Sanjay Dhami
Austin,TX
Summary
Experienced SDET Lead with 10+ years of expertise in designing scalable, cross-platform mobile automation frameworks. Proficient in Appium, Espresso, Jetpack Compose, XCTest, Selenium, K6, and REST Assured. Skilled in Shift Left and Shift Right testing strategies through CI/CD integration, automation, monitoring, and visual validation tools.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Mobile Development Engineer in Test
CarMax
06.2025 - 02.2026
- Architected native UI testing frameworks using Espresso and Jetpack Compose for Android, and XCTest/XCUITest for iOS applications.
- Executed tests on Azure DevOps pipelines using BrowserStack cloud devices for large-scale real-device validation.
- Remote
Software Development Engineer in Test Lead
Cox Automotive Inc.
Austin
03.2015 - 05.2025
- Architected native UI testing frameworks using Espresso, Jetpack Compose, and XCUITest.
- Built mobile automation frameworks using Appium, Java, TestNG, and Page Object patterns.
- Implemented Shift Left/Right testing strategies with CI/CD, K6, Applitools, and real-user monitoring.
- Integrated K6 for performance testing of mobile BFF APIs, ensuring backend reliability under load.
- Incorporated Applitools for visual validation, improving UI test accuracy by 30%.
- Created and maintained Build Verification Tests (BVTs), Smoke Tests, and Functional Tests.
- Implemented quality gates to automatically trigger BVTs on pull requests.
- Executed tests on Azure DevOps pipelines using BitBar cloud devices for large-scale real-device validation.
- Led an offshore SDET team and aligned test strategies across regions.
- Reported test coverage, defect trends, and quality metrics to senior leadership.
Software Engineer
vAuto (Cox Automotive Subsidiary)
Austin
05.2014 - 03.2015
- Built test automation framework using Telerik Test Studio and C#.
- Designed regression test suites in qTest and performed functional automation.
- Conducted POC for mobile automation using Appium, Java, TestNG with Page Object Model.
- Created and maintained BVTs, Smoke Tests, and Functional Tests.
- Performed API testing using Postman and Swagger.
Software Engineer
Customer Care, Inc.
Austin
07.2011 - 04.2014
- Executed regression testing and managed test environments with Debian packaging.
- Authored SQL queries and performed integration testing for a large-scale network management platform.
- Collaborated closely with product owners and developers in agile sprints.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
South Dakota State University
Brookings
12.2008 - 11.2010
- Taught C/C++ programming and mentored students in computing fundamentals.
- Supported students in laboratory sessions and project work.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
South Dakota State University
South Dakota01.2011
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Tribhuvan University
Nepal01.2004
Skills
- Appium
- Espresso
- UIAutomator
- XCTest
- Selenium
- Playright
- Jetpack Compose
- TestNG
- JUnit
- XCUITest
- Applitools
- Rest Assured
- Cucumber
- K6
LANGUAGES
Kotlin
Java
Swift
C#
JavaScript
SQL
Timeline
Senior Mobile Development Engineer in Test
CarMax
06.2025 - 02.2026
Software Development Engineer in Test Lead
Cox Automotive Inc.
03.2015 - 05.2025
Software Engineer
vAuto (Cox Automotive Subsidiary)
05.2014 - 03.2015
Software Engineer
Customer Care, Inc.
07.2011 - 04.2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant
South Dakota State University
12.2008 - 11.2010
Master of Science - Computer Science
South Dakota State University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering
Tribhuvan University