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Work Experience

• Principal Software Engineer, Snowflake

  Aug, 2024 - Jun, 202510 months

  Built, enhanced, and maintained automation frameworks.

  • Architected and led development of customer-facing onboarding and configuration advisory platforms for Snowflake, enabling efficient, scalable customer adoption through intelligent configuration recommendations.

  • Build AI agents to automate processes, surface insights, and integrate data across multiple tools and resources.

  • Drove organization-wide quality initiatives across Customer Experience Engineering (CXE), establishing frameworks and automation to elevate delivery standards.

  • Prioritized and automated the test scenarios in a Snowflake environment that’s representative of customers’ schema and workloads.

  • Partnered with Support and Core Engineering teams to lead end-to-end release management across multiple CXE product lines. Leveraged AI-powered debugging tools to accelerate software delivery and ensure high-quality production standards.

  • Designed and implemented an tools, test frameworks and test strategy(including frontend and backend) for all products under CXE team.

• Staff Software Engineer, Fiddler AI

  Dec, 2023 - Jul, 20247 months

  Driving the efforts for release, internal tools and reliability of product.

  • Led end-to-end ownership of Fiddler product releases, collaborating closely with PMs, Dev Leads, and Managers to drive sprint execution effectively.

  • Designed and implemented an internal tool for streamlined hydration of diverse data models essential for comprehensive product testing.

  • Collaborated with the Front-end team to significantly enhance test automation coverage, elevating it from 30% to an impressive 80% within three months.

  • Automated Upgrade and Scale testing frameworks for Fiddler's product, contributing to a more robust and efficient testing process.

  • Experience with production operations, on-call support, and good practices for putting quality code in production and solve issues when they arise.

  • Hands-on experience with Data science, ML Engineering, LLM and Gen AI applications.

• Engineering Manager - Tools & DevOps, Risingwave Labs

  May, 2022 - Nov, 20231 year 6 months

  As a leader, I have been instrumental in implementing robust performance and reliability testing strategies for the RisingWave database.

  • Manage a high-performing team of 6 engineers, spearheading Performance & Quality Engineering initiatives to ensure maximum system reliability and delivery efficiency.

  • Led the design and implementation of TPCH, Nexmark, and YCSB benchmark frameworks for RisingWave; conducted comprehensive competitive analysis against Apache Flink to drive product positioning.

  • Led and contributed to the design and development of TPCH, Nexmark, and YCSB benchmark frameworks for the RisingWave database, conducting a comparative analysis against Apache Flink.

  • Architected and deployed advanced testing frameworks for Longevity, Chaos Mesh, and Deterministic Testing, significantly increasing system resilience under stress.

  • Designed, architected, and implemented cutting-edge test frameworks for Longevity, Chaos Mesh Testing, and Deterministic Testing.

  • Proactively engaged in customer interaction to comprehend their unique requirements and conducted Proof of Concepts (POCs) utilizing the RisingWave database to showcase its potential in addressing their specific use cases.

• Staff Software Engineer, Imperva (via Cloudvector acquisition)

  Sep, 2019 - May, 20222 years 8 months

  Architected and developed test automation frameworks tailored for comprehensive product testing.

  • Led the charge in ensuring top-notch quality, automation, and DevOps integration during the seamless integration of Cloudvector into the Imperva product line.

  • Pioneered the Quality Engineering (QE) Cloudvector team, establishing strong foundations for QE processes, tools, and frameworks as the first engineer.

  • Collaborated closely with the CTO and development team to elevate test automation practices, resulting in robust and reliable product releases.

  • Designed, architected, and implemented highly effective test frameworks for System, End-to-End Testing, and Performance Testing.

  • Successfully set up the Frontend testing environment using Cypress/Cucumber, enhancing frontend testing capabilities.

  • Demonstrated expertise in crafting end-to-end test plans and utilizing load/performance testing frameworks like Locust and k6.

  • Assumed responsibility for hiring, significantly expanding the team by hiring multiple engineers and providing valuable mentorship to foster their growth.

• Staff Software Engineer (Tools and QE), Aerospike

  Sep, 2016 - Jul, 20192 years 10 months

  Led development of robust test frameworks and tools for the Aerospike database.

  • Streamlined system performance by meticulously cleaning up obsolete large backend test logs from AWS S3, thereby optimizing the functionality of dependent tools.

  • Spearheaded the development of an innovative log analysis tool, reducing the manual effort required for test log analysis and enhancing overall efficiency.

  • Achieved a remarkable 30% reduction in execution time for large test suites by implementing strategic optimizations within the test framework.

  • Pioneered the creation of a user-friendly QE dashboard, providing a GUI-based historical view of test cases and empowering informed decision-making.

  • Formulated comprehensive best practices for automation and successfully standardized coding rules for test cases and library code, ensuring consistency and maintainability across the testing process.

• Senior System Developer, One.com

  Aug, 2013 - Aug, 20163 years

  Developed a restricted shell, designed authentication and logging systems, mentored team members.

  • Created a restricted shell that intelligently restricts user operations based on their privileges. Additionally, played a pivotal role in designing and developing the Authentication, Session, and logging system, along with the client-side components of the customized shell.

  • Actively guided and mentored team members, providing valuable insights and expertise, to empower them in developing features for the restricted shell.

  • Developed a WebAUTH Server in Perl using the Starman framework, enabling efficient Single Sign-On functionality for enhanced user experience.

  • Designed and implemented a Perl XS Wrapper, seamlessly integrating components of the MIT Kerberos C library, enhancing performance and functionality.

• Member of Technical Staff, NetApp India Pvt Ltd

  Aug, 2009 - Aug, 20134 years

  Responsible for developing the test framework component and libraries

  • Involved in designing automation frameworks which were consumed by QA teams to automate their test-cases.

  • Development of test automation framework and scripts (Perl libraries) for various storage resiliency features in NetApp OS.

  • Maintained libraries and Unit Tests for new releases of ONTAP.

• Software Engineer, Wipro

  Oct, 2007 - Jul, 20091 year 9 months

  Developed and implemented an automation framework and test cases for network routers and switches.

  • Automated the test cases in Perl for layer various network devices like switch and router.

  • Performed regression testing for various features.

  • Involved in planning, estimation, and preparing test case execution strategy for the entire team.

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