Ajay's response indicates an understanding of the importance of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing, mentioning the use of Gradle-based tasks to ensure code quality before committing. However, the response could be more detailed in describing how these practices improved the overall development process. Ajay could improve by providing examples of how his contributions led to a cleaner codebase, reduced build failures, and a smoother deployment process, as well as mentioning collaboration with the CI/CD team to align development practices with pipeline requirements, similar to the benchmark response.