Issue 01 · Sarajevo → Global
Available for select engagements

§ 001 — Introduction

Semsudin Sefić

AI Systems Architect
Principal QA & DevOps

I ship production-grade AI systems that actually work.

Multi-agent platforms, enterprise RAG, and the DevOps discipline to keep them standing. Eleven years turning prototypes into systems CTOs actually trust.

Currently building

  • Alva multi-agent platform @ Alfa Laval
  • AI-driven QA agents @ Mars Petcare
  • CTO @ Qafana.com
Book a call See the work

11yrs

In the field

50+

Engineers led

1000+

Tests shipped

750%

Pipeline speed-up

Shipped alongside

Enterprise · SaaS · MarTech · Manufacturing

Alfa Laval

Alva GenAI Platform · 7 yrs, 4 projects

Mars Petcare

Kinship · AdoptAPet · AI-driven QA

APCOA Group

QA Transformation Lead

ERS

Test Automation Architect · Core + Cyprus

SPACE Sweden

Foundational automation · Gaming

Qafana

CTO · Founder

§ 002 — Services

What I do

Three pillars. One thing: AI systems that ship, and stay shipped.

01

AI Systems Architecture

Multi-agent platforms that survive production.

ReAct agents on LlamaIndex, 10+ LLMs orchestrated through a single interface, full RAG with document parsing, chunking, pgvector. End-to-end streaming. Proper observability via OpenTelemetry. The architecture decisions that separate a cool demo from a system your ops team doesn't hate.

LlamaIndex FastAPI RAG pgvector Azure OpenAI Multi-LLM

Proof Shipped Alva at Alfa Laval — React UI, .NET 8 orchestrator, Python agent, 10+ LLMs.

02

AI-Driven QA

Tests that write themselves, heal themselves, and ship themselves.

Custom AI agents that auto-generate test plans from UI exploration, create Playwright tests from tickets, self-heal failing tests, and move tickets through the pipeline. Integrated into the dev cycle to catch regressions, OWASP top-10 vulns, and performance bottlenecks — before QA even touches them.

Playwright AI Agents ISTQB AI Testing Self-healing Security scans

Proof 1000+ tests across 6 Mars Petcare apps. Authenticated test pass rate 20% → 100%.

03

Enterprise DevOps

CI/CD pipelines that do the right thing by default.

Unified pipelines across 7 services with smart change detection and parallel deploys. Prod container registry isolation via image promotion. Bicep IaC with RBAC that actually works. Consolidated coverage reporting across .NET and Python. The boring infrastructure that makes the exciting stuff possible.

Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Bicep Docker Clean Architecture

Proof System Verification — 300% stability gain, 750% faster test execution. Alva — unified 7-service pipeline.

§ 003 — Selected Work

Case studies

The work behind the metrics.

01 / 04

Feb 2018 – Present

Industrial Manufacturing · Enterprise GenAI

QA Lead → Sr. SDET → AI Systems Architect

Alfa Laval

A seven-year, four-project engagement with Alfa Laval. From modernizing legacy test automation on the Anytime project to architecting their flagship GenAI platform (Alva), contributing across QA, DevSecOps, and AI systems.

LlamaIndexFastAPI.NET 8C#PlaywrightSelenium +7 more

7+

Years engaged

4

Distinct projects

750%

Pipeline speed-up

10+

LLMs orchestrated

Read case study →

02 / 04

Oct 2025 – Mar 2026

MarTech · Consumer

Senior QA Engineer · AI-Driven QA Lead

Mars Petcare — Kinship & AdoptAPet

Built a multi-app Playwright framework from scratch covering 6 projects across two Mars Petcare brands (Kinship US/UK and AdoptAPet). Pioneered AI-driven QA agents that auto-generate test plans, create tests from work items, and self-heal failing suites.

PlaywrightTypeScriptGitHub ActionsAWS S3Slack APIIterable API +4 more

1000+

Automated tests

6

Apps covered

20% → 100%

Auth pass rate

US + UK

Regions supported

Read case study →

03 / 04

Apr 2023 – Dec 2023

Parking Operations · Microservices

Lead QA Engineer · QA Transformation

APCOA Group GmbH

Led the QA transformation on APCOA's core project — defining strategy, processes, testing stages, and criteria for 'definition of done' across a microservices architecture. Built and directed a team of QA professionals integrated into the continuous delivery pipeline.

C#SeleniumJavaScriptPostmanJavaPuppeteer +1 more

Lead

Role

Microservices

Architecture

Led

QA team

Read case study →

04 / 04

Apr 2023 – Feb 2025

Enterprise Software · Regulatory Technology

Test Automation Architect · QA Strategy Lead

ERS

Two back-to-back engagements with ERS — first establishing the QA strategy and automation framework on the Core project, then leading the Cyprus rollout with multi-country deployment and a framework migration from Playwright/TypeScript to Cypress/JavaScript.

PlaywrightTypeScriptCypressJavaScriptAzure DevOpsAngular +3 more

−orders of magnitude

Regression runtime

2 back-to-back

Engagements

Multiple

Countries deployed

Read case study →

§ 004 — Toolbox

Stack

Not every tool. The right ones.

Eleven years of language-hopping and framework-chasing distilled into the stack I actually reach for when the stakes are real.

01

AI & Agents

  • · LlamaIndex
  • · FastAPI
  • · Azure OpenAI
  • · Anthropic Claude
  • · OpenAI GPT-4o
  • · Mistral
  • · pgvector
  • · Tavily
  • · FLUX
  • · ReAct agents
  • · RAG
  • · Streaming LLM
02

QA & Testing

  • · Playwright
  • · Cypress
  • · Selenium
  • · Appium
  • · JMeter
  • · LoadRunner
  • · ISTQB AI Testing
  • · OWASP scans
  • · Self-healing tests
  • · AI test generation
  • · xUnit
  • · pytest
03

DevOps & Infra

  • · Azure DevOps
  • · GitHub Actions
  • · Jenkins
  • · Bicep IaC
  • · Docker
  • · Azure App Service
  • · Azure Functions
  • · ACR
  • · Application Insights
  • · OpenTelemetry
  • · Cloudflare
  • · AWS Lambda
04

Backend & Data

  • · C# / .NET 8
  • · Python 3.12
  • · TypeScript
  • · Node.js
  • · React
  • · PostgreSQL
  • · SQL Server
  • · EF Core
  • · Clean Architecture
  • · REST · gRPC
  • · Azure AD auth
  • · Auth0

§ Playbook

Free · 12 pages · PDF

The Enterprise GenAI Reliability Checklist.

42 items across 6 categories. Exactly what I run through when auditing enterprise AI systems. Real incidents, pass/fail format, genuinely useful on the Monday morning after you print it.

Observability Reliability Identity Data pipeline CI/CD Cost & abuse
Get the PDF See what's inside No drip sequence. One email, straight to your inbox.

§ 005 — Contact

Let's talk

Got an AI platform to ship?

Whether you need a fractional CTO, a multi-agent architecture review, an enterprise QA transformation, or hands-on implementation — pick the fastest path.

Option A · Book instantly

30 min · Free

Option B · Send a brief

Async · < 24h

Quick facts

Location
Sarajevo, BiH · GMT+2
Engagement
Full-time · Contract · Fractional
Response
< 24 hours