DEEPAK AWASTHI
Gurgaon
Summary
Senior SDET with 11 years of experience across functional testing, web and API automation, and quality engineering at scale. Designs and builds quality engineering systems, including a multi-agent AI quality platform that turns Jira, Confluence and GitHub context into targeted, risk-driven test coverage. Deep expertise in Java, Selenium, Serenity BDD, Cucumber and REST Assured, with hands-on experience designing agentic AI workflows on GitHub Copilot and MCP. Currently pursuing an architect-level track focused on AI quality engineering and LLM evaluation.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
SENIOR SDET / QUALITY ENGINEERING
Adidas
Gurgaon Tech Hub
01.2023 - Current
- Designed and built the M3-MB multi-agent AI quality system (detailed above), now the team's approach to risk-driven test design
- Developed and sustained automation scripts using Java and Selenium to improve testing efficiency. in Java, Selenium, Serenity BDD, Cucumber and REST Assured on a Gradle build, integrated with Jenkins CI
- Led API testing for the DALv3 endpoint migration — entity-code-based scoping with recursive fallback walk-up
- Investigated and resolved production out-of-memory failure in scheduled cleanup task, tracing issue to unbounded query and documenting pagination and projection fix
- Identified cross-service regression risks not visible to static analysis; proposed extending knowledge base with coupling map of reverse dependency edges and historical co-change data to enhance risk assessment
- Managed test cases and execution evidence through Jira with Xray
- Presented AI quality system to senior leadership, creating presentation materials and enabling adoption across QA colleagues
- Performed detailed field-by-field contract comparison between.
- Global Capability Centre (GCC) Quality Engineering team, supporting the MB and PG product lines across a distributed product and engineering organisation.
ASSOCIATE LEAD - QA, AUTOMATION ENGINEER
ImpactQA Services Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 05.2021
- Performed manual and automation testing across web and API
- Developed test plans to ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Reviewed and analyzed software requirements; participated in design reviews and flagged potential problems early
- Built automation using BDD (Cucumber) with Selenium WebDriver (Java), TestNG, Maven and REST Assured
- Executed automation regression suite for new builds and assessed results for quality assurance
- Directed automation process and managed code base in Git for version control
- Used Jira for defect tracking and prepared testing documentation and reports
- Client: Vitamojo (POS, Kiosk) — a health-focused restaurant chain and software company delivering a cloud-based operating system that gives restaurant owners access to a digital platform and intelligence layer.
AUTOMATION DEVELOPER
SysVision Infotech Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon
11.2017 - 07.2018
- Updated legacy code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality
- Collaborated with project managers to establish coding milestones for pre-release software projects, ensuring project timelines and quality standards
- Translated customer requirements into detailed use cases, facilitating clear communication between stakeholders
- Designed tailored solutions for proposals, addressing specific client needs and enhancing competitive positioning
SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEER
Successive Software
06.2017 - 11.2017
- Gathered project information, translating requirements into test scenarios, test cases, and test data to ensure comprehensive test coverage
- Developed and executed test scripts on new builds using TestNG with WebDriver
- Executed test cases and generated summary reports, providing insights for development teams to address issues promptly
- Conducted various testing types including sanity, functional, GUI, regression, and system testing to ensure software quality.
- Identified automation candidates and updated test cases, aligning testing efforts with implementation changes to maintain testing integrity
- Project: Market Cube — a SaaS marketplace solution integrating directly with e-commerce stores, giving businesses the tools to manage their marketplace and empowering sellers to run their stores on Shopify.
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER
Rose I.T. Solutions Private Limited
01.2015 - 05.2017
- Gathered requirements and created test scenarios, test cases and test data
- Developed and executed test scripts on new builds using TestNG with WebDriver
- Executed test cases and generated test summary reports
- Covered sanity, functional, GUI, regression and system testing
- Owned product and functional testing at system level
- Module: QCOMX — web-enabled staffing procurement management software allowing suppliers globally to track candidates for submission to buyers across the QCOMX network, including placement commission tracking.
LEAD SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER
UKG
05.2021
- Reviewed, analysed and identified test cases requiring automation
- Wrote manual test cases and conducted weekly bug triage calls
- Developed and executed web automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver with BDD
- Developed API automation scripts using REST Assured
- Reduced regression execution time from 4 hours to 2 hours
- Updated legacy code base to current coding standards
- Led the automation process and maintained the code base in Git
- Implemented continuous integration with Jenkins, including cron-scheduled automation runs
- Performed regression testing in the production environment on each new build
- Communicated with development, technical support and business support teams to resolve issues
- Workforce Management (WFM) — an integrated set of processes used to optimise employee productivity, covering labour forecasting and day-to-day and hour-to-hour staff scheduling.
Education
Master of Technology (M.Tech) - Computer Science and Engineering
Amity University
Noida, UP06-2014
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Information Technology
HP University
Shimla, HP07-2012
12th - Science
DAV Public School
Alampur, Himachal Pradesh03-2008
Skills
- Test Automation: Java, Selenium WebDriver, Serenity BDD (Screenplay), Cucumber, TestNG, JUnit
- API Testing: REST Assured, Postman, API contract and schema validation
- AI / Agentic Engineering: GitHub Copilot custom agents, MCP (Model Context Protocol), agentic workflow design, prompt engineering, LLM evaluation, AI-assisted test generation
- Frameworks & Patterns: BDD, Hybrid, Page Object Model, Screenplay pattern
- Build & CI/CD: Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, Git, GitHub Actions
- Test Management: Jira with Xray, Confluence, Azure DevOps
- Data & Databases: SQL Server, data-driven testing, Databricks (in progress)
- Languages: Java, Python (developing), JavaScript / Nodejs
- Practices: Agile & Scrum, UAT, regression strategy, risk-based testing, root cause analysis, mentoring
Timeline
SENIOR SDET / QUALITY ENGINEERING
Adidas
01.2023 - Current
LEAD SOFTWARE QA ENGINEER
UKG
05.2021
ASSOCIATE LEAD - QA, AUTOMATION ENGINEER
ImpactQA Services Pvt Ltd
08.2018 - 05.2021
AUTOMATION DEVELOPER
SysVision Infotech Pvt Ltd
11.2017 - 07.2018
SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEER
Successive Software
06.2017 - 11.2017
SOFTWARE TEST ENGINEER
Rose I.T. Solutions Private Limited
01.2015 - 05.2017
Master of Technology (M.Tech) - Computer Science and Engineering
Amity University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Information Technology
HP University
12th - Science
DAV Public School