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I'm a results-driven Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 14+ years designing, implementing, and optimizing test automation frameworks to boost software quality and accelerate releases. I’ve built and evolved automation platforms across API, UI, mobile, and performance testing, always focusing on reliability, scalability, and maintainability. I’ve led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and embedded automation into CI/CD pipelines. I thrive on turning complex requirements into robust automation strategies, driving innovation, and delivering measurable value through self-healing tests, data-driven checks, and close collaboration with product and development teams.…I'm a results-driven Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 14+ years designing, implementing, and optimizing test automation frameworks to boost software quality and accelerate releases. I’ve built and evolved automation platforms across API, UI, mobile, and performance testing, always focusing on reliability, scalability, and maintainability. I’ve led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and embedded automation into CI/CD pipelines. I thrive on turning complex requirements into robust automation strategies, driving innovation, and delivering measurable value through self-healing tests, data-driven checks, and close collaboration with product and development teams.

Hema Sudheer

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QA Engineer, Front-End Developer

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I'm a results-driven Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 14+ years designing, implementing, and optimizing test automation frameworks to boost software quality and accelerate releases. I’ve built and evolved automation platforms across API, UI, mobile, and performance testing, always focusing on reliability, scalability, and maintainability. I’ve led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and embedded automation into CI/CD pipelines. I thrive on turning complex requirements into robust automation strategies, driving innovation, and delivering measurable value through self-healing tests, data-driven checks, and close collaboration with product and development teams.…I'm a results-driven Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 14+ years designing, implementing, and optimizing test automation frameworks to boost software quality and accelerate releases. I’ve built and evolved automation platforms across API, UI, mobile, and performance testing, always focusing on reliability, scalability, and maintainability. I’ve led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and embedded automation into CI/CD pipelines. I thrive on turning complex requirements into robust automation strategies, driving innovation, and delivering measurable value through self-healing tests, data-driven checks, and close collaboration with product and development teams.

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I’m a results-driven Senior Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 14+ years designing, implementing, and optimizing test automation frameworks to boost software quality and accelerate releases. I’ve built and evolved automation platforms across API, UI, mobile, and performance testing, always focusing on reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

I’ve led cross-functional teams, mentored engineers, and embedded automation into CI/CD pipelines. I thrive on turning complex requirements into robust automation strategies, driving innovation, and delivering measurable value through self-healing tests, data-driven checks, and close collaboration with product and development teams.

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Work Experience

Lead QA / SDET - Contract at Entain

May 1, 2024 - Present

Led the automation program for web, API, and mobile testing by building a new framework using C#, SpecFlow, and Playwright, and automated RPAs with UiPath. Developed API testing suites for Fixture and Market creation flows, implemented end-to-end data validation for ETL jobs (schema checks, row-level validation, data-quality rules), and analyzed Power BI dashboards to verify data accuracy. Built data-validation tooling with SQL and Python, established a performance testing framework with k6, and integrated automated tests into CI/CD with Jenkins/TeamCity. Mentored junior QA engineers, contributed to self-healing test automation, and implemented mobile automation with device farms (BrowserStack/Sauce Labs).

Senior SDET / QA Automation Engineer - Contract at Sky

July 1, 2019 - May 1, 2024

Built Linux embedded device frameworks (Python, Pytest, Squish) and GUI testing for the Sky website (Cypress/JavaScript). Led the development and rollout of web and mobile automation frameworks (Selenium WebDriver, Appium), defined comprehensive test plans, and integrated automated tests into CI/CD pipelines. Implemented end-to-end automation across web, mobile, and set-top platforms, and established testing strategies with POM, DRY/KISS principles. Led cross-team collaboration to prioritize automation ROI and extended CI/CD via Jenkins/TeamCity.

Senior QA Automation Engineer at Ascential (Client: Cannes Lions)

November 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019

Built a GUI framework from scratch (Python, Pytest, Selenium WebDriver, POM) and implemented a continuous delivery pipeline in Jenkins with master-slave parallelization. Automated Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Regression, and Validation suites across multi-portal environments, performed cross-browser testing (BrowserStack), and authored automated tests covering functional/negative scenarios. Established test strategy, maintained packs for multiple environments, and delivered an integrated GUI/API/mobile testing framework.

Developer in Test / QA Automation Engineer at Headforwards

March 1, 2013 - October 1, 2018

Green-field cloud platform development for multi-provider integration. Built and maintained automation frameworks using Python, Pytest, and Selenium; performed API testing with Swagger/OpenAPI; created a performance framework with Taurus; led security testing using Bandit and ZAP; integrated QA into CI using Jenkins; authored test plans and ensured API coverage across multiple portals. Also contributed to test data management and multi-environment test strategies.

QA Automation Engineer at Enterprise Cloud

March 1, 2013 - April 1, 2015

QA automation for a cloud management platform enabling cross-provider cloud connections. Built robust API client automation (Swagger/OpenAPI) with Python/Pytest, implemented CI/CD integration, and contributed to API test strategies. Focused on API coverage, data validation, and security testing within CI environments.

QA Analyst at UPS

November 1, 2011 - February 1, 2013

Performed beta, functional, ad-hoc, regression, system, and user acceptance testing across application and web-based platforms. Participated in full software testing lifecycle and collaborated in team review meetings to improve quality gates.

Senior QA Automation Engineer at Ascential (Client Cannes Lions)

November 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019

Built a GUI framework from scratch using Python, Pytest, and Selenium WebDriver with POM; implemented CI/CD in Jenkins and master-slave architecture for parallel test execution; created a unified framework spanning GUI, API, and mobile testing; performed cross-browser testing with BrowserStack; authored and maintained Smoke, Sanity, Functional, Regression, and Validation suites; ensured coverage across four portals and multiple environments; contributed to test strategy and documentation, and mentored team members.

QA Automation Engineer (Enterprise Cloud) at Headforwards (Client: NTT Communications)

March 1, 2013 - April 1, 2015

Enterprise Cloud: built Python/Pytest/Selenium-based automation framework; API testing using Swagger/OpenAPI; security testing with Bandit and ZAP; database and soak testing; CI integration with Jenkins; authored reusable test utilities and multi-portal test packs; collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve reliability and test coverage.

Developer in Test / QA Automation Engineer at Headforwards (Client: NTT Communications) – Cloud Management Platform

May 1, 2015 - October 1, 2018

Cloud Management Platform: developed automation for 25+ providers; built manual-tester support frameworks using Python, Pytest, Selenium; API testing with Swagger/OpenAPI; performance testing with Taurus; security testing; created test data management strategies; designed CI pipelines with Jenkins, Terraform, AWS, Ansible; contributed to cross-portal automation and data validation.

QA Analyst at UPS (United Parcel Service)

November 1, 2011 - February 1, 2013

Beta testing and full SDLC involvement; functional, ad-hoc, regression, system, and UAT testing; defect tracking and reporting; collaborated with teams to ensure quality gates and timely resolutions.