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# abhinav chauhan on Tal

## Headline

Lead SDET \| QA Automation Architect \| 10\+ Yrs \| Selenium \| Java \| Test Strategy \| API & Integration Testing \| Open to SDET Lead / QA Manager Roles

## About

I am a Software Development Engineer in Test \(SDET\) with over 10 years of experience driving quality excellence across Salesforce ecosystems and large\-scale enterprise applications\. Throughout my career, I have designed robust automation frameworks, led end\-to\-end QA strategies, and delivered critical test coverage for complex features like Dispatcher Copilot and Field Service products\. 🔹 Key strengths include: • Building scalable automation frameworks using Selenium, Java, TestNG, and BDD\. • Deep expertise in Salesforce testing \(Service Cloud, Field Service\)\. • Strong API, Integration, and System Testing capabilities\. • Driving cross\-cloud QA initiatives and complex backend validation\. • Leading test strategy planning, execution, and reporting for high\-impact features\. • Collaborating across global teams, mentoring junior testers, and improving automation best practices\. 🚀 Highlights: • Successfully identified and reported 17\+ critical business bugs for Copilot feature, ensuring timely delivery\. • Reduced regression cycle time by optimizing automation pipelines and test coverage\. I am passionate about quality engineering leadership, test strategy innovation, and helping teams deliver world\-class products\. I am currently open to new opportunities as a Senior SDET, QA Manager, Test Automation Architect, or Engineering Manager \(QA\) where I can drive impact through technical excellence and team collaboration\. 📩 Feel free to reach out if you are looking for someone who can scale quality, automation, and collaboration together\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Senior Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce, Jan 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

Lead Software Engineer at GoTo Group, Oct 2021 \- Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos, • Spearheaded architectural enhancements to a centralized UI and API automation framework, building reusable components and internal utilities using Java, Selenium, RestAssured, and custom libraries—drastically improving test scalability and maintainability across squads\. • Increased automation coverage to \~90% across mobile and backend services, resulting in significantly faster regression cycles and improved release reliability in high\-traffic production environments\. • Designed and executed quarterly quality OKRs, setting measurable KPIs for test coverage, flakiness, and bug escape rate—directly contributing to faster delivery and reduced post\-release issues\. • Led sprint planning and backlog grooming sessions, providing QA\-level effort estimation, automation impact analysis, and sprint risk mitigation strategies aligned with agile delivery goals\. • Conducted hands\-on technical reviews of feature stories and UX flows, identifying critical usability gaps, performance concerns, and edge cases in the early stages of development\. • Oversaw end\-to\-end test execution across product teams, managing automation suites, manual validation, resource planning, and dashboard reporting via tools like TestRail, Jenkins, and Grafana\. • Authored and executed long\-term automation roadmaps, introducing performance testing initiatives using JMeter/Gatling and ensuring automation coverage remained sustainable and ROI\-positive\. • Mentored SDETs and QA engineers in modern testing principles, framework design, and debugging practices; established internal documentation standards and peer code review rituals\. • Contributed to talent acquisition as part of the technical hiring panel for mid\-to\-senior level QA/SDET roles \(L4/L5\), evaluating candidates on test architecture, CI/CD integration, and problem\-solving\.

Lead SDET at Acko, Apr 2021 \- Oct 2021 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Led and managed an 8\-member QA team, including SDETs, QA Engineers, and interns, driving end\-to\-end test automation initiatives across multiple product verticals\. • Architected and implemented centralized UI and API automation frameworks from scratch, creating scalable, reusable, and maintainable test suites adopted organization\-wide\. • Refactored legacy automation frameworks, significantly improving test stability, execution speed, and overall engineering efficiency\. • Mentored and coached junior engineers and interns, fostering technical growth in automation design, product architecture, and QA best practices\. • Collaborated closely with product and engineering leadership during sprint planning and backlog grooming, ensuring balanced QA efforts across manual and automation workstreams\. • Owned QA deliverables by driving strategic test planning, execution tracking, and efficient resource allocation, leading to consistently high\-quality releases\. • Defined long\-term test strategies and automation roadmaps aligned with product release goals and technical scalability needs\. • Monitored production services pre\- and post\-deployments, ensuring system stability, application health, and early detection of potential issues\. • Coordinated release cycles end\-to\-end, overseeing QA sign\-offs, feature validation, and post\-release audits to maintain high release confidence\.

SDET\-2 at Acko, Jul 2020 \- Apr 2021 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SDET 2 at Zomato, Apr 2019 \- Jul 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Developed and maintained comprehensive test automation frameworks covering UI, API, mobile apps, and performance testing for the online ordering logistics team\. • Established an automated QA pipeline, ensuring all code was thoroughly validated across App, Backend, and Load dimensions before production deployment\. • Introduced a structured QA culture and best practices across teams, leading to significant improvements in collaboration and a measurable reduction in production downtime over a 7–8 month period\.

SDET at Zeta Suite, Aug 2018 \- Apr 2019 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Part of Product and QA team at Zeta\. Roles varies from delivering a complete manual\-automated QA process to envisaging new product from scratch through different product life cycles\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, amity University

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