Adam Kelm

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About Adam Kelm

I'm a Senior SDET with 10+ years architecting test automation infrastructure for high-scale fintech and e-commerce systems. In my current role at Finvi, I reduced manual testing by 98% and boosted release velocity by 95%, enabling daily releases for a platform serving 500+ financial institutions.I specialize in building modern test frameworks that scale. At Kroger, I designed an Android automation framework from scratch that achieved 95% test coverage and reduced critical bugs by 80% for a mobile commerce platform serving 60M+ customers. I've architected API testing strategies using REST Assured, Postman, and Playwright, with each integrated into CI/CD pipelines, reducing regression testing from hours to minutes.I'm at the forefront of AI-assisted test automation. I recently leveraged AI development tools to convert a 160-test Python suite to TypeScript in just two weeks (traditional approach: 8+ weeks), but the key wasn't just using AI tools, but also establishing quality validation gates to ensure AI-generated code met our production standards. This demonstrated 8x productivity improvement while setting organizational standards for responsible AI adoption in testing.My technical expertise spans UI automation (Playwright, Selenium, Appium), performance testing (k6, Locust), API testing (REST Assured, Postman), and test infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions). I work across the full stack, from mobile to microservices to backend validation.Beyond technical delivery, I drive quality culture. I've led TDD adoption initiatives that reduced post-release defects by 40%, mentored cross-functional teams to increase code coverage from 60% to 85%, and established testing standards across distributed engineering organizations.I'm particularly interested in how AI can accelerate testing workflows while maintaining rigorous quality standards, and I actively evaluate emerging frameworks and tools to stay at the forefront of the industry.Technologies: Playwright, TypeScript, Python, JavaScript, Java, k6, Selenium, REST Assured, Postman, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Microservices, AWS, AzureOpen to connecting with engineers, leaders, and teams who are passionate about quality, automation, and building reliable software at scale.Portfolio: github.com/adamkelm