Outcomes at a Glance

~95%

STLC automation coverage (1,345 of 1,410 in-scope test cases)

6 weeks

Delivered against an 18-week plan — 3x faster, 12 weeks saved

~80%

Reduction in test-authoring effort vs the incumbent TOSCA tooling

14–16x

Faster test execution than manual (36–40 cases/hr vs 20/day)

14

Specialized agents deployed as an automation factory

23

Orchestration tools enabling governed, deterministic execution

Executive Summary

A leading US regional financial services institution partnered with Altimetrik to accelerate STLC automation for its Salesforce Lightning application using Altimetrik’s AIOS-powered, agentic QE framework. In just 6 weeks, a 5-member team automated 1,345 of 1,410 test cases (95% coverage) delivering the planned scope in one-third of the original 18-week timeline. Powered by an AI-enabled IDE (Windsurf), the solution reduced test authoring effort by 80% compared to the client’s TOSCA-based approach while ensuring governance, resilience, and quality through human oversight.

Client Snapshot

Industry
Banking & Financial Services
Client Profile
A leading US regional financial services institution serving retail, commercial, and wealth management customers
Business Focus
Retail banking, commercial banking, wealth management, and digital financial services.


Business Challenge

The client needed to automate 1,410 Salesforce Lightning test cases in significantly less than the 18 weeks projected using its existing TOSCA-based approach, which delivered only 2–3 automated test cases per engineer per day.

At the same time, every script had to comply with the client’s enterprise Playwright framework, repository standards, page object models, reusable components, and coding guidelines. Generic AI-generated code was not viable, as it often produced inconsistent, non-compliant, and high-maintenance automation.

Why It Mattered

The client needed to accelerate automation without compromising quality. A faster but ungoverned approach would have increased rework, maintenance costs, and delivery risk, while failing to meet aggressive release timelines. The solution had to combine AI-driven speed with enterprise-grade governance to deliver scalable, production-ready automation.

Solution & Enablement

Altimetrik built a governed agentic QE automation framework aligned with its AIOS vision, using 14 specialized agents and 23 orchestration tools to automate the entire lifecycle from test-case interpretation and repository analysis to script generation, execution, self-healing, PR creation, and review.

The framework separated reasoning from execution: AI agents handled contextual decisions such as code generation and failure analysis, while deterministic tools enforced linting, validation, execution, and quality checks to eliminate hallucinations and ensure compliance.

Every output passed through governed quality gates including readiness scoring, TypeScript validation, coding standards, audit trails, and PR governance. Dynamic model escalation optimized cost and performance by using lightweight models by default and stronger models only for complex or high-risk tasks.

Business Outcomes

Accelerated Delivery & Productivity

  • 3× faster delivery: Automated 1,345 of 1,410 test cases (~95% coverage) in just 6 weeks, compared to the original 18-week plan, saving 12 weeks.
  • 4–6× higher productivity: Delivered ~13 automation scripts per person-day versus 2–3 with the incumbent TOSCA approach, reducing authoring effort by ~80%.

Quality & Operational Efficiency

  • 14–16× faster regression execution: Completed a full 1,410-test regression in ~37 hours versus ~70 person-days manually, saving ~66 person-days per regression cycle.
  • Improved quality assurance: Identified 6 production-relevant defects, including 3 major issues impacting 18 test cases, demonstrating deeper and more reliable test coverage.

Scalable, Governed AI Automation

  • Enterprise-grade governance: A framework powered by 14 specialized agents and 23 orchestration tools ensured deterministic execution, quality gates, and traceability across the automation lifecycle.
  • AI at enterprise scale: Combined agentic orchestration with human oversight to deliver production-ready automation while maintaining compliance, consistency, and delivery resilience.

The Altimetrik Advantage

This engagement proves that governed Agentic AI can deliver enterprise-scale software engineering—not just faster automation. By combining agentic orchestration with repository awareness, governance, quality controls, model escalation, and human oversight, Altimetrik accelerated delivery while maintaining enterprise-grade standards.

More importantly, this is a repeatable AI-first delivery pattern. Built on Altimetrik’s AIOS vision, the same approach can extend beyond STLC to the broader SDLC, enabling governed AI across requirements, code, testing, PRs, and release workflows to accelerate software delivery end to end.

Amit singh

“Amit Singh is the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff to the CEO at Altimetrik, where he drives corporate strategy, growth acceleration, and value creation through transformation initiatives. In this dual role, he partners closely with leadership teams, investors, and the board to align business strategy with sustained, technology-driven growth.

With over two decades of experience at the intersection of technology, business, and transformation, Amit brings a unique perspective on how organizations can innovate and adapt in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. His career has been defined by building high-performing teams, scaling innovative platforms, and driving organizational change to deliver lasting impact.

Before joining Altimetrik, Amit held senior leadership roles at Visa, where he led technology strategy, engineering, and product development for Real-Time Payments and the Visa Developer Platform. Earlier, he served as Chief Product Officer at a startup and spent more than a decade at Oracle, leading product and engineering teams across a wide range of enterprise software applications.”

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