Summary
Skills
Accomplishments
Work History
Education
Timeline
SeniorSoftwareEngineer
Shahid Sayyad

Shahid Sayyad

Software Development Engineer in Test
Pune,MH

Summary

I am a seasoned Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with over 12+ years of comprehensive experience in driving quality and productivity engineering initiatives. I specialize in designing scalable test harness for backend services, web, and mobile applications. I advocate for CI/CD and Agile best practices while implementing innovative test automation strategies and frameworks for complex, large-scale systems. Adept at fast-paced, cross-functional work with a focus on early quality, ensuring reliable and high-performing products.

Skills

Language: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript

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Accomplishments

  • Developed a scalable test harness for mobile and web apps using Appium, Playwright, and an in-house container orchestrator, enabling daily beta releases.
  • Built a customizable WebDriverIO + TypeScript test automation framework for a SaaS travel platform, reducing client test development efforts by up to 90%.
  • Designed and developed a low-code API automation framework using RestAssured & Swagger, reducing test development time by over 30%.
  • Implemented OpenTracing for distributed systems, reducing debugging time for system and environment issues by ~48%.
  • Introduced a WireMock-based mocking layer during pre-release testing, resulting in a 35% reduction in production bug leakage.

Work History

Staff SDET

PhonePe
Pune, India
07.2022 - Current
  • Owned QA automation for PhonePe's Wealth team, implementing
    robust test strategies to launch stockbroking features like Buy/Sell
    Stocks, Intraday Trading, WealthBaskets, and Mutual Fund investments with high reliability.
  • Developed low-code API test automation framework using
    RestAssured, Swagger & OpenAPI specs, reducing test development time by 1/3rd.
  • Created a scalable mobile & web app test harness using Appium,
    Playwright & an in-house container orchestrator, enabling daily beta releases.
  • Implemented OpenTracing to analyze system & environment failures, enabling faster identification and reducing debugging time by up to 48%.
  • Designed a comprehensive quality dashboard, providing actionable insights & enabling teams to improve their quality processes.
  • Building an AI powered test automation framework for both API and

SDET-IV

Meesho
Remote, India
11.2021 - 07.2022
  • Led test automation strategy for Meesho's Discovery team, ensuring quality and reliability of key features like Search, Filters, and Price, supporting a user base of 120+M monthly active users during the e-commerce transition.
  • Reduced production bug leakage by ~35% by implementing mocking layer using WireMock for pre-production testing.
  • Created and maintained a scalable test environment on EC2 using Docker, Nginx, and Jenkins, enabling QA and developers to efficiently test new features and perform regression testing.

Tech Lead - QA

Tavisca Solutions
Pune, Maharashtra
01.2017 - 10.2021
  • Led QA efforts for hotel and car bookings, focusing on features like dynamic markup, connector de-duplication, loyalty point redemption, user reviews, and search filters, ensuring consistent, high-quality booking experiences.
  • Created a test automation framework with WebDriverIO and
    TypeScript, enabling clients to reuse base tests and adapt them for custom components, saving 90% of test development time.
  • Developed an automated security tests using Burp Suite that ran daily, scanning codebase repositories and sending email reports on new vulnerabilities to ensure compliance and security.
  • Built Jenkins pipelines integrated with Spinnaker to run automated
    tests after each deployment to the QA environment, ensuring
    continuous validation as part of the CI/CD process.

Senior Automation Test Engineer

Capgemini
Pune, Maharashtra
12.2015 - 12.2016
  • Worked on McDonald's mobile food ordering app and migrated 2000+ test cases for their backend POS application from QTP to Selenium with Java, enhancing test automation efficiency and scalability.

Programmer Analyst

Congnizant Technology Solutions
Pune, Maharashtra
12.2012 - 12.2015
  • Tested advertisement and cross-selling features during credit card
    transactions for Lloyds Banking Group's online banking website.
  • Performed security testing using Burp Suite and automated test cases written in Quality Center (QC) using QTP.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Government College of Engineering, Karad
Karad, Maharashtra, India
08.2008 - 05.2012

Higher Secondary School Certificate - Science

Pune University
Belapur, Maharashtra, India
06.2007 - 03.2008

Secondary School Certificate -

Pune University
Belapur, Maharashtra, India
06.2005 - 03.2006

Timeline

Staff SDET

PhonePe
07.2022 - Current

SDET-IV

Meesho
11.2021 - 07.2022

Tech Lead - QA

Tavisca Solutions
01.2017 - 10.2021

Senior Automation Test Engineer

Capgemini
12.2015 - 12.2016

Programmer Analyst

Congnizant Technology Solutions
12.2012 - 12.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

Government College of Engineering, Karad
08.2008 - 05.2012

Higher Secondary School Certificate - Science

Pune University
06.2007 - 03.2008

Secondary School Certificate -

Pune University
06.2005 - 03.2006

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