Sandeep Neela
Hyderabad
Summary
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with 6+ years of experience in test automation, API testing, and UI automation. Experienced in building automated tests using Python, pytest, and Playwright (TypeScript), Selenium, and integrating test suites with CI/CD pipelines to improve testing efficiency and release quality. Utilizes GitHub Copilot and Cursor to accelerate test development and debugging.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior SDET
Egnyte
Remote, India
03.2025 - Current
- Developed and maintained automated API tests using Python and pytest to validate REST APIs and backend services.
- Worked on testing Generative AI (GenAI) applications by validating responses from Large Language Models (LLMs) for accuracy, relevance, and consistency across different use cases.
- Designed and implemented automated validation strategies for LLM outputs,
- Integrated LLM response validation into existing automation pipelines to support continuous testing of AI-powered features.
- Implemented UI test automation using Playwright with TypeScript, improving coverage of critical user workflows and regression scenarios.
- Integrated automation test suites with CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous testing and faster feedback during deployments.
- Leveraged **AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot and Cursor to accelerate test development, debugging, and code optimization.
Sr SDET
Eightfold.ai
Remote, India
10.2022 - 12.2024
- Developed and maintained test automation frameworks using Playwright with Javascript, Selenium, and Python/Pytest to improve UI and functional test coverage.
- Designed and executed end-to-end automated test scenarios for the Talent Intelligence Platform, enabling early defect detection and improving release quality.
- Built automation utilities for resume conversion and upload workflows, reducing manual effort and improving operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Developers, QA, DevOps) to identify production-impacting defects and improve overall system reliability.
- Worked on LLM responses validation for API in testing using transformers
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Epam Systems
Hyderabad, India
09.2019 - 10.2022
- Contributed to the REFI-RDT2 project in the Risk Managementdomain for client Dante, supporting automation and release validation activities.
- Identified and resolved a critical showstopper defect in the Bulk Edit application during the 6.5 release testing, ensuring a smooth production deployment.
- Automated the test data preparation process, reducing preparation time from 4 hours to 1 hour 30 minutes and significantly improving testing efficiency.
- Built a performance testing suite from scratch using JMeter, uncovering performance bottlenecks and improving system stability before releases.
- Developed a Jenkins CI pipeline and enhanced release automation in collaboration with DevOps, reducing manual effort and improving deployment reliability.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - CSE
TKR College of Engineering and Technology
Hyderabad, TG01-2019
Skills
- Playwright
- GUI automation
- API testing
- LLM Models Testing
- Gen AI
- Java
- Python
- JavaScript
- Pytest
- CI/CD pipelines
- Selenium
- Rest Assured
- SQL
- BDD
- AI/ML Testing
- CI/CD integration
- Agile methodologies
- Maven
- Jenkins
- Cucumber
- AWS
- WDIO
- Locust
- Postman
- JIRA
- TestRail
- Black box testing
- Cursor, Augment, Copilot
- Regression testing
Certification
- [AWS Developer ] certified
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Hindi
Advanced
C1
Telugu
Proficient
C2
Timeline
Senior SDET
Egnyte
03.2025 - Current
Sr SDET
Eightfold.ai
10.2022 - 12.2024
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Epam Systems
09.2019 - 10.2022
Bachelor of Technology - CSE
TKR College of Engineering and Technology