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Syed Imran Fahed

Bengaluru

Summary

Seasoned Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with over 7.5 years of experience in building robust, scalable automation frameworks, and driving quality across complex systems. Proven track record of reducing release cycles by 30% through efficient test automation, and ensuring high system reliability in fast-paced environments. Known for a deep understanding of backend systems, performance tuning, and security validation. Adept at bridging development and QA, and turning quality challenges into scalable, automated solutions that accelerate delivery and elevate product excellence.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

SDET 2

My11Circle (a unit of Games24x7)
Bengaluru
01.2025 - Current
  • Built an internal match lifecycle management tool with utilities to create matches, announce lineups, send push notifications, and simulate ball-by-ball data. Enabled end-to-end match setup with minimal input, reducing manual UAT effort by approximately 90%, and driving widespread adoption across engineering and stakeholder teams.
  • Developed a log analysis tool to parse and extract insights from Android dump files, error logs, and service-specific logs.
  • Built automated code coverage pipelines for P0 backend services, capturing monthly coverage metrics, and publishing historical trends to dashboards.
  • Developed a GenAI-powered tool to automatically generate test cases from feature specification documents, significantly reducing manual test design effort, and accelerating test planning.
  • Maintained and resolved issues in the in-house device lab infrastructure, ensuring high availability and stability for cross-device testing. Optimized resource utilization and significantly reduced dependency on third-party device farms, leading to substantial cost savings.
  • Led and delivered high-impact, high-revenue IPL projects, enhancing user LTV through scalable features—with zero business-impacting issues or rollbacks, ensuring smooth production launches, and platform stability.

SDET 3

LiveVox (a NICE company)
Bengaluru
09.2017 - 01.2024
  • Developed a Bash-based security validation tool and integrated it into the regression suites, leveraging the ZAP Proxy to automate API vulnerability scans. Eliminated the need for separate security runs, improving coverage, and reducing manual effort.
  • Built a data-driven unit test framework using Java and JUnit, tightly integrated into the component codebase, enabling rapid validation of over 1,300 functional scenarios in less than 10 seconds—streamlining CI workflows and accelerating release cycles.
  • Conducted load testing using JMeter, analyzed heap and thread dumps, and monitored AWS resources, and flagged critical issues pre-production.
  • Designed and developed an internal web tool for one-click test bed creation, replication of production data to staging for issue reproduction, and included modules for log analysis, health checks, and failure diagnostics—significantly accelerating QA workflows and root cause analysis.
  • Developed UI automation test suites for client-facing and internal web applications using Selenium and Playwright. Integrated into CI pipelines as build gatekeepers, enabling developers to validate builds—automatically rejecting them if any failures occur.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering

HKBK College of Engineering
Bengaluru, KA
2016

Skills

  • Languages and programming: Java, Go, Bash, SQL
  • Testing and QA: JUnit, TestNG, Rest Assured, JMeter, Locust, security testing, and performance testing/engineering
  • DevOps and tools: Docker, Git, Jenkins, AWS, Linux
  • Databases and caching: MySQL, Redis
  • Core concepts: Data structures & algorithms, networking
  • Backend and frameworks: Spring Boot, API development and testing, RabbitMQ, Kafka

Links

  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syed-imran-fahad
  • Github: https://github.com/IamEmraan

Timeline

SDET 2

My11Circle (a unit of Games24x7)
01.2025 - Current

SDET 3

LiveVox (a NICE company)
09.2017 - 01.2024

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science & Engineering

HKBK College of Engineering
Syed Imran Fahed