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title: "Adarsha Shetty - Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Adarsha Shetty, Lead SDET | QA Architect | Staff SDET | Test Automation Architect | Java, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, TestNG, pytest, k6 | CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS | AI in QA | Claude, AI Agents | FinTech & SaaS based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and curso..."
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# Adarsha Shetty on Tal

## Headline

Lead SDET \| QA Architect \| Staff SDET \| Test Automation Architect \| Java, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, TestNG, pytest, k6 \| CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS \| AI in QA \| Claude, AI Agents \| FinTech & SaaS

## About

I build test automation architecture that lets engineering teams ship fast without breaking things\. 14\+ years in Quality Engineering across enterprise SaaS and FinTech — currently leading a team of SDETs at Zeta, where I took API automation coverage from 0 to 100% on a large\-scale banking platform\. What I do: → Test architecture & strategy — frameworks that scale past 2,300\+ automated scenarios → AI\-driven quality — GitHub Copilot, MCP\-based agents for API and UI automation → CI/CD & infrastructure — Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, cloud\-based execution grids → Team leadership — mentoring SDETs, on\-call frameworks, quality culture, hiring Selected impact: \- 4x faster test execution \(8 hrs → 2 hrs\) across 2,300\+ test cases \- 65% reduction in critical defects \(120 → 42 per month\) \- 45% lower test infrastructure cost while holding 99\.9% reliability \- 12 hrs/week saved for an 8\-person QA team via a Slack automation bot Tech: Java, Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, TestNG, Cucumber, Ruby, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, Postman, Git, JIRA, Agile/Scrum Open to Lead / Principal / Architect roles in Quality Engineering\. Reach me at adarsha\.shetty\.1989@gmail\.com Contact No\. 7259204173

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

github copilot

ollama

openai

## Work experience

Lead Software Development Engineer in Test \(SDET\) at Zeta, May 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Led a team of 7 SDETs to deliver quality engineering for a large\-scale banking platform\. • Drove automation coverage for backlog APIs from 0 to 100%, significantly reducing defects\. • Implemented AI\-driven practices to enhance automation speed and integrated MCP tools for both API and UI web automation\. • Established a rotating on\-call framework to ensure consistent team accountability and coverage\.

Staff SDET \(SDET\) at HackerRank, Jul 2022 \- Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Elevated product quality by implementing well known testing strategies, reducing critical defects by 65% \(from 120 to 42 monthly\) • Achieved a 400% reduction in testing time by spearheading test automation initiatives, cutting execution time from 8 hours to 2 hours for 2,300\+ test cases • Elevated test coverage by 20% while reducing manual testing efforts by 15% by revamping the test framework • Boosted QA team productivity by 35% through a Slack application bot that automated test triggering, saving 12 hours/week across the team of 8 QA engineers

Senior Software Development Engineer in Test \(SDET\) at HackerRank, Jan 2020 \- Jul 2022 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Delivered comprehensive UI test automation framework using Cucumber, Ruby, and Selenium, reducing test creation time by 65% while increasing coverage from 60% to 95% across 3 major product modules, with seamless integration into Jenkins and Kubernetes CI/CD pipeline • Streamlined execution of 2,300\+ UI scenarios through cloud\-based virtual displays, achieving 90% faster deployments \(from 45 to 4 minutes\) and reducing infrastructure costs by 45% while maintaining 99\.9% test

Software Development Engineer in Test \(SDET\) at HackerRank, Jun 2015 \- Jan 2020 · 4 yrs 8 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Performed efficient test automation by developing UI test automation framework with TestNG and Selenium, reducing test execution time by 70% \(from 5 hours to 1\.5 hours\) and automating 150\+ critical test cases with 98% reliability • Enhanced product quality by designing and implementing 200\+ test scenarios across 8 core features, increasing test coverage by 75% and reducing post\-release defects by 60% \(from 50 to 20 monthly\), while maintaining 99\.8% test reliability

Software Test Automation Engineer \(SDET\) at Sapient Global Markets, Mar 2012 \- Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Improved testing efficiency and proactively mitigated risks throughout the testing process by designing test scenarios, cases, and scripts • Developed a test automation framework reducing manual testing time by 60% at Sapient Global Markets

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(B\.E\.\), Electronics and Communications Engineering, PES Institute of Technology

B\.E, ECE, PES Institute of Technology

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/adarsha89
- adarsha\.github\.io: https://adarsha\.github\.io/resume3\.pdf

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