Gagah Ghalistan

Senior QA leader with experience building internal testing frameworks, leading cross-functional quality initiatives, and shaping scalable QA practices across teams. Proven track record of driving quality strategy, mentoring engineers, and improving delivery confidence in fast-paced product environments.

Experiences

Senior Technical QA Engineer

Scopic Software

Jul 2024 - Present

Lead the architecture and development of an internal testing framework designed for company-wide adoption.
Selected Playwright as the framework foundation and extended it into a unified solution for UI and API testing.
Built framework capabilities including schema validation, code generation, AI-assisted test generation, and CI/CD integration.
Served as QA Lead for both the framework initiative and a user-facing pilot project, defining direction, coordinating QA execution, and reporting progress to leadership.

Senior Software Engineer in Test

Moladin Digital Indonesia

May 2022 - Aug 2024

Worked across end-to-end fintech systems spanning loan origination, loan management, and compliance-focused integrations.
Initiated the transition from manual testing to automation for business-critical workflows, evolving the effort into a generalized internal testing framework adopted across the company.
Defined and rolled out updated QA workflows covering specification clarification, test design, validation, and environment-specific execution strategy.
Drove adoption of the new STLC and automation practices through workshops, mentoring, and support for QA hiring and upskilling.

Automation Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

Dec 2021 - May 2022

Built UI and API automation for a major insurance client.
Led a Playwright-based redesign of web automation while preserving the team's existing Robot Framework workflow.
Reduced automation execution time by approximately 50%.

Quality Assurance Engineer

WHIM Management Indonesia

Dec 2020 - Nov 2021

Joined as the first QA engineer in a startup environment supporting e-commerce, streaming, and web platform projects.
Owned end-to-end testing activities across projects and helped shape early QA practices.

QA Engineer

Agate International

Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

Researched and developed automation strategies for mobile game testing.
Built a testing framework combining Airtest, Unity-based test instrumentation, and an on-premise device farm.

Laboratory Assistant

RPLGDC Laboratory, Telkom University

Dec 2018 - Dec 2019

Led the game development division within the laboratory, sharing engineering and game development practices across Unity, Phaser, and Unreal Engine.

Teaching Assistant

Telkom University

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

Taught web development fundamentals, supporting students in backend and frontend development using PHP and Node.js based frameworks.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Telkom University

Aug 2016 - Aug 2020

Bandung, Indonesia

Graduated with honors from the Faculty of Informatics, specializing in software engineering. Thesis: "Automatic Detailed Formal Testing Tools for Mobile Game Applications".

Achievements

BRI Hackathon 2020

Finalist

Built backend systems for a crowdfunded aquaculture fintech application.

IMPACT Hackathon 2019

3rd Place

Built backend systems for a crowdfunded aquaculture fintech application.

IMPACT Hackathon 2018

1st Favorite

Contributed as Android developer for a marketplace platform for Indonesian tailors.