🟢 Available for QA Leadership Roles

Ritesh
Solanki

Quality Engineering Leader — I build QA from 0→1 for mobile startups & web products. Turning chaos into process, and bugs into zero.

15+ Years Experience
<1% Prod Defect Leakage
50M+ Users Served
35% Defect Reduction
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About Me

QA is a System,
Not Just Testing

Hi, I'm Ritesh Solanki — a Quality Engineering Leader with 15+ years of experience building and scaling QA practices across Mobile, Web, and API platforms.

I've led quality initiatives for Truecaller (50M+ monthly active users) and Sixer by Dream Sports Group, consistently maintaining less than 1% production defect leakage — even at a pace of weekly releases.

My approach to QA goes beyond finding bugs. I focus on building systems — from establishing end-to-end QA processes and defect tracking pipelines, to mentoring high-performing teams and aligning quality goals with business outcomes.

I've built QA teams from the ground up (15+ engineers), reduced defect leakage by 35%, and improved release cycles by 20%. I'm deeply passionate about the intersection of AI and Quality Engineering — leveraging GenAI tools to accelerate test case generation, automate documentation, and improve regression planning — boosting test design productivity by nearly 40%.

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Built QA from Scratch

Established complete QA processes for mobile startups, architecting defect tracking systems and agile practices from zero.

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Mobile & Web Specialist

Expert in Android & iOS testing across n to n-4 OS versions, plus full-stack web and API validation workflows.

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AI-Augmented QA

Leveraging GenAI for test case generation, edge-case discovery, and release documentation — boosting productivity by ~40%.

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Startup DNA

Proven track record at high-growth products with weekly release cadences and aggressive quality targets under real business pressure.

Work History

15 Years of
Shipping Quality

Lead QA Engineer
🏏 Sixer — Dream Sports Group
Feb 2025 – Present
  • Built end-to-end QA from the ground up with a custom defect tracking system on Notion
  • Delivered 14 production releases (6 major launches) with <1% defect leakage
  • Validated data accuracy at scale via SQL — transactions, rewards & financial flows
  • API ↔ DB consistency validation ensuring true end-to-end reliability
  • Leveraged Postman, Mixpanel & Hasura for API testing & production monitoring
  • Integrated AI tools to accelerate test case creation & documentation workflows
  • Mentored QA engineers, boosting sprint quality metrics consistently
  • Partnered with Product, Engineering & Analytics across the full SDLC
Manager, Quality Engineering
⚡ SDET Technologies
Sep 2022 – Feb 2025
  • Built and scaled QA team from scratch to 15+ engineers
  • Reduced defect leakage by 35% and improved release cycle by 20%
  • Established SDET as the primary QA vendor for key client accounts
  • Owned test strategy, estimation & delivery planning across projects
  • Led agile execution — stand-ups, retrospectives & cross-team collaboration
  • Conducted monthly quality reviews aligned to business goals
Team Lead, QA (via Qualitest)
📱 Truecaller
May 2018 – Sep 2022
  • Led 13-engineer QA team for a 50M+ MAU global mobile app
  • Maintained weekly release cadence across Android & iOS ecosystems
  • Managed device coverage across n to n-4 major OS versions
  • Drove weekly bug triage with stakeholders for critical issue resolution
  • Defined QA strategies, test plans & execution frameworks
  • Won "WOW Award" for logging high-severity production bugs
Sr. Software Engineer → Software Engineer
🧩 QA InfoTech
Apr 2009 – Sep 2018
  • Designed robust test plans for large-scale product features
  • Executed E2E, Regression, Integration & CI/CD validation testing
  • Reduced regression cycles by 30% through structured test case reuse
  • Owned defect lifecycle management via JIRA
  • Ran Selenium WebDriver regression across Chrome & Firefox
  • Mentored junior engineers on test design & QA best practices
Skills

Full-Stack QA
Capability

🎯 Leadership
QA from 0→1 Team Building Test Strategy Release Management Risk-Based Testing Mentorship Agile / Scrum
📱 Testing
Mobile (Android & iOS) Web Applications API Testing E2E Testing Regression Integration Testing CI/CD Validation
🛠 Tools
Postman JIRA Notion Mixpanel Hasura Jenkins Selenium
🗄️ Data & Backend
SQL API ↔ DB Validation Transaction Testing Data Accuracy Financial Flow QA
⚙️ Process
SDLC & STLC Defect Lifecycle Test Planning QA Estimation Automation Strategy
🏆 Achievements
Best Mentor Award WOW Award — Truecaller 3× Spot Bonus 35% Defect Reduction 40% Productivity Boost

🤖 AI & GenAI in Quality Engineering

  • Intelligent test case generation & edge-case identification
  • AI-powered API negative scenario & boundary validation
  • Automated release notes & structured QA documentation
  • ~40% improvement in test design productivity
  • AI-driven risk identification for regression planning
  • Reducing manual effort through workflow automation
Blog

Thoughts on
Quality Engineering

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Process

How to Build a QA Process from 0→1 at a Mobile Startup

A step-by-step guide to setting up end-to-end quality engineering at a high-growth startup with no existing QA infrastructure.

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AI in QA

Boosting Test Design by 40% with GenAI — My Workflow

How I use large language models to generate test cases, identify edge cases, and automate documentation for weekly releases.

Coming Soon →
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Mobile Testing

Maintaining <1% Bug Leakage at 1 Release/Week — Lessons from Truecaller

The strategies, triage rituals, and device matrix management that kept a 50M-user app defect-free at weekly cadence.

Coming Soon →

Let's Build
Quality Together

Looking for someone to set up your QA process from scratch, lead a quality team, or bring strategic testing to your mobile or web product? Let's talk.

📍 Noida, India — Open to remote & hybrid opportunities