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Ashish Ahuja

Summary

Enthusiastic and dedicated automation testing engineer with over 9 years of experience delivering high-quality software solutions. Proven ability to collaborate effectively within teams, driving projects to successful completion while maintaining a focus on efficiency and accuracy.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

SDET-3

Cashfree Payments
03.2023 - Current
  • Quality advocate in PRD and Tech Design discussions – influenced product decisions and ensured testability, scalability, and reliability were addressed from the design stage.
  • Defined and owned test strategy across functional, performance, and security testing; established automation best practices and ensured alignment across multiple teams.
  • Architected and scaled API automation framework (RestAssured + Java) with multi-environment support, CI/CD integration, and proactive failure handling (Slack alerts + Jira ticketing).
  • Report Portal for Test Automation – Designed and implemented a custom reporting solution using Java Spring Boot, SQL DB, and Metabase, enabling deep test analytics, stakeholder dashboards, and faster RCA.
  • AI Web Explorer – Built an AI-agent powered tool (browser-use + LLM) that automatically crawls e-commerce websites, detects payment aggregators and enabled payment modes, reducing manual validation effort and ensuring compliance.
  • Error Intelligence Platform – Developed a tool to analyze error logs from multiple platforms, correlate root causes, and recommend fixes along with ownership assignment. This significantly reduced MTTR and improved developer productivity.
  • Implemented production-grade quality initiatives including:
    Synthetic test suite for production monitoring.
    Daily automated regression runs with stability monitoring and false-failure reduction.
    100% automation coverage target for critical services.
  • Led developer-focused automation efforts, ensuring unit + integration test adoption and closing quality gaps.
  • Mentored and coached SDETs & engineers, growing team capability and fostering a culture of technical excellence.
  • Partnered with engineering & product teams to triage customer issues and drive faster resolution of production bugs.
  • Cloud & Infra Quality Expertise – hands-on validation of distributed systems (Kafka, SQS, SNS, S3); AWS (Athena, IAM, Incident Manager); Kubernetes, Kibana, ArgoCD.

Member of Technical Staff

Salesforce
06.2020 - 03.2023
  • Reviewed and validated developer-authored test cases for each epic, ensuring accuracy and coverage.
  • Owned functional validation & end-to-end testing, designing comprehensive test scenarios across business flows.
  • Developed and maintained automation suites using Java, Selenium, Cucumber BDD, and TestNG, driving reliable regression coverage.
  • Mentored SDETs and developers on automation best practices, coding standards, and test strategy.
  • Partnered with QA & cross-functional teams on defect triage, root cause analysis, and quality gates.
  • Hands-on expertise with Jenkins (CI/CD), SQL/SOQL, and Sauce Labs for scalable automation and cloud-based testing.

Software Engineer

Pramata Knowledge Solutions
11.2018 - 06.2020
  • Collaborated with developers and product managers to review product updates and refine requirements into testable scenarios.
  • Authored high-quality test cases aligned with business and technical requirements.
  • Designed and enhanced automation scripts using Java, Selenium, Cucumber, and TestNG, ensuring scalable and maintainable test coverage.
  • Executed CI/CD-driven test runs via Jenkins, including release validation, DB restoration, DR activity, and report analysis.

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant
12.2015 - 11.2018
  • Extensive hands-on experience in web testing automation using Selenium with both BDD and TDD frameworks.
  • Executed functional and regression testing across multiple web applications, ensuring business-critical workflows are validated.
  • Worked in Agile Scrum teams, actively participating in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Proficient with Jira and bug tracking tools for defect management, reporting, and traceability.
  • Delivered clear test reports and insights to stakeholders, enabling faster issue resolution and release confidence.

Education

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Jaypee University of IT, Solan
01.2015

Skills

  • Java (Programming Language)
  • Python
  • Spring
  • REST API
  • FAST API
  • SQL (Programming Language)
  • Metabase
  • TestNG
  • RestAssured
  • Selenium
  • Kibana
  • Bitbucket
  • Cucumber (Software)
  • Postman
  • K6
  • JIRA
  • Stress testing
  • Security testing using Zap

Timeline

SDET-3

Cashfree Payments
03.2023 - Current

Member of Technical Staff

Salesforce
06.2020 - 03.2023

Software Engineer

Pramata Knowledge Solutions
11.2018 - 06.2020

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant
12.2015 - 11.2018

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Jaypee University of IT, Solan

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