Hi, I'm Hari Roka
Building resilient, zero-defect software ecosystems through intelligent automation, shift-left testing, and high-performance quality leadership.
Engineering Quality That Scales With Your Business
Over 9+ years of bridging complex software requirements with robust automated test suites, compliance verification, and high-velocity engineering delivery.
I am a senior Software Quality Assurance Leader and Test Automation Architect with a decade of expertise in transforming QA organizations across Australia, North America, and Asia. My career has been defined by one core objective: ensuring enterprise software is fast, secure, zero-defect, and resilient under pressure.
Having led QA engineering for high-stakes FinTech remittance engines, identity verification OCR systems, legal E-Discovery platforms, and commodity energy risk portals, I bring deep domain knowledge in both automated and manual test strategies. I don't just execute test cases—I design modern Playwright & Selenium frameworks integrated directly into CI/CD build gates.
As a quality leader, I foster collaborative environments where developers, product owners, and QA engineers share accountability for quality. From mentoring junior testers to advising C-level stakeholders on shift-left risk strategies, I ensure every release inspires confidence.
Test Automation & Strategy
FinTech, eKYC, E-Discovery
Zero-Defect Philosophy
Transforming quality from a reactive post-build bottleneck into a proactive engineering standard across all development phases.
Test Automation Architecture
Architecting resilient Playwright, Selenium, and Postman frameworks integrated seamlessly into daily CI/CD pipeline runs.
Shift-Left QA Culture
Engaging early in architecture design, requirements definition, and unit test strategies to stop bugs before code reaches staging.
Engineering Leadership
Mentoring QA teams, facilitating defect triage, and bridging communications between product managers, developers, and executives.
Track Record of Quality Leadership & Engineering Impact
9+ years of progressive roles spanning Australian FinTechs, US tech consulting, and international software engineering enterprises.
Quality Assurance Test Lead
Spearheading end-to-end quality assurance strategies for Australian digital lending & financial technology platforms, encompassing high-concurrency web apps, microservices, and native mobile platforms.
Measurable Business Impact
Accelerated release velocity by 3x while mitigating production defect risks for financial loan processing.
Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
- Architecting and executing risk-based test plans, E2E regression suites, and multi-tier test documentation for core lending engines.
- Driving Playwright and Postman test automation initiatives integrated into daily CI/CD deployment gates.
- Facilitating cross-functional Agile workflows between Product Managers, DevOps, Mobile Developers, and Executive Stakeholders.
- Managing complete defect lifecycles in Jira, establishing root-cause-analysis standards, and conducting release readiness audits.
- Orchestrating staging and production deployment verification to ensure 100% compliance with financial privacy regulations.
Major Accomplishments
Technologies & Tools Utilized
High-Impact QA Engineering & Automation Case Studies
Explore how I architected automation pipelines, validated critical financial algorithms, and guaranteed zero-defect deployments for enterprise software.
FinTech Multi-Currency Remittance Platform (MMP & M1Remit)
Enterprise FinTech Payment & Remittance QA Architecture
An enterprise-grade cross-border remittance and mobile payment platform enabling instant money transfers, real-time FX rate conversions, and bank payouts across Southeast Asia and Australia.
EremitPay EKYC & Biometric OCR Verification Engine
AI-Powered Identity & Document Verification QA
An automated eKYC verification platform utilizing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and facial biometric matching for user identity verification in compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) standards.
Enterprise Playwright Automation Framework Engine
Reusable, CI/CD Integrated Automation Architecture
A modular, scalable test automation framework built with Playwright and TypeScript designed to provide plug-and-play E2E and API testing capabilities across multi-tenant web applications.
VenioOne Legal E-Discovery & Big Data Processing System
High-Throughput Enterprise Document QA Strategy
A specialized e-discovery platform used by law firms and corporations for ingesting, indexing, searching, and reviewing millions of electronic documents and legal evidence records.
TRMTracker Energy Risk Management System
Commodity Trading & Financial Risk Modeling QA
An enterprise risk management platform for physical and financial trading of energy commodities including crude oil, natural gas, coal, and renewable energy certificates.
Full-Stack Quality Engineering Capabilities
A multi-faceted toolbelt covering test automation architecture, API validation, performance profiling, and engineering team leadership.
Automation Testing & Architecture
Designing scalable, maintainable test automation frameworks for Web, API, and Mobile ecosystems.
API & Microservices Testing
Validating RESTful APIs, GraphQL endpoints, authorization, and payload security.
Performance & Security QA
Stress testing server endpoints, detecting memory leaks, and ensuring vulnerability compliance.
Mobile & Cross-Platform QA
Testing native and hybrid iOS/Android applications across fragmentation matrices.
CI/CD & DevOps Integration
Embedding automated quality gates into continuous integration & delivery pipelines.
Leadership & Test Governance
Leading QA teams, establishing quality metrics, defect triage, and stakeholder alignment.
Core Pillars of Enterprise Software Quality
A disciplined, end-to-end framework engineered to maximize test coverage, eliminate production downtime, and accelerate feature delivery.
Test Strategy & Governance
Establishing end-to-end quality roadmaps, risk-based testing matrices, and traceability standards for enterprise software releases.
Automation Architecture
Designing modular, low-maintenance Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium automation suites with robust POM patterns.
API & Microservices Automation
Automating RESTful API workflows, payload schema assertions, multi-stage authentication, and contract testing.
Shift-Left Testing & Unit Adoption
Embedding quality practices early in the SDLC, collaborating with developers on unit test coverage and API contracts.
Performance & Load Engineering
Simulating thousands of concurrent user interactions with JMeter to identify microservice bottlenecks and memory leaks.
CI/CD Quality Gates
Integrating headless test runs into GitHub Actions and Jenkins pipelines to prevent regression leaks into staging/prod.
Technologies & Testing Arsenal
Battle-tested technologies and enterprise QA tools leveraged across production environments.
Playwright
AutomationSelenium
AutomationCypress
AutomationAppium
AutomationPostman
API TestingApache JMeter
PerformanceJenkins
CI/CDGitHub Actions
CI/CDDocker
DevOpsJira
ManagementConfluence
ManagementGit / GitHub
Version ControlNUnit
FrameworkTestNG
FrameworkBrowserStack
Cloud TestingMySQL / SQL
DatabaseJavaScript
LanguageTypeScript
LanguagePython
LanguageVS Code
IDEIntelliJ IDEA
IDECertifications & Academic Background
Verified credentials in secure coding, SQL engineering, PMO governance, and software quality management.
Secure Coding Certification
Cybrary
Verified Credential
SQL & Database Administration
SoloLearn
Verified Credential
HTML & Web Design Certification
SoloLearn
Verified Credential
PMO Global Institute Professional Membership
PMO Global Institute
Verified Certificate ID: 81595
Advanced Quality Assurance Training
Broadway Infosys Nepal
Professional Diploma
Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)
Dr. C.V. Raman University
Bilaspur (C.G), India
Accredited with Grade 'A' by NAAC, ISO 9001:2008 Certified, ranked in Top 30 Engineering & Computer Application Institutions.
Let's Build Reliable Software Together
Whether you are looking for a Lead QA Engineer, Test Automation Architect, or Quality Engineering Consultant—I'm open for remote, international, and high-impact roles.
Available for Remote, International Leadership & Consulting Roles