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The Test Tribe 50th Bangalore Meetup

21st February 2026
10:30 AM - 01:30 PM IST

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21st February 2026
10:30 AM - 01:30 PM IST

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Hinge Health India Private Limited
3rd Floor, IndiQube Sapphire, St Mark's Rd, Srinivas Nagar, Shanthala Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001

The Cognitive QA Stack: Reasoning Agents & Visual Intelligence

Quality Assurance is undergoing a paradigm shift from manual execution and brittle scripting to cognitive orchestration. In this session, we unveil Hinge Health’s “Cognitive QA Stack,” designed to close the loop between intelligent planning and autonomous execution. We will introduce QE-GPT, a reasoning engine powered by structured RAG workflows that “thinks” like a strategist—transforming raw Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) into comprehensive test plans with high fidelity.

Complementing this, we will present Sentinel AI, our visionary mobile agent that “acts” like a human user. By combining Large Language Models with Computer Vision, Sentinel executes tests using natural language commands (e.g., “tap the blue button”), completely eliminating the need for brittle code-based locators. Together, these agents demonstrate how we are moving beyond simple prompts to build resilient, self-reasoning quality systems.

Key Takeaways

1. Architecting “Thinking” Agents: Learn how we moved beyond chatbots to build QE-GPT, utilizing structured RAG and graph-based orchestration (LangGraph) to turn ambiguous requirements into actionable, high-fidelity test artifacts.

2. The End of Fragile Locators: Discover Sentinel AI, our “Acting” agent that uses visual intelligence to execute mobile automation through plain English, solving the “maintenance nightmare” of traditional scripts.

3. From Prompts to Pipelines: Understand the engineering reality of the QE-GPT Service—moving from one-shot prompts to building autonomous workflows that can reason, plan, and execute complex tasks without constant human intervention.

Session 1

Manik Dahiya

SDET II Hinge Health

SDET @ Hinge Health | Ex-Wingify/VWO

Script-Writer to Quality Architect: A Survival Guide for the AI Era

For years, the testing industry has focused on “scripting” as the pinnacle of automation. However, we have entered an era where AI can generate boilerplate code, write test scripts, and even suggest assertions in seconds. This shift has created a “value vacuum”—if a machine can write the code, what is the role of the human tester? The reality is that we are moving away from being “tool operators” and toward becoming Quality Architects.

This session explores the critical transition from focusing on how to automate a test case to how to design a testable, resilient ecosystem. We will dive into the “2026 Skill Stack,” shifting our focus from maintaining brittle scripts to orchestrating AI-driven workflows, observability-led testing, and designing for testability. It is a roadmap for any tester—from fresher to lead—who wants to stop being a “checker” and start being a strategic architect of quality.

Key Takeaways

1. The “Value Pivot”: Understand why traditional script-writing is becoming a commodity and how to transition your focus toward Testability Architecture and AI Orchestration.

2. The 2026 Skill Stack: A clear identification of the high-value skills AI cannot replicate, including Risk Modeling, Observability, and Ethical AI Bias auditing.

3. Escaping the Maintenance Trap: Practical strategies to move from “fixing broken tests” to “building self-healing quality gates” using modern agentic workflows.

4. Personal Career Roadmap: A step-by-step guide to evolving your role from a QA Engineer to a Quality Architect within your organization.

Session 2

Rajesh Pandey

Manager - QE & Test Automation MHP - A Porsche Company

“My mission is to transform traditional QA into high-velocity, architected Quality Engineering organizations that thrive, not just survive, in the age of AI.”
Rajesh is a distinguished seasoned Engineering Quality leader with experience of driving excellence across the software development lifecycle. Having evolved from a Test Engineer and Lead into a Solution Architect and CoE Manager, he brings a unique, 360-degree perspective on scaling quality in the AI era.
He specializes in defining comprehensive Test Strategy, Test Planning, and Test Management frameworks that ensure predictable outcomes in complex on-prem and cloud (AWS/Azure) environments. Rajesh is a veteran of SAP (S/4HANA, Ariba, Fiori) migrations and Oracle / Salesforce landscapes, with deep contributions to automation acceleration and maturity uplift.
A hands-on technical visionary, Rajesh drives end-to-end automation at scale, integrating modern tools like Playwright, Cypress, and Selenium alongside enterprise staples such as Tosca, Worksoft, and UFT.
Rajesh is dedicated to transforming traditional QA into high-velocity Quality Engineering organizations, helping teams move beyond simple scripting toward resilient, architected quality solutions.”

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