Hey, I'm Leo
I design systems
that scale.
IT Architect and SDET Lead at Clip. Aligning technical strategy with business objectives, governing quality at scale, and designing resilient architectures across fintech and distributed systems.
IT Architect · SDET Lead at Clip (PayClip)
Recent Writing
All posts →Beyond the Job Title: How Engineers Grow in Big Non-Tech Companies
Titles plateau fast in enterprise companies. Real growth comes from expanding your impact radius — from self, to team, to system, to organization. A practical framework for engineers in Tier-2 firms.
From Engineer to Lead: Architecting Testing as an Organizational System
Becoming an automation lead is not a technical promotion — it's a systemic transformation. From individual contribution to quality orchestration, and what that actually looks like in practice.
Robot Framework in Agile QA Teams
Robot Framework remains one of the most maintainable open-source automation tools for enterprise Agile teams. Here's why its keyword-driven architecture keeps it relevant — and where it falls short.
Featured Projects
All projects →POLQA
LLM Output Governance & Bias Evaluation FrameworkA modular framework for governing LLM output quality at scale. Addresses a critical gap in AI governance: most evaluation tooling is opaque, single-provider, or academically siloed. POLQA enforces reproducibility, auditability, and cross-model comparability.
Automation Learn
Scalable QA Capability — From Manual to AutomatedA structured curriculum designed to decentralize automation knowledge and reduce dependency on individual contributors. The architectural decision: opinionated learning paths over encyclopedic references, so engineers build transferable judgment, not just tool familiarity.
Resume Builder
Structured Data → Professional Document PipelineSeparates content from presentation — a clean architectural boundary that most resume tools collapse. YAML as the source of truth; PDF as a deterministic artifact. Optimized for ATS parsing without sacrificing human readability.
Architecture, quality, and the space between.
If you're looking for an IT Architect who can evaluate trade-offs rigorously, align engineering decisions with business outcomes, and build the governance frameworks that make scale sustainable — let's talk.