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title: "Harshad Bodekar - Senior SDET in Pune City | Tal"
description: "Meet Harshad Bodekar, SDET | Automation | API Testing | Appium | Test Data Management | QA tooling | QA management based in Pune City."
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# Harshad Bodekar on Tal

## Headline

SDET \| Automation \| API Testing \| Appium \| Test Data Management \| QA tooling \| QA management

## About

Dynamic SDET with over 6 years of experience specializing in Backend automation frameworks and API testing, committed to enhancing software quality through innovative solutions\. Proven success in revamping a backend automation framework that significantly improved test coverage and optimized test data management by implementing dynamic dataprovider generation\. Recognized for creating tools that expedited manual testing processes, leading to notable acknowledgments from senior management\. Aspiring to delve into AI\-driven testing methodologies and contribute to cutting\-edge projects that integrate AI into software testing practices\. Strong skills in Java, Rest Assured, and Selenium, aim to drive high\-quality deliverables in challenging environments\.

## Location

Pune City

## Work experience

Senior SDET at Loco, Jul 2025 \- Present · 1 yr, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

SDET at GoTo Group, Apr 2022 \- Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Hybrid

QA Engineer at GoTo Group, Jan 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos, Remote

Lead QA at Hashtag Loyalty, Oct 2019 \- Jan 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos, Andheri

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Zeus Learning, Sep 2018 \- Sep 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo, Mumbai Area, India, Primarily responsible for conducting exhaustive research in the Web Accessibility branch of Software development\. Also responsible for auditing some of the biggest clients of the company for their Accessibility compliance\. Currently building a test automation framework from scratch for a large scale LMS system\. This is expected to reduce the QA efforts on the production release by half\.

## Education

AI Engineering and MLOps, Artificial Intelligence, BITS

Bachelor of Engineering \(BEng\), Electronics & Telecommunications, Vidyalankar institute of Technology

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