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Anton Michael Jerald J
Automation Manager · Quality Engineering Leader · AI-Driven QE

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17 years in software quality engineering, 7+ in engineering management

all systems building — open to new opportunities
17 yrsin quality engineering
750+automated tests shipped
75%faster regression cycle
4,000concurrent users load-tested

summary

Quality is a design decision, not a gate

I build and run automation-first QA organizations for SaaS and cloud products — architecting the frameworks, wiring the CI/CD quality gates, and now leading AI-assisted testing so releases move faster without releases getting riskier. I stay hands-on with framework architecture and self-healing automation while growing the engineers around me, and I work closely with Engineering, Product, UX and DevOps so quality shows up as a product strength rather than a checkpoint at the end.

competencies

What I bring to a team

leadership
QE StrategyEngineering Management Team Building & MentoringHiring Executive CommunicationAgile Delivery
automation architecture
Framework ArchitectureSelenium PlaywrightAppium REST AssuredPostman TestNGJUnit CucumberMicroservices Testing
AI-assisted QE
Self-Healing AutomationAI-Assisted Triage & RCA Prompt EngineeringAI Workflow Validation
performance & devops
Apache JMeterCI/CD Integration GitHub ActionsShift-Left Testing
programming
JavaTypeScript

experience

Build history

Quality Engineering Manager RELQ Technologies
Apr 2026 – Jul 2026 · Remote, India
  • Engaged as client-facing automation lead for a U.S. public-sector HR platform, delivering automation test reporting and status updates for the engagement.
Quality Assurance Manager Dialpad Services Pvt. Ltd.
Feb 2022 – Mar 2026 · Bangalore, India
  • Built and led a 10-engineer automation QA organization from the ground up, owning UI, API, and performance quality strategy for a SaaS communications platform.
  • Architected a centralized automation framework to 500+ UI/API tests, cutting regression time 75% (16 hrs → 4 hrs) and BVT time 83% (1.5 hrs → 25 min).
  • Served as Agentic AI QA DRI, defining and rolling out the org's AI-assisted quality engineering strategy and validation frameworks for AI-powered product workflows.
  • Architected self-healing test automation with Healenium, cutting locator maintenance and improving automation stability across releases.
  • Led performance testing for a 400-office, 4,000-user simulation, lifting throughput from ~4 TPS to ~6 TPS through targeted optimization.
  • Hired, mentored, and grew the 10-engineer team, embedding automation-first and shift-left practices into engineering culture.
QA Automation Lead Insticator Inc.
Sep 2019 – Jan 2022 · Remote, India
  • Owned QA delivery across UI, API, and performance testing for bi-weekly releases, building a 250+ test case automation framework from scratch.
  • Hired, mentored, and led a team of 5 QA engineers, establishing regression and release-readiness processes.
  • Automated REST API test coverage, materially reducing the production defect escape rate.
  • Ran performance and scalability testing programs with JMeter to validate release readiness.
QA Automation Manager Sirahu Technologies
Mar 2017 – Sep 2019 · Madurai, India
  • Promoted from Contractor to QA Automation Manager on the strength of delivery and technical leadership.
  • Led and mentored 10+ QA and automation engineers across multiple enterprise clients.
  • Built UI and API automation frameworks from scratch and established CI/CD quality governance standards, cutting manual regression effort org-wide.
Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.
May 2016 – Feb 2017 · Bengaluru, India
  • Contributed as an individual contributor on Oracle Cloud applications, building automation that strengthened regression coverage and release quality.
Automation Test Lead Quadrant 4 System Corporation
Jul 2012 – May 2016 · Madurai, India
  • Led a QA team and developed automation suites supporting stable, predictable releases.
Early career
Jun 2009 – Jul 2012 · Chennai / Madurai, India
Software Engineer, Lavazza India — developed ERP modules using Java (Struts, JSP, SQL Server).
Software Developer, Server Clones India Pvt. Ltd. — built a billing application using JavaFX and MySQL.

awards & education

Recognition & background

award
2× Engineering Hackathon Award, QA Category
Dialpad
education
Master of Computer Applications
St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli — Jun 2009

contact

Let's talk

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