Chaitanya

Strategic Software QA Engineer
New York, US.

About

Strategic Software QA Engineer with 5+ years of experience in high-stakes testing infrastructure, specializing in designing automated evaluation systems and scalable benchmarking frameworks. Proven track record of operating in fast-paced, 0 to 1 environments to prevent regressions and ensure the reliability of sophisticated software systems. Committed to advancing the frontier of physical engineering through rigorous, data-driven AGI evaluation.

Work

Amazon
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Senior Software QA Engineer

Albany, NY, US

Summary

Led the development of automated testing frameworks at Amazon, significantly reducing manual evaluation time and enabling high-velocity deployment cycles.

Highlights

Spearheaded the design and implementation of automated testing frameworks from the ground up, reducing manual evaluation time by 60% and enabling high-velocity deployment cycles.

Developed intricate evaluation benchmarks to precisely measure system accuracy against real-world data specifications, guaranteeing high-fidelity outputs for key enterprise clients.

Collaborated cross-functionally with AI/Software Engineers to translate abstract business requirements into precise, automated technical validations, enhancing product quality and integrity.

Pioneered and implemented a regression prevention strategy, proactively identifying critical system vulnerabilities before production and sustaining 99.9% system reliability.

Led a "0 to 1" initiative for a new internal tooling suite, guiding its development from concept to a fully tested, production-ready state within a single quarter.

TCS
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Software QA Engineer

Hyderabad, India, India

Summary

Engineered scalable automation suites using Selenium and Java, covering over 80% of critical paths and significantly reducing the risk of functional regressions for high-security financial systems.

Highlights

Engineered scalable automation suites using Selenium and Java, achieving 80%+ critical path coverage and significantly mitigating functional regression risks.

Optimized data-driven testing protocols, accelerating quantitative analysis speed during the evaluation phase by 40%.

Managed end-to-end testing lifecycles for high-security financial data systems, ensuring stringent compliance with information assurance standards.

Executed rapid-response bug triage in a low-bureaucracy environment, prioritizing and resolving critical bugs based on data-driven impact assessments.

Education

Wilmington University
Wilmington, DE, United States of America

Master's

Information Security Assurance

Grade: 3.7 GPA

Skills

Evaluation & Testing

Automated Evaluation Frameworks (Evals), Benchmarking, Regression Testing, Model Performance Evaluation, Test-Driven Development (TDD).

Technical Stack

Python, Java, Selenium, SQL, API Testing (Postman/RestAssured), Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes.

Engineering Domains

Quantitative Intuition, Data-Driven Decision Making, Information Security Assurance, Agile/Scrum, CI/CD Pipeline Integration.

Soft Skills

Rapid Prototyping (0 to 1), Cross-functional Leadership, Technical Problem Solving, High-Velocity Execution.

Projects

Scalable Security & Performance Benchmarking Suite

Summary

Designed and implemented an end-to-end testing infrastructure for a high-security data environment as part of graduate research.

Automated Industrial Data Validator

Summary

Built a proprietary tool to validate massive datasets against physical-world constraints (quantitative intuition), identifying discrepancies that standard QA tools missed.

Autonomous Evaluation Framework for AI Agents

Summary

Engineered a custom benchmarking tool to evaluate the accuracy of logic-based outputs, utilizing Python and automated scripts to simulate 500+ edge-case scenarios.