Gagah Ghalistan

Senior Technical QA Engineer and SDET with experience building automation frameworks, leading QA initiatives, and improving software quality across web, API, mobile, performance, and AI-driven systems. I focus on scalable test strategy, reliable delivery pipelines, and helping teams raise engineering quality through practical process and tooling improvements.

Experiences

Sr. Technical QA Engineer

Scopic Software

Jul 2024 - Present

Massachusetts, USA

Developing an internal testing framework designed for company-wide adoption.
Implementing agentic support for the framework through prompt design, system prompts, and reusable agent skills.
Acting as QA Lead across two projects, coordinating quality efforts for teams of five to six contributors.
Performing manual testing across multiple projects, including AI-oriented testing workflows.
Delivering automation coverage across UI, API, mobile, and performance testing stacks.

Sr. Software Engineer in Test

Moladin Digital Indonesia

May 2022 - Aug 2024

Jakarta, Indonesia

Built an internal testing framework intended for use across the company engineering organization.
Defined and rolled out STLC standards to improve consistency in quality practices.
Mentored new hires and helped manual QA engineers transition into automation roles.
Tested an end-to-end fintech platform through structured manual validation.
Implemented automation for UI, API, and performance testing workflows.

Automation Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

Dec 2021 - May 2022

Jakarta, Indonesia

Worked on automation initiatives for an insurance client across multiple product areas.
Improved CI/CD automation runtime by 50%, reducing feedback time for engineering teams.
Delivered web, API, and mobile automation coverage.

Quality Assurance Engineer

WHIM Management Indonesia

Dec 2020 - Nov 2021

Jakarta, Indonesia

Joined as the first QA in the team and helped establish the initial quality function.
Defined QA processes and implemented feedback loops with product and engineering.
Handled manual testing across multiple products and release cycles.
Built UI automation and researched future API and performance testing approaches.

QA Engineer

Agate International

Apr 2019 - Mar 2020

Bandung, Indonesia

Developed an internal testing framework for mobile game testing.
Built a custom mobile device farm to support repeatable game testing workflows.
Researched automation strategies and workflows for mobile game development teams.

Laboratory Assistant

RPLGDC Laboratory, Telkom University

Dec 2018 - Dec 2019

Bandung, Indonesia

Led the game development division and shared engineering best practices with students.
Taught practical game development approaches using Unity, Phaser, and Unreal Engine.

Teaching Assistant

Telkom University

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

Bandung, Indonesia

Taught backend and frontend web development practices to university students.
Supported framework-based learning across PHP and Node.js ecosystems.

Educations

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

Finalist, BRI Hackathon 2020

Developed the backend for a crowdfunded aquaculture fintech application and finished as a finalist in Jakarta.

3rd Place, IMPACT Hackathon 2019

Built the backend system for a crowdfunded aquaculture fintech application at Telkom University.

1st Favorite, IMPACT Hackathon 2018

Worked as the Android developer on a marketplace product for Indonesian tailors.