Enterprise quality strategy
Define and execute quality strategy aligned with product, technology, business and delivery objectives.
About
Kailash PathakHe / Him
Technical Manager, Product Development 3Pillar (3Pillar.ai) Delhi, India
Quality engineering and automation leader with 20+ years across quality strategy, automation architecture, engineering leadership and delivery transformation. Hands-on with Playwright/TypeScript, Cypress/JavaScript, Selenium/Java and Karate DSL — now building AI-enabled quality engineering: AI agents for test generation, visual and API coverage.
- Microsoft® MVP 2026
- AI-Driven Test Automation
- LinkedIn Top Voice — Quality Assurance
- DZone CORE Member
- Cypress.io Ambassador
- Applitools Ambassador
Speaker & Author
AI-Powered Test Automation
- 20+Years in QA
- 25+Conference sessions
- 8Countries reached
- 2Books published
- 120+Technical articles
Recognition & certifications
Independently recognised, not self-declared
- Microsoft® MVP — 2026AI-Driven Test Automation
- LinkedIn Top VoiceQuality Assurance
- DZoneCORE member & expert author
- Cypress.ioAmbassador
- ApplitoolsAmbassador
- Published authorTwo Playwright books, BPB
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
PMI-ACP®
ITIL® Foundation
PRINCE2 Practitioner®
ISTQB Certified Tester — Foundation
Education
- Master of Computer Applications (MCA)U.P. Technical University, Lucknow, India
- B.Sc. MathematicsM.D. University, Rohtak, India
Awards & recognition
All awarded at 3Pillar (3Pillar.ai)
- OneTeam Award2021
- Agility Award2016
- Smart Risk Taker Award2016
- Smart Risk Taker Award2015
- Going the Extra Mile Award2015 – 2019
What I do
Testing, end to end
The practice areas I own, lead and teach — and the stack I reach for.
Automation architecture
Own the framework, standards and reusable components, and evolve them across multiple concurrent programmes.
AI-enabled quality engineering
Playwright Agent and purpose-built AI agents for test generation, visual and API coverage, analysis and self-healing.
End-to-end & UI automation
Reliable, parallel suites in Playwright/TypeScript and Cypress/JavaScript, fast enough to gate every commit.
API & backend testing
Karate DSL, REST Assured and REST service validation woven into the same strategy as the UI suite.
Visual & accessibility testing
Pixel and layout diffing plus WCAG checks in the pipeline, catching the regressions functional assertions miss.
CI/CD quality gates
Pipelines, environments, flake budgets and the reporting that lets a team actually trust a green build.
Risk-based testing
Target coverage where failure actually costs, with measurable regression scope and release-readiness signals.
Team & portfolio leadership
Lead distributed teams of up to 15 across concurrent projects, with clear delivery and quality accountability.
Automation
PlaywrightPlaywright AgentCypressSeleniumCucumber BDD
Languages
TypeScriptJavaScriptJavaPython
API testing
Karate DSLREST AssuredREST APIs
CI/CD & cloud
GitHubGitLabTeamCityAzure PipelinesGoogle Cloud
Cloud testing
BrowserStackLambdaTestApplitools
Specialised testing
Visual regressionAccessibilityMobileEnd-to-end
Test management
JiraHP QC / ALM
Methods
AgileSDLC / STLCRisk-based testingQuality governance
Domain experience
HealthcareData centre & infrastructure
AI-based applicationsEducation
ERPTelecom
Speaking
On stage in 8 countries
Conferences, keynotes, webinars and hands-on workshops on Playwright, AI-driven and autonomous test automation.
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Nov2026Upcoming
Testing Day Argentina 2026
Building Agentic Self-Healing Frameworks using AI & Playwright
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Oct2026Upcoming
17th International TestIstanbul Conference
Building Scalable Autonomous Test Suites with Playwright & AI
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Jul2026Speaker
ConfQ 2026 — Engineering Quality That Lasts
Beyond Script — rethinking test design for an AI-driven era
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Jun2026Speaker
BrowserStack Live Webinar
AI Agents and the Future of Test Automation
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May2026Workshop
SLASSCOM Quality Summit 2026
Autonomous Testing Workshop — self-healing frameworks with AI & Playwright
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Dec2025Keynote
ANST Conference 2025 — Assoc. of Nigeria Software Testers
Revolutionise Your Playwright Tests with AI-Driven Planning, Generation & Self-Healing
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Nov2025Speaker
Global Testing Retreat 2025 — Agile Testing Alliance
Build AI Agents to Speed Up UI & API Testing with Playwright MCP
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May2025Speaker
Colombo Test Automation Conference 2025
Playwright MCP & AI-Powered Agents — self-healing, adaptive browser automation
Published work
Two books on Playwright
Written for practising engineers — project-driven, not reference-manual. Published by BPB.
Writing & community
120+ articles, and counting
Long-form, code-first writing on Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, API testing and AI in QA — across Medium, DZone and my own blog.
120+
Technical blogs published
Step-by-step guides with runnable code, on Medium, DZone and qaautomationlabs.com.
Read the blogDZone
CORE member
Invited contributor to one of the largest developer publications.
See DZone articlesMedium
Playwright & AI deep-dives
Longer essays on agentic testing, MCP and where automation is heading.
Read on Medium25+
Conference sessions
Talks, keynotes and hands-on workshops delivered across 8 countries.
See the listWhat people say
Feedback from the community
Thank you for your impeccable writing, bringing clarity to the intricate world of software testing. Your words make complex concepts accessible and empower us all to ensure quality in our software creations.
Reader, QA Automation Labs
My favourite way of sharing techie stuff — step-by-step guides loaded with the right screenshots. Extremely helpful. Great work, Kailash Pathak.
QA engineer
Thanks for sharing your insights with our community.
Developer publication
Built for the community
Three free practice environments
No login, no paywall. Real apps I built and maintain so engineers have something honest to automate against.
E-commerce
Shop
85 products, cart and checkout — automate a full purchase journey with stable locators.
Open shop Widget labTesting Tools
15 hands-on widgets with a built-in Playwright / Selenium / Cypress locator inspector.
Open tools REST sandboxAPI Playground
A working mock REST API with auth, pagination and error cases to write real API tests against.
Open APILet’s talk
Hiring, speaking, or building a QA practice
Open to conversations about quality-engineering leadership, conference talks, workshops and mentoring. I usually reply within one or two working days.