About Me
Software Engineer | SDET | AI/ML Engineer | Problem Solver
Professional Overview
Elite Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 12+ years of driving quality excellence at scale for industry leaders like Twilio, Amazon (via Arvato), and Teradata. A rare blend of deep testing expertise and strong software engineering capabilities—building not just test automation, but production grade microservices, ML models, and developer tools that ship to millions of users.
Architect of high performance automation frameworks and testing infrastructure, with proven impact: 18x faster test execution (20K tests from 3 hours to 10 minutes), pioneering quality practices at AI startups, and leading critical projects for CLS Bank UK's forex settlement systems. Full stack proficiency spans Java Spring Boot microservices, TypeScript/Node.js, Python ML pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.
Beyond code, brings business acumen as a former Product Owner, published researcher in NLP/ML, and interdisciplinary scholar with degrees spanning software engineering, electronics, and humanities. Trusted mentor, team builder, and technical consultant who transforms quality from a checkpoint into a competitive advantage.
Domain Expertise
Research & Innovation • Banking • Telecommunication • Forex/Swift Settlement • Data Warehouse • Big Data Analytics • Ecommerce • Machine Learning & AI
Skills & Technologies
Test Automation & Frameworks
- • Cypress.io, Playwright, Selenium WebDriver
- • TestNG, JUnit, MSTest, NUnit
- • Specflow BDD, Cucumber, REST Assured
- • Custom automation framework development
- • E2E and integration test frameworks
Programming & Development
- • Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript/JavaScript
- • Python, C++, C#, LINQ
- • Node.js, Vue.js, F#, Elixir
- • Unix/Linux Shell Scripting, Bash
- • Go, VBScript
Data Science & Machine Learning
- • TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn
- • NLP toolkits, SciPy, SciDB
- • SQL, R, Python for data analysis
- • Deep neural network development
- • Applied machine learning solutions
DevOps & CI/CD
- • GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins
- • Docker, Kubernetes
- • AWS EC2, Cloud Infrastructure
- • CI pipeline integration & automation
- • Test build configurations
Databases & Messaging
- • SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- • NoSQL (SciDB), Teradata 14/16
- • RabbitMQ, Message Queues
- • ETL processes, Data Warehouse
- • Database performance optimization
Performance & API Testing
- • JMeter for load & performance testing
- • API microservices testing
- • REST API automation
- • SoapUI, Postman
- • Backend system validation
Professional Experience
Staff SDET
Twilio
Leading quality engineering initiatives for Twilio's enterprise communication platform.
SDET (Founding Member)
Clarifai
One of the first two SDETs in this AI startup, establishing test automation and quality engineering processes from the ground up. Developed E2E frameworks and custom libraries for ML web apps using Cypress.io and TypeScript. Built and integrated E2E and integration frameworks for CI pipeline using Playwright. Enhanced code coverage and reporting through custom tool integrations.
Sr. Automation Engineer (SDET)
Arvato Systems (Amazon Partner)
Designed and implemented API microservices for test automation of core backend systems. Developed JMeter scripts for high traffic events (Black Friday, Holiday Season). Enhanced REST API regression test framework for Amazon Nordics and DACH. Automated Customer Risk Check module testing and collaborated on Billing and Ledger Subsystems for Buy Now Pay Later features. Mentored team members on domain knowledge and system flows.
Sr. Software Engineer
Teradata
Enhanced Kernel/Core-based database framework tools for large-scale data systems. Automated integration of test suites with Teradata's execution environment. Fixed defects in Unity, BTEQ, Multiload, Fastload, and FastExport using C++ and Teradata-specific SQL. Developed reusable test scripts for defect reproduction and troubleshooting.
Lead Technical Consultant & Sr. Software Engineer
Persistent Systems
Led NoSQL SciDB test harness development, achieving 18x faster test execution (20,000 test cases from 3 hours to 10 minutes). Served as Lead Engineering Consultant for CLS Bank UK, designing business scenarios and UAT sign-offs. Built automation framework for ETL processes in ticketing GDS systems. Built and mentored a quality engineering team of 5 members. Benchmarked NoSQL vs RDBMS performance for MIT CSAIL.
Education
Master of Science in Software Engineering
University of Tartu, Estonia
Exchange Student - Product Development and Design
Aalto University, Finland
Integrated Dual Degree
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Certifications & Recognition
Certifications
- • Teradata 14 Certified Professional
- • Python Data Science Toolbox (1 & 2)
- • Intermediate Python for Data Science
Awards & Honors
- • Team Award
- • You Made a Difference Award
- • W3 HR Transformation
- • Corporate Quiz Winner
- • Cricket Winning Captain
Publications
Identifying Semantically Duplicate Questions Using Data Science Approach: A Quora Case Study
Research publication on NLP and machine learning applications
Testing Philosophy
Quality is everyone's responsibility. My approach focuses on building quality into the product from the beginning through shift left testing, continuous integration, and fostering a culture of quality across development teams. I believe in combining strategic automation with exploratory testing, leveraging data science and AI to enhance testing efficiency while maintaining a human centered approach to quality assurance.
Let's Work Together
Interested in collaborating on test automation projects, consulting, or speaking engagements? I'd love to hear from you.