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title: "Paritosh Deshpande - Principal SDET in Pune | Tal"
description: "Meet Paritosh Deshpande, Principal SDET Druva| ex-Symantec based in Pune. AI stack includes claude code, cursor, and gemini."
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# Paritosh Deshpande on Tal

## Headline

Principal SDET Druva\| ex\-Symantec

## About

I am a seasoned engineering professional seeking new challenges in test automation and software development, where I can contribute to building high\-quality, scalable systems\. I completed my Post Graduate program from BITS Pilani \(WILP\) while balancing full\-time work, academic commitments, and strong performance\. This experience reflects my ability to stay disciplined, continuously learn, and apply new concepts in real\-world scenarios\. I am passionate about exploring new technologies and integrating them into everyday engineering practices to improve efficiency, quality, and innovation\. Core Skills & Expertise: Test Automation & Framework Design Web Services & API Testing Programming: Java, Python Virtualization & Distributed Systems Test Planning & Test Design

## Location

Pune

## AI stack

claude code

cursor

gemini

github copilot

## Work experience

Principal SDET at Druva, Nov 2023 \- Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Sr\.SDET at Druva, Nov 2019 \- Dec 2023 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India, Working in virtualization domain \(VMWare \+ HyperV\)

Sr SQA Engg at Symantec Corporation, Aug 2016 \- Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Pune/Pimpri\-Chinchwad Area, As Sr SQA involved in E2E system testing as well as Mobile automation \. Technologies: Java,TestNG,Selenium,Appium ,Maven,Jenkins\. REST API\. Beside these activities I was also leading Quality Assurance delivery for SEP Mobile and SEP Cloud integration \.

SQA Engineer at Symantec Corporation, Jun 2013 \- Aug 2016 · 3 yrs 3 mos, As SQA Engineer was involved in Automation and E2E system testing for Symantec SEP Cloud team\. Technologies: Java ,TestNG,Maven ,Jenkins \.

Assoc SQA Engg at Symantec Corporation, Jan 2011 \- Jun 2013 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Pune/Pimpri\-Chinchwad Area, As entry level engineer developed XML based and C\# framework for testing SOAP based webservices \. This was later used for manual as well as performance testing \.

Programmer Analyst Trainee at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Dec 2009 \- Nov 2010 · 1 yr, Pune

## Education

Master of Science\(M\.S\.\), Software Systems, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Engineering \(BE\), Information Technology, Goa College of Engineering

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