Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

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Pawan Chandra

Software Development Engineer in Test

SDET with 3+ years of industry experience in test automation, API validation, and quality engineering for scalable systems. Strong in Java, backend testing, and automation frameworks, with a proven track record of reducing manual effort, improving test coverage, and accelerating reliable releases. *************@*****.*** +91-638******* Bangalore, India pawan023 pawan023 WORK EXPERIENCE

Sep, 2024 - Present

SDET Freelance

Mercor and Handshake AI

Remote

Achievements/Tasks

Designed and implemented end-to-end test automation for distributed microservices, covering REST APIs, asynchronous workflows, database state, and cross-service validations to ensure functional correctness and data consistency.

Engineered reusable API, UI, and DB automation frameworks with maintainable test architecture, modular components, and regression coverage, enabling faster validation of complex product workflows.

Leveraged LLM-assisted engineering workflows for test design, debugging, failure analysis, and coverage-gap identification, improving development velocity while maintaining engineering and code-quality standards.

Aug, 2021 - Aug, 2024

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Acko Tech

Bangalore, India

Achievements/Tasks

Partner Onboarding Automation.

Built an API automation suite (REST Assured) That seamlessly integrates issuance and endorsement APIs for partner onboarding. 50% Reduction in testing cycles & TAT for new plans. Integrated automation with CI/CD pipelines For faster, reliable releases.

Jarvis Dashboard.

Developed UI automation (Selenium/Playwright) For Jarvis Dashboard, enabling faster claim closure.

Ensured system quality for 2M+ users and 50+ partners. Reduced Manual claim processing by 80%, improving turnaround time and UX.

EDUCATION

May, 2014 - May, 2017

High School and Matriculation

Army Public School Lucknow

10/10 and 84.6/100

Courses

PCM with Entrepreneurship.

Jul, 2018 - Jun, 2022

Bachelor of Technology

Lovely Professional University

8.37/10.00

Courses

Computer Science.

SKILLS

Languages: Java, Python, JavaScript

Automation: Selenium, Playwright, REST Assured, API Testing, Frameworks Designing

Backend: Microservices, REST APIs

Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL (DB Testing)

DevOps: CI/CD (Jenkins), Git

Concepts: Test Design, Debugging, DSA, OOPs

AI & Quality Engineering: LLMs, AI-Assisted Test

Generation, Debugging & Automation, Test Design &

Coverage Analysis (ChatGPT, Codex, Claude)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Jun, 2020

Mastered GFG DSA Course Solving over 400

problems, with a Track Rank 10

Jan, 2020

4* in CodeChef

Jun, 2020

5* in SQL on HackerRank

Jan, 2020

Solved more than 700 problems over various online

platfroms

PERSONAL PROJECTS

Mar, 2022

Voice Assistant using Python

Key Features

AI-based project using text to speech conversion library and SAPI5.

Takes an audio command from the user and performs the required action.

CERTIFICATES

Jun, 2019

Contributed to Dharohar Vikas Sansthan NGO's

Education and Shelter program

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