RAHUL DANDU
Deloitte
Denver,CO
1
Certification
15
years of professional experience
Results-driven Software Quality Assurance professional with over 10 years of experience in software analysis and testing across web, mobile, and API platforms. Developed and executed automated testing frameworks using Playwright, Selenium. while ensuring data integrity in large-scale Snowflake implementations. Skilled in CI/CD pipeline setup and experienced in Agile and Waterfall methodologies within healthcare and telecommunications.
Work History
Automation Engineer/ Project Delivery Specialist
5 Years 4 Months- Led test delivery teams, combining manual, performance, and automation testing to ensure full product coverage. Collaborated with clients on project requirements and identified automation opportunities, migrating existing Selenium BDD Java framework and performing end-to-end testing across multiple frameworks like Selenium, WebDriver IO, Playwright, and Cypress, while utilizing Snowflake for database validations.
- Developed an automated test framework and worked on test case scripting for Web and App using Selenium WebDriver, Playwright and Cucumber BDD, Integrated Cypress automation into GitHub and Jenkins pipelines, Worked on script development and execution by configuring parallel execution, headless modes, and efficient browser context switching.
- Used GitHub Copilot to quickly set up Playwright test structures and browser settings, cutting framework setup time by 35%, Configured Katalon AI to automate our bug-reporting workflow, which auto-generates structured Jira tickets directly from CI/CD pipeline failures saved triage time. Utilized Windsurf AI’s agentic coding capabilities to rapidly scaffold new Python-based Playwright automation frameworks from scratch, boosting overall scripting velocity by 40%.
- Executed branch cuts for new software releases. for new releases and bumping versions and tagging release branches, integrated Automation jobs in continuous Integration tools (Jenkins) for daily smoke, sanity tests and regression runs.
- Developed and executed complex SQL scripts in Snowflake DB and performed test case validations for massive datasets and experience in working in data warehouse testing, ETL validation, and complex SQL development and verifying data integrity across large-scale Snowflake implementations. Used Windsurf IDE and Integrated Jira, Snowflakes and Repo for backend validations and created .SQL files for epic level testing.
- I collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and conduct testing for automation feasibility, prioritizes tasks and takes initiatives, providing guidance for defining Automation Strategies including sprint planning and code reviews, driving stand ups and task assignments.
- Maintained a development environment using various tools and technologies. Java, Selenium WebDriver IO, Snowflakes, playwright, Karate DSL, TestNG, Jenkins, GitLabs, Docker, Sauce Labs, GitHub, Appium, JavaScript, Python, XML, HTML, HP ALM, JIRA, JUnit, BDD.
Automation Engineer
1 Year 8 Months- I was responsible for automation testing and led offshore team, my role was to create test automation strategy, implementing and maintaining test framework. monitoring the team and monitoring the progress and managing the team's performance and development. I Used and integrated Mobile labs for App testing and developed and executed test scripts for both Android and iOS platforms using Appium and JAVA. used Emulator and Simulator to perform mobile app testing, phone functionality and native app testing
- Developed features, scenarios, and step definitions using Gherkin, Java, and Selenium. Maintained and fixed script failures for app and web portals. Executed regression test suite and raised defects in JIRA. Configured Maven build automation tool for dependency management, plugin configuration, and seamless execution of automated test suites within command-line interfaces.
- Executed test suites and generated HTML reports using TestNG, implemented cross-browser and parallel testing. Integrated Automation jobs in continuous Integration tools (Jenkins) for daily smoke, sanity tests.
- Used JMeter and LoadRunner to test application speed and performance under heavy traffic to fix slow areas, collaborated with QA teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage, including functional, regression, and end-to-end testing.
Software Engineer
3 Years 2 Months- Collaborated with teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products, performed analysis, design, development, testing, and maintenance of complex software systems, and coordinated with cross-functional teams to meet quality goals.
- Developed, maintained, and unit tested code using software development environments and programming languages to implement design and meet requirements. Working and understanding of relational databases like SQL and Oracle. Integrated DevOps tooling and automated workflows into the standard development cycle to streamline code deployment and improve overall release efficiency.
- Environment: Java, SQL, React, Node.js, Docker, Git.
Education
Masters - information systems, IT
Relevant coursework: Software Engineering, Analytics, Database Systems.
Skills
Tools & frameworks used: Selenium
WebDriverIO
Playwright
Cypress.
AI tools used: Applitools
GitHub Copilot
Katalon Studio
Windsurf AI
API and performance testing: Postman
REST Assured
SOAP UI
and JMeter.
CI/CD tools: Jenkins
GitLab
Docker and version control systems (Git)
API and performance testing: Postman
REST Assured
SOAP UI
and JMeter.
Performance Engineering: Performance Testing
Load & Stress Testing
Bottleneck Identification.
Data Validation: Snowflake DB Validations
Data Integrity Testing
Backend Verification.
Certification
AI&E Agentic AI, Claude 101 certification and Claude code in action certificate
Timeline
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EXPERIENCE
- Test Automation Framework: Developed test automation framework for web using Playwright, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber BDD/Gherkin. Build strong tool stack that saved client expenditure and time. That increased the automation adoption to 70% and manual effort saved.
- Project Management: End-to-end Project delivery, Managing and coordinating with team members, Involved in design plans, Planning, Execution, Reporting, Communication, Data identification/Preparation.
- Leadership and Ownership: Led Delivery and automation teams and introduced early/in-sprint automation Resulting in reduced test cycle time by 27% Framework Used Selenium, Appium, TestNG, Cucumber BDD/Gherkin and Java.
Industry: Telecommunications & Healthcare.