Akshat Srivastava
Senior SDET
Lucknow
Summary
Senior SDET with around 7 years of experience building automation frameworks and embedding quality across the full SDLC. I've worked across product companies and global consulting — from standing up frameworks from scratch to leading QA teams on large-scale platforms. At Adidas, the personalization test coverage I built contributed to an estimated €1.14M in incremental EU annual sales. I'm comfortable across UI, REST API, and microservices testing, have integrated automation into Jenkins CI pipelines, and have led small QA teams through release cycles. I care about quality that's connected to real outcomes, not just test counts.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Senior Test Engineer
Brightly Software (Siemens)
Noida
10.2025 - 03.2026
- Led the end-to-end test strategy for Asset Essentials — a SaaS asset management platform — covering UI, API, and regression layers across functional, integration, and smoke suites.
- Reworked the Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber BDD regression suite, cutting execution time by around 40%, and bringing flakiness down significantly.
- Set up API test gates at the PR level using Rest Assured, so issues are caught before the merge, rather than surfacing post-release.
- Reviewed scripts and mentored QA engineers on framework design, test stability, and CI/CD integration.
Software Developer (SDET)
Adidas
Gurugram
04.2023 - 10.2025
- Helped validate personalization recommendations that drove a 0.73% increase in cart additions, contributing to an estimated €1.14M in incremental annual EU sales.
- Owned the test strategy for the Personalization microservices platform — covering UI, REST API, and Kafka event-driven flows across 5 or more interconnected services.
- I built the Java + Rest Assured API automation framework from the ground up, integrated it into Jenkins CI pipelines, and kept an eye on regression dashboards daily.
- Led a team of three QA engineers, handled code reviews, pushed coverage goals, and coordinated release sign-offs with product and engineering teams.
- Ran load and performance tests with Gatling to catch bottlenecks before they reached production.
Test Engineer
Ernst & Young (EY)
Noida
01.2022 - 04.2023
- Automated around 80% of the regression suite, cutting manual QA effort by 80%, and making same-day regression runs possible ahead of weekly releases.
- Kept a clean defect record — zero critical escapes to production over three consecutive quarters through thorough root cause analysis and fix verification.
- I wrote and maintained UI automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Java, and kept the test suite healthy across multiple release cycles.
- Maintained Git-versioned test assets, and ensured consistent environments across DEV, QA, and UAT.
- Received the EY Spot Award for strong performance on the AmFam insurance modernization project.
Software Engineer (QA)
Pyramid Consulting
Noida
07.2019 - 12.2021
- Built a Selenium WebDriver and Java automation framework from scratch for the EMC and FGL projects, covering functional, regression, integration, and E2E scenarios.
- Set up test environments, wrote test plans and conditions, and executed test cycles for bi-weekly releases.
- Worked directly with U.S.-based clients to understand their requirements, and translate them into testable acceptance criteria.
- I got recognized by the client for quick turnaround, clear communication, and solid problem-solving across time zones.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Amity University
Lucknow, IndiaSkills
Automation: Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber BDD, TestNG, JUnit, Gherkin, Rest Assured, Gatling
Languages & Build: Core Java, Maven, Gradle
API & Services: REST API Testing, Postman, Microservices, Kafka (event validation), Kubernetes
CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Git, Docker (basic), Kibana
Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) (Mar 2022)
Accomplishments
- €1.14M estimated annual EU revenue uplift — personalization QA coverage at Adidas tied directly to a +0.73% cart addition rate.
- 80% drop in manual regression effort at EY after fully automating the regression suite.
- EY Spot Award — recognised for consistent, high-quality delivery across the engagement.
- Client recognition at Pyramid Consulting — called out for fast delivery, problem-solving, and cross-timezone collaboration with US teams.
Timeline
Senior Test Engineer
Brightly Software (Siemens)
10.2025 - 03.2026
Software Developer (SDET)
Adidas
04.2023 - 10.2025
Test Engineer
Ernst & Young (EY)
01.2022 - 04.2023
Software Engineer (QA)
Pyramid Consulting
07.2019 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Amity University