Danish Ali

Senior QA Automation Engineer | AI-Powered Testing Specialist
Toronto (GTA) • 📧 syeddanishdev@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/syeddanishdev • github.com/syeddanishdev

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Professional Summary

Senior QA Engineer with 10+ years turning manual testing pain into AI-accelerated, self-maintaining automation.
Specialised in Playwright + Generative AI (Google Gemini) to auto-generate and self-heal E2E tests from plain English.
Ex-Unity + ServiceTitan. 3× published VR/UX researcher (QoMEX 2020). Open-source contributor with projects used by 500+ testers.

Danish Ali

QA Engineer | AI-Powered Test Automation Specialist
Pickering / Greater Toronto Area • (647) 833-9990 • syeddanishdev@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/syeddanishdev • github.com/syeddanishdev

Profile

QA Engineer with 10+ years across fintech, gaming, and telecom. Currently building AI-driven Playwright frameworks that auto-generate and self-hepair tests using Google Gemini. Proven track record reducing regression time and post-release defects at ServiceTitan and Unity. 3× published VR/UX researcher (QoMEX 2020).

Technical Skills

• Automation: Playwright (expert), TypeScript, AI test generation (Gemini 1.5 Flash), Appium
• API & Performance: Postman, SoapUI, k6, Charles Proxy, Unity Profiler
• Tools & CI/CD: GitHub Actions (expert), TestRail, Jira, Jenkins, GitLab CI
• Domains: Web, Mobile (iOS/Android), Game Engines (Unity), VR/AR

Professional Experience

ServiceTitan Technologies – Toronto, Canada
QA Engineer → March 2024 – Present

• Designed and shipped open-source AI tool (ai-playwright-genAI) that converts plain-English scenarios into production Playwright tests using Google Gemini
• Built and maintain Playwright automation suite integrated with GitHub Actions, cutting manual regression effort by 70%
• Reduced post-release defects 25% through tighter shift-left practices and pipeline monitoring
• Own functional, regression, and API testing for scheduling, dispatch, and invoicing modules

Unity Technologies
QA Engineer → June 2021 – March 2024

• Delivered Playwright + internal framework automation for Unity Play and Struckd (web + mobile game platform)
• Performed deep performance testing with Unity Profiler; caught memory leaks and frame-rate drops affecting 60%+ of Android devices
• Standardized automation practices and mentored team members on modern E2E testing

T-Mobile Telekom Innovation Laboratories – Germany
QA Tester → October 2018 – May 2021

• Tested 5G mobile apps and VR/AR prototypes in fast research cycles
• Reduced regression effort 50% by introducing early automation in sprint zero

Raptor Interactive
QA Analyst → March 2015 – April 2017

• Prevented revenue loss by catching critical in-app purchase bug 48h before launch
• Automated smoke and compatibility tests with Appium across 50+ Android devices

SATISTRUM
Jr QA Tester → January 2014 – February 2015

• First exposure to structured testing and defect tracking; proposed automation that became team standard

Open Source & AI Testing Projects (github.com/syeddanishdev)

• ai-playwright-genAI → 1st public tool that turns “As a user I want to login” into full Playwright + TypeScript test using Gemini
• ai-playwright-demo → Zero-manual-selector E2E framework with 100% coverage on OpenCart
• All projects include GitHub Actions, TestRail sync, video reports

Research & Publications (QoMEX 2020 – IEEE)

• “Influence of Hand Tracking as a way of Interaction in Virtual Reality on User Experience”
• “Comparing emotional states induced by 360° videos via HMD vs screen”
• “User Experience of Reading in Virtual Reality – Text Distance, Size and Contrast”

Education

Master of Science in Computer Science → Technische Universität Berlin → 2017–2021
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science → NCBA&E Lahore → 2010–2014

Languages: English (native), German (basic)