I am a Senior Quality Engineering Leader with 13+ years of experience designing enterprise test automation frameworks and implementing CI/CD pipelines in Agile and DevOps environments. I have deep expertise in UI automation, API automation, mobile automation, cloud infrastructure, containerization, and continuous testing. I enjoy building high-performing teams, driving shift-left testing, and delivering reliable software through automation and collaboration across cross-functional teams. I'm passionate about mentoring engineers and enabling organizations to ship quality software faster.

Deepak Sood

I am a Senior Quality Engineering Leader with 13+ years of experience designing enterprise test automation frameworks and implementing CI/CD pipelines in Agile and DevOps environments. I have deep expertise in UI automation, API automation, mobile automation, cloud infrastructure, containerization, and continuous testing. I enjoy building high-performing teams, driving shift-left testing, and delivering reliable software through automation and collaboration across cross-functional teams. I'm passionate about mentoring engineers and enabling organizations to ship quality software faster.

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I am a Senior Quality Engineering Leader with 13+ years of experience designing enterprise test automation frameworks and implementing CI/CD pipelines in Agile and DevOps environments. I have deep expertise in UI automation, API automation, mobile automation, cloud infrastructure, containerization, and continuous testing.

I enjoy building high-performing teams, driving shift-left testing, and delivering reliable software through automation and collaboration across cross-functional teams. I’m passionate about mentoring engineers and enabling organizations to ship quality software faster.

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Work Experience

QA Consultant at Kroger
July 1, 2022 - January 1, 2026
Designed and implemented enterprise-level Playwright automation framework (UI and API); Architected scalable mobile automation framework using Appium (iOS and Android); Modernized legacy Selenium WebDriver framework to improve maintainability and performance; Integrated automated regression suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines; Implemented containerized test execution using Docker; Enabled continuous testing practices within Agile delivery model; Improved regression stability and reduced manual testing effort
QA Automation Lead at Flybits
April 1, 2021 - July 1, 2022
Led a team of 6 QA automation engineers in Agile/Scrum environment; Designed WebDriverIO-based automation framework using JavaScript; Developed REST API automation suite using SuperTest; Implemented cross-browser and cross-device execution using Docker and BrowserStack; Improved automation reliability and pipeline execution success rate
Lead Consultant – Automation & DevOps Engineering at Xebia
April 1, 2017 - June 1, 2020
Architected Selenium, Protractor, Nightwatch, and Rest Assured automation frameworks; Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Git; Provisioned and managed AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, ELB); Integrated XRAY with Jira for automated reporting and traceability; Reduced regression execution time by approximately 80%; Led and mentored 12 QA engineers across multiple enterprise projects
Senior Associate – Quality Engineering at Publicis Sapient
July 1, 2016 - April 1, 2017
Developed BDD-based automation framework using Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber; Integrated automated test suites into Jenkins CI pipelines; Participated in sprint planning, estimation, and release readiness activities; Improved test coverage for e-commerce platform
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET-II) at Snapdeal
June 1, 2015 - July 1, 2016
Designed Selenium WebDriver automation framework using Java and TestNG; Performed REST API testing using HTTP Client and SOAP UI; Conducted performance testing using Apache JMeter; Executed SQL-based database validation and backend testing
Automation Engineer at Aon | NIIT Technologies
June 1, 2012 - June 1, 2015
Built data-driven Selenium automation frameworks; Performed regression, integration, functional, and database testing; Logged and tracked defects using Bugzilla defect tracking system

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science at Punjab Technical University
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail