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Capital Markets · BFSI

Sagar Sankhe

Deputy Manager — Quality AssuranceCapital Markets & BFSI Fintech · 8+ Years

8+ years of QA expertise in BFSI and capital markets fintech, delivering zero-defect production releases across trading and non-trading platforms (Mobile, Web, EXE). Deep domain knowledge in Equity, F&O, Currency and Commodities — including OMS, RMS, BOD files and multi-exchange risk validation. ISTQB CTFL v4.0 certified and creator of QA Forge.

Mumbai, India · Deputy Manager, Quality Assurance, JM Financial Services Limited

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8+ years · 5 trading platforms · 0 critical defects leaked

By the numbers

01Eight years of measurable release quality

Coverage across the full order lifecycle — placement, modification, cancellation, margin and risk checks, BOD/EOD processing and multi-exchange sync.

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Years Experience

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Test Cases Executed

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Bugs Reported

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Successful Releases

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Projects Delivered

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Capital Market Modules

Professional timeline

02Where the releases shipped

Three broking and fintech firms, one throughline: audit-ready QA for systems that move real money.

  1. Deputy Manager, Quality Assurance

    JM Financial Services Limited · Andheri, Mumbai

    Feb 2025 — Aug 2026

    Responsibilities

    • Own end-to-end QA sign-off for the JM Pro Trading Platform across Mobile, Web and Blink Trade EXE.
    • Author structured test coverage for order lifecycle matrices, Default Order Settings, IPO, Stock Pledge and MTF Pledge.
    • Drive BOD sanity checklists and release readiness across Product, Business and Support.

    Achievements

    • 25+ production releases with zero critical post-release defects.
    • 880+ structured test cases authored and maintained.
    • QA sign-off contribution that secured exchange approval for Blink Trade EXE across all segments.
    JIRAPostmanSQLJenkinsAdmin-NESTJMeterClaude AI
  2. Quality Engineer II

    Angel One Limited · Andheri, Mumbai

    Mar 2021 — Jan 2025

    Responsibilities

    • Owned QA strategy for the Spark Trading Platform — full OMS workflows for Equity and Derivatives.
    • Designed and maintained regression suites covering 500+ critical trading workflows.
    • Led QA for TWA applications across Android, iOS and Web.

    Achievements

    • Zero P1 incidents attributable to QA gaps.
    • 15–20 critical defects identified per release cycle.
    • QA of the Month, League of Extraordinary Angelites and Outstanding Employee of the Month.
    Regression SuitesPostmanLambdaTestAgile/ScrumAndroidiOS
  3. Quality Analyst

    Rupeeseed Technologies Ventures Limited · Mumbai, India

    Jul 2018 — Mar 2021

    Responsibilities

    • Verified OMS, RMS and Admin Terminal functionality across Web, Mobile and EXE for multiple brokers.
    • Validated RMS margin calculations for Equity, Futures & Options.

    Achievements

    • Margin validation across VAR, ELM, SPAN and Exposure Margin models.
    • Multi-broker release verification with audit-ready evidence.
    OMSRMSAdmin TerminalSQLExcel Modelling

Skills

03Depth where trading systems break

Grouped by discipline — pick a track to see proficiency across the tools and domains I use daily.

Testing

4 tracked competencies

Functional & Regression96%
System & Integration92%
Sanity / Smoke / UAT94%
Release Sign-off95%

Featured projects

04Systems I signed off on

Each one carried regulatory weight — exchange approvals, start-of-day risk state, or client money in motion.

Live

QA Forge

AI-powered test case management platform

Creator & Product QA Lead

Claude APITest ManagementSprint BoardSign-off Workflows

Responsibilities

  • Designed the sprint board, AI-generated test library and Share & Sign-off flows.
  • Integrated the Claude API for requirement-to-test-case generation.

Challenge

Manual authoring of exchange-specific test cases consumed entire sprint days and drifted from BRD language.

Business impact

Cuts test authoring time by ~40% while keeping traceability audit-ready.

qaforge.netlify.app
Production

RISK–BULLET

Multi-exchange risk management validation

Backend QA Owner

SQLScheduler JobsUAT→Prod ChecksRMS
Shipped

Blink Trade EXE

Exchange approval QA programme

QA Sign-off Lead

EXE DesktopCompliancePerformanceOMS
Production

JM Pro Trading Platform

Mobile, Web and desktop trading suite

End-to-end QA Owner

AndroidiOSWebEXEJIRAPostman

Certifications & recognition

05Credentials on the record

ISTQB-certified, currently completing the CT-AI specialism, and recognised repeatedly for release quality.

Certified

ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) v4.0

ISTQB · Oct 2024

In progress

ISTQB CT-AI — AI Testing (Generative AI)

ISTQB · Expected Sept 2026

Certified

Generative AI Tools

Skill Nation · Jun 2026

Certified

AI Tools Workshop

Be10x · Mar 2026

05.1Awards & Achievements

QA of the Month

Angel One · Jul 2024

Recognised for regression depth on the Spark Trading Platform.

League of Extraordinary Angelites

Angel One · Jun 2023

Company-wide recognition for sustained release quality.

Outstanding Employee of the Month

Angel One · 2022

Awarded for zero-P1 delivery across derivative workflows.

Exchange Approval Sign-off

JM Financial · 2025

QA lead on the certification pack for Blink Trade EXE.

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Testimonials

06What colleagues say

Recommendations from product, engineering and compliance partners across trading platform releases.

Sagar treats a trading platform like a regulated system, not an app. His order-lifecycle matrices caught margin edge cases nobody else was looking for — releases became genuinely predictable.

Product Manager

Trading Platforms · JM Financial

Contact

08Let's talk release quality

Open to Senior / Lead QA roles in capital markets and BFSI fintech. Fastest route is email — I reply personally.

Goes straight to sagarsankhe23@gmail.com.