I am an AI-enabled SDET with 9.8 years of experience architecting quality engineering systems across web, mobile, and API platforms. I have delivered end-to-end quality for global brands including HSBC, Royal Caribbean, and Chewy. I excel at building robust automation strategies, driving test coverage, and enabling fast release cycles. I love leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot to accelerate test design, defect prediction, and automation coverage. I have led QA teams, built automation frameworks from scratch, and embedded shift-left testing in distributed, remote-first environments. I also hold a Professional Scrum Master I (PSM-I) certification and bring a product-first, reliability-driven engineering mindset.

Pawan Pilley

I am an AI-enabled SDET with 9.8 years of experience architecting quality engineering systems across web, mobile, and API platforms. I have delivered end-to-end quality for global brands including HSBC, Royal Caribbean, and Chewy. I excel at building robust automation strategies, driving test coverage, and enabling fast release cycles. I love leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot to accelerate test design, defect prediction, and automation coverage. I have led QA teams, built automation frameworks from scratch, and embedded shift-left testing in distributed, remote-first environments. I also hold a Professional Scrum Master I (PSM-I) certification and bring a product-first, reliability-driven engineering mindset.

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I am an AI-enabled SDET with 9.8 years of experience architecting quality engineering systems across web, mobile, and API platforms. I have delivered end-to-end quality for global brands including HSBC, Royal Caribbean, and Chewy. I excel at building robust automation strategies, driving test coverage, and enabling fast release cycles.

I love leveraging AI tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot to accelerate test design, defect prediction, and automation coverage. I have led QA teams, built automation frameworks from scratch, and embedded shift-left testing in distributed, remote-first environments. I also hold a Professional Scrum Master I (PSM-I) certification and bring a product-first, reliability-driven engineering mindset.

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Development Engineer in Test at Mewar Technology Services (Working for Cognizant Technology Solutions)
January 1, 2025 - April 1, 2026
Led and mentored a team of 3 QA engineers; provided technical guidance, AI-assisted test design reviews, and sprint-level execution planning. Owned end-to-end quality engineering for Android & iOS applications; leveraged GitHub Copilot to accelerate automation script development. Drove GraphQL API testing using Postman; built and maintained GraphQL query collections to validate complex data contracts between mobile and backend services. Utilized Proxyman for real-time network traffic capture and log analysis on both iOS and Android devices, enabling precise root-cause analysis of mobile defects and API behavior validation. Executed and maintained Playwright test scripts for web-based companion interfaces, complementing mobile test coverage and ensuring cross-platform release confidence. Leveraged Sofy AI for intelligent mobile test automation on Android & iOS, utilising AI-driven test execution and visual validation capabilities to enhance coverage without heavy scripting overhead. Dro
Senior Software Engineer at Mobikode Software Pvt. Ltd.
August 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024
Key contributor in API testing with Membership Squad. Maintaining, managing, and executing API’s collection in Postman. Collaborating with team members for daily status updates.
Senior QA Automation at Shree Maruti Integrated Logistics
January 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Complete ownership of the Delivery Module. Managed a team of 2 QA members. Set up the API automation framework from scratch using Rest Assured. Completed the POC to set the UI automation framework using the Cucumber Framework. Complete ownership of the Apps used by DAs and internal dashboard testing. Conducting the daily standup meeting and collaborating with the team.
Senior Test Engineer at Wipro Limited
April 1, 2021 - August 1, 2023
Test Strategy, Designing & mapping the requirements to related Test Cases. Designing Test Matrix by understanding the business requirements. Identifying Automation Scenarios from the set of Test Cases/User stories identified in a cycle. Developing and Executing Web Automation Test Cases for the identified Automation Scenarios. Development of Test Cases, Test Data Creation, Test Environment and Execution of Test Cases. Logging, Tracking, Retesting and closure of Defects in Jira. Involved in release level regression. Management of Test Environments including Bug Tracking, Issue Resolution and Sign-off coordination and Release Day support.
Test Automation Engineer at IAMFIRST Digitions Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
November 1, 2018 - April 1, 2021
Understand the business requirements. Designing RTM and mapping the requirements to related Test Cases. Identifying Automation Scenarios from the set of Test Cases/User stories identified in cycle. Developing and Executing Web Automation Test Cases for the identified Automation Scenarios. Development of Test Cases, Test Data Creation, Test Environment and Execution of Test Cases. Execution of Test Cases Using Selenium Tool. Management of Test Environments including Bug Tracking, Issue Resolution and Sign-off coordination.
QA Analyst Engineer at RentOAttire
January 1, 2018 - October 1, 2018
Complete ownership for android, iOS and in-house app releases, backend, API and internal dashboards testing. Interacted with developers and end users and acted as a catalyst to obtain requirements and perform end-user testing. Automated the testing process to test the functionality of assigned modules. Coordinated and integrated subscripts from junior QA engineers to build a central repository for present and future testing efforts. Implemented best practices for in-house products and app releases to meet strict deadlines. Participated in weekly team meetings with the development and QA Team.
QA Tester at Fashion on Rent (Domain: Fashion on Rent)
July 1, 2016 - December 1, 2017
Analyzed requirements from Project Manager to design and develop Test Strategy with Testing Team Lead. Preparation of Test Plan and Test cases by referring the Business Requirement Document, creation of test data for testing. Testing the overall process to verify that the entire flow starting from initial testing to the end user acceptance is as expected and without bugs. Interacting with different teams for issue Resolution. Conducted System Testing, Unit Testing, Integrity Testing and Regression Testing. Designed manual test cases as per the requirements and executed test cases end to end.

Education

M.E. (Information Technology) at Amravati University, Amravati
January 11, 2030 - May 13, 2026
B.E. (Information Technology) at Amravati University, Amravati
January 11, 2030 - May 13, 2026

Qualifications

Professional Scrum Master I (PSM-I)
January 1, 2024 - May 13, 2026
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate
January 1, 2024 - May 13, 2026
Google Automating Web Application Testing
January 1, 2023 - May 13, 2026
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
January 1, 2022 - May 13, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Retail, Software & Internet, Transportation & Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, Professional Services