About Me

Summary Link to heading

I am a passionate and detail-oriented Software Engineer/SDET from India. With a keen interest in ensuring software quality and delivering robust solutions, I bring a unique blend of technical skills and a quality-focused mindset. Please scroll down to know more about me 😀.

Education 📚 Link to heading

2023 - 2024 Link to heading

University: Swansea University
Location: Swansea, United Kingdom
Degree: Master of Science - Computer Science
Grade: Distinction

2015 - 2019 Link to heading

University: Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University
Location: Bhilai, India
Degree: Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Grade: 8.65 out of 10 (Honors Division)

Professional Experience 🕵🏼‍♂️ Link to heading

Senior Automation Test Engineer Link to heading

Organisation: Xogene Services LLC
Duration: Mar/2024 - Present
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Mode: Remote | Full-time
Description:

  • Daily Routine: SQA, Scrum Meetings, PR reviews, Debugging.
  • Sole automation tester in the team (individual contributor).
  • Setting up the automation test infrastructure from scratch.
  • Laying out the automation test strategy.
  • Mentoring peers.
  • Helping the product testing team in writing efficient test cases.
  • Main tech stack used: Java, Selenide, REST-assured, Docker, AWS

Student Teaching Assistant Link to heading

Organisation: Swansea University
Duration: Oct/2023 - Dec/2023
Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Mode: Onsite | Part-time
Description:

  • Daily Routine: Walking, walking, walking and also resolving students’ practical and conceptual doubts.
  • My job is to assist in labs of Java programming and Web Development modules.
  • Both of these labs consist of ~100 students each, running twice a week for 2 hours.
  • Main tech stack used: Java, Laravel, Tailwind CSS, React

Student Software Developer (Python Developer) Link to heading

Organisation: SAIL Databank
Duration: Jun/2023 - Sept/2023
Location: Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Mode: Remote | Part-time
Description:

  • Daily Routine: Scrum Meetings & occasional supervisor meetups.
  • Joined as a part-time developer intern to a team of 5 developers cum researchers in the field of Population Data Science.
  • Main work revolved around feature development using Django, solving bugs and also developing an API client for internal use by researchers.
  • Main tech stack used: Python, Tkinter, Django

Consultant (SDET) Link to heading

Organisation: Genpact Digital
Duration: Mar/2021 - Dec/2022
Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Mode: Remote | Full-time
Description:

  • Daily Routine: SQA, Scrum Meetings, PR reviews, Debugging, client communication.
  • Joined as a SDET for a SaaS project called as PVAI (Pharmacovigilance Artificial Intelligence) that served pharma giants across Europe and UK.
  • Extended the test automation framework by code refactoring and adding new features.
  • Leveraged Selenium WebDriver & REST-Assured for test automation, increasing coverage by 40%.
  • Main tech stack used: Java, SpringBoot, React, Redis, AWS, Selenium Webdriver, REST-Assured

Awards:

  • PVAI Spot Award - Acknowledged by the program manager for swift onboarding and rapid adaptation and valuable contribution to the team dynamics during a critical phase of the ongoing project.
  • PVAI Enabler of Excellence - Received award for rapidly mentoring colleagues in Test Automation, preparing them efficiently for real assignments.

Assistant Systems Engineer (Automation QA) Link to heading

Organisation: Tata Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd.
Duration: Jul/2019 - Mar/2021
Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Mode: Onsite and then Remote (due to COVID) | Full-time
Description:

  • Daily Routine: SQA, Scrum Meetings, PR reviews.
  • Joined as a junior SDET to the QA team of TCS BaNCS (a software suite developed by TCS to serve leading banks across the globe).
  • Helped the manual team to write test cases and also learned how to make a test plan.
  • Solely designed and setup the core test automation framework for the QA team to carry the work forward.
  • Implemented CI/CD for the test-scripts to run on AWS EC2 containers.
  • Introduced healthy practices as a software engineer for fellow members to follow. Maintained proper documentation also.
  • Occasionally led scrum meetings and experienced all the phases of Agile software development, especially the QA signoff.
  • Main tech stack used: Software Quality Assurance, Java, Selenium Webdriver, REST-Assured, Docker, Jenkins, AWS

Technical Skills 🧰 Link to heading

  • Programming: Java, Python.
  • Backend: Spring Boot, Django, NodeJS.
  • Frontend: HTML, JavaScript, React.
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, Github Actions, Docker.
  • Testing: Postman, TestNG, Selenium Webdriver, Selenide, WebdriverIO, REST-Assured
  • Databases: MySQL
  • Version Control: Git
  • Tools/Cloud: Apache Maven, Poetry, MS Azure, AWS (not an expert).

Misc Information 🙅🏼‍♂️ Link to heading

  • Languages: English (Business-fluent), Hindi (Mother-tongue)
  • Marital Status: Single
  • Current Location: Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India (working remotely from home)

Extracurricular Activities/ Volunteership 🥷🏼 Link to heading

  1. Smart India Hackathon — 2017

    • First nationwide hackathon organised by Govt of India.
    • Our head of department (during my bachelors) selected me and one friend of mine from the entire class to join a team of 3 seniors for this hackathon.
    • Our team made a Django project titled ‘Petrol Pump Locator’ which could be used by people to locate nearby petrol pumps around their location.
    • Me and my friend worked on the frontend part of the project while others worked on the backend. But we did tinker around with Django’s configuration.
    • Honestly, it was a thrilling experience where interest for application programming grew for me.
    • Having said that, it was a bit overwhelming too, since we were not that good at coding at that point of time, but we did get alot of exposure.

  2. Code Club Member, SSEC — 2019

    • SSEC is short for my college - Shri Shankaracharya Engineering College, Bhilai.
    • I got my hands dirty on C/C++ mentorship being a final year student in my college. Helped juniors in campus placement as well.

Hobbies 🫶🏼 Link to heading

Cooking, Cleaning, Travelling, Hiking