy

Quality is not a phase — it is a mindset. I embed quality thinking across product, engineering, and leadership teams.

  • Championed "quality is everyone's responsibility" culture across engineering organizations
  • Introduced AI-augmented testing practices — using Claude AI and MCP Server for intelligent test generation
  • Established cross-team quality guilds for sharing best practices, tools, and lessons learned
  • Drove adoption of accessibility testing, visual regression, and performance testing as standard practice
  • Published instructor on Udemy — training the next generation of QA automation engineers
🚀

The Result: Faster Releases, Fewer Defects, Stronger Teams

Across 18 years and multiple Fortune 500 engagements, my QA leadership has consistently delivered: shorter release cycles through automation, lower defect escape rates through shift-left practices, and stronger teams through mentorship and clear career paths. I don't just manage testing — I transform how organizations think about quality.

Enterprise Experience

Companies & Key Engagements

20+ years of career progression across enterprise organizations, from hands-on testing to managing 80+ engineer QA functions.

Jun 2023 — Present

Senior QA Manager

Tkxel — Lahore
  • Own the QA function for an 80+ engineer organisation across concurrent client programs
  • Authored organisation-wide QA policies, SDLC standards, and quality gates
  • Built multi-agent automation framework: Microsoft Playwright + Claude AI
  • Established AI-augmented testing practice across the function
  • Trained 400+ engineers on modern QA, automation, and AI-agent development
Dec 2018 — Jun 2023

Product Manager / QA Trainer

Kualitatem — Lahore
  • Built a Testing Center of Excellence for Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF), KSA
  • Defined QA operating model, test governance, and process standards
  • Trained 200+ resources across QA and automation disciplines
  • Developed KPIs tied to career development pathways
Aug 2015 — Dec 2018

Advisory SQA Engineer / Trainer

Visionet Systems (USA)
  • Clients: Revlon, Solenis, TransRe Reinsurance (NY), Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Managed distributed QA teams across China, Japan, and Africa
  • QA for data migration programs exceeding 9 million records
  • Coached 25-person client QA team (USA) + 22 offshore resources
2013 — 2015

SQA Manager / Senior SQA Analyst

iLead Integrated Solutions · East West Systems (USA)
  • Automated 500+ test scripts with Selenium, Cucumber, TestNG
  • Extensive ETL testing — data validation, warehouse testing
  • QA process design and SDLC standards ownership
2005 — 2012

QA Manager / Lead QA

SDSOL Technologies · AOS (BPO)
  • Managed and trained a 180-member QA and data-entry operation
  • European client delivery: Ascot Drummond, Giant Group
  • QA procedures, process improvements, performance measurement
Tech Stack

Technologies & Tools

The tools and technologies I work with daily to build robust, AI-powered testing solutions.

Microsoft Playwright Claude AI MCP Server Python TypeScript JavaScript Selenium API Testing REST / GraphQL GitHub Actions Jenkins Docker CI/CD Pipelines Page Object Model BDD / Cucumber Visual Regression Accessibility Testing SaaS Fintech Enterprise
Credentials

Certifications & Education

Industry-recognized certifications in AI, data governance, project management, and cloud technologies.

AI & Automation

Anthropic Building with the Claude API
Anthropic Introduction to Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Anthropic Introduction to Agent Skills
Anthropic Claude Code in Action

Quality, Data & Project Management

Informatica Data Governance Certified
Google Certified Project Manager
Google Certified Data Analytics
Google Certified Digital Marketing Professional
Google Certified Google Partner

Education

MBA MBA Executive (Marketing) — University of Central Punjab, Lahore
BSCS Software Engineering — University of South Asia, Lahore
Domain Expertise

9 Industry Domains

Deep QA experience across regulated, high-transaction, and enterprise environments.

Banking & Finance
Re-insurance
Health & Insurance
Retail & E-commerce
Telecom
Pharmacy
Real Estate
Security
Government
Featured Project

AI Augmented Testing Agent

My flagship project — an autonomous testing agent that generates, executes, and maintains tests using AI.

Built with Playwright + Claude AI + MCP Server

Autonomous AI Testing Agent

An intelligent testing agent that generates Playwright tests from natural language prompts, uses self-healing locators that automatically adapt to UI changes, and orchestrates test execution across multiple browsers — all powered by Claude AI through the Model Context Protocol.

Microsoft Playwright Claude AI MCP Server TypeScript Self-Healing Locators Autonomous Execution
Published Courses

28 Udemy Courses & Counting

Teaching Playwright, Claude AI, ETL testing, freelancing, GTM, and modern QA practices to thousands of students worldwide. Here are 6 featured courses:

Flagship

Playwright Automation Testing with Claude AI & MCP 2026

4.4 rating 96 ratings 418 students

Learn Playwright web automation testing in JavaScript — build self-healing E2E tests with Claude AI, MCP & AI agents.

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Top Rated

ETL Testing: From Beginners to Advance AI Course for QA 2026

4.4 rating 256 ratings 7 hrs

Data quality, data cleaning, ETL pipelines, and AI-powered testing for QA professionals entering the data engineering space.

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Claude AI

Claude AI for Data Analysis & Business Intelligence

5.0 rating 19 ratings 4.5 hrs

Analyze data, build dashboards & automate reports with Claude AI. Business intelligence for non-technical professionals.

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Freelancing

Freelance Software Testing 2026: Earn as a QA Freelancer

5.0 rating 6 ratings 3.5 hrs

Land freelance QA clients on Upwork & Fiverr — pricing, proposals, client management, and building a testing business.

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Claude AI

Claude AI for Beginners: Business, Marketing & Automation

4.5 rating 37 ratings 6 hrs

Master Claude AI, Plugins and Skills to build AI applications — business automation, marketing, and productivity.

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Analytics

Google Tag Manager (GTM) Training Course — Basic to Advance

4.6 rating 32 ratings 5.5 hrs

Google Tag Manager with Google Analytics 4 (GA4) — tracking, event setup, conversion measurement, and data layer.

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Available for Remote Opportunities

Open to Sr. QA Manager, AI Automation Engineer, and SDET Lead roles. Remote-first, async-friendly, timezone flexible.

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