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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 10+ years of experience building and scaling test automation, improving software reliability, and driving production-ready release engineering across SaaS and enterprise systems. Proven track record of reducing regression cycles from days to a few hours while strengthening automation maturity, quality risk management, and continuous testing through CI/CD and cloud-based pipelines.…Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 10+ years of experience building and scaling test automation, improving software reliability, and driving production-ready release engineering across SaaS and enterprise systems. Proven track record of reducing regression cycles from days to a few hours while strengthening automation maturity, quality risk management, and continuous testing through CI/CD and cloud-based pipelines.

Zelalem Deneke

QA Engineer, Software Engineer, Web Developer, +2

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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 10+ years of experience building and scaling test automation, improving software reliability, and driving production-ready release engineering across SaaS and enterprise systems. Proven track record of reducing regression cycles from days to a few hours while strengthening automation maturity, quality risk management, and continuous testing through CI/CD and cloud-based pipelines.…Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 10+ years of experience building and scaling test automation, improving software reliability, and driving production-ready release engineering across SaaS and enterprise systems. Proven track record of reducing regression cycles from days to a few hours while strengthening automation maturity, quality risk management, and continuous testing through CI/CD and cloud-based pipelines.

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Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 10+ years of experience building and scaling test automation, improving software reliability, and driving production-ready release engineering across SaaS and enterprise systems.

Proven track record of reducing regression cycles from days to a few hours while strengthening automation maturity, quality risk management, and continuous testing through CI/CD and cloud-based pipelines.

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Work Experience

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) at Uplist

January 1, 2025 - Present

Design and develop scalable automation frameworks and reusable components using JavaScript, Python, and Playwright. Translate business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria into automated UI, REST API, backend workflow, and cross-system integration coverage. Build REST API validation and data validation using Python, Postman, JSON/HTTP, and SQL tooling for troubleshooting. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Buildkite on AWS for scalable execution and release readiness. Debug complex failures using root-cause analysis and system-level troubleshooting in collaboration with Software Engineering and Product Management, applying shift-left and AI-assisted coding practices (Claude AI) to improve reliability and delivery across the SDLC.

Software Test Engineer at Cisco

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2025

Architected and enhanced enterprise-grade test automation frameworks using Python, Java, Playwright, Selenium, PyTest, and REST API automation. Led end-to-end quality engineering strategy across UI, API, integration, system, regression, performance, and reliability testing to improve automation coverage, optimize tests, and strengthen release readiness. Engineered CI/CD quality gates and automated validation pipelines using Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and Git for parallel execution and faster defect detection. Drove test architecture, root-cause analysis, defect triage, quality metrics, and technical leadership with Engineering, DevOps, Product, and Architecture teams to improve system reliability and production quality.

Software Test Engineer at MoxiWorks

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2023

Developed and maintained test automation frameworks using JavaScript, Python, Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Playwright, and PyTest with reusable components, Page Object Model (POM), and modular automation practices. Built UI, API, functional, regression, integration, smoke, end-to-end, and cross-browser tests for SaaS applications to improve coverage and reduce manual testing effort. Performed REST API and database testing using Postman, Python, SQL, MySQL, JSON, and pgAdmin for data integrity and service integration validation. Collaborated in Agile/Scrum using Git, Jira, and TestRail to support execution, debugging, and defect resolution.

Software Engineer in Test at Public Storage

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017

Developed Java-based test automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, Page Object Model (POM), and reusable components for web applications. Executed UI, functional, regression, API, database, and mobile testing and integrated automated testing into Agile delivery to improve software quality and release reliability.