Rahul Vaydande
Dublin
Summary
Senior QA Engineer and Automation Lead with 8+ years in software verification and test automation across automotive connectivity, media, and enterprise platforms. Expertise in C#/.NET, BDD, and system-level test automation, owning CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps across 11+ concurrent OEM programmes. Leads a company-wide QA Engineering Framework driving continuous improvement and governance. Applies AI-assisted development tools with engineering judgment, delivering automation adopted org-wide under a human-approval model. Skilled at cross-team collaboration and mentoring within matrixed organizations.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Cubic Telecom LTD
Dublin, Ireland
05.2022 - Current
- 4+ years of experience leading test automation for a global automotive connectivity provider, supporting system-level testing across 15+ concurrent OEM programmes.
- Led a company-wide QA Engineering Framework initiative, introducing standardised practices and continuous improvement principles to improve test quality, efficiency, and maintainability.
- Used AI-assisted development tools including GitHub Copilot, Claude, and OpenAI Codex to accelerate test automation scripting and improve developer productivity.
- Created reusable AI skills, agents, and testing harnesses to support efficient and scalable use of AI-powered development tools.
- Designed and executed a Proof of Concept (POC) comparing OpenAI Codex and Claude across code quality, accuracy, efficiency, and developer productivity.
- Own and maintain the test automation framework using Playwright based on C#, .NET, Reqnroll (BDD), API and UI testing across web applications and backend services.
- Designed and improved CI/CD automation using Azure DevOps YAML pipelines and SonarCloud quality gates to support reliable and consistent releases.
- Built Datadog automation workflows running 16 concurrent checks across four partner integrations, with Slack-triggered execution for production smoke testing.
- Built an AI-powered UAT Handover Document Agent based on n8n and Azure Open AI that automatically generates structured Confluence handover pages for features moving into UAT, reducing repetitive manual documentation.
- Built an Atlassian Rovo agent grounded in Confluence documentation for the MultiTenant platform, enabling teams to self-service platform and support questions without relying on engineers for routine queries.
- Manage test scenarios and test cases in TestRail, defect tracking in JIRA, and technical documentation in Confluence.
- Perform UAT, lead feature demonstrations for stakeholders and automotive customers, and contribute to technical and business analysis to help shape product features.
- Lead the QA Forum by bringing QA engineers together across teams to share knowledge, align on best practices, and drive consistent QA and verification standards across the organisation.
Senior Quality Engineer
LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Mumbai, India
09.2017 - 08.2021
- 4 years of experience as a Quality Assurance Engineer for native mobile, desktop, and web applications (functional and automation testing).
- Worked on multiple projects for the ViacomCBS client, and was promoted from QA Team Member to Senior Quality Engineer.
- Good understanding of the SDLC and STLC within an Agile or Waterfall framework.
- Proficiency in requirement gathering, test planning, documentation, solution design, and requirement analysis.
- Forming end-to-end testing for various applications such as WideOrbit, Salesforce, and ServiceNow.
- Hands-on experience in Selenium WebDriver using Java and Python, Appium, Sikuli, front-end API testing using Charles Proxy and mobile test frameworks such as XCUITest and Espresso
- Experience in testing fundamentals: test case generation, smoke testing, and regression testing.
- Extensive experience in testing software for localisation.
- End-to-end execution of automated scripts, generation of test results, and analysis using CI/CD tools, i.e. Jenkins.
- Strong expertise with security and data privacy solutions (GDPR, CCPA), as well as PCI compliance requirements.
- Experience in designing automation frameworks.
- Created a Proof of Concept (POC) using the identified tools and demonstrated it to the client.
- Mentored team members on best practices, improving automation coverage.
- Perform code reviews for other team members through Bitbucket and GIT.
- Test case management and defect management using TestRail and JIRA.
- Worked as a Test Lead for the Manual and Automation QA team in a client-facing role (US client - ViacomCBS) on various projects.
- Led cross-functional teams in root cause analysis, significantly reducing recurring quality issues.
Education
Master of Science - Data Analytics
National College of Ireland
Dublin01-2022
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
University of Mumbai
Mumbai01-2017
Skills
- API automation testing with C# on NET
- BDD test automation using Reqnroll / SpecFlow and RestSharp
- Manual REST and SOAP API testing with Postman
- UI and API test automation with Playwright (Java, C#)
- CI/CD pipeline automation with Azure DevOps
- AI-assisted development tooling: GitHub Copilot, Claude, and Open AI Codex
- Technical documentation and QA workflow automation using Confluence, JIRA, and AI tools (n8n, Azure OpenAI)
- Mentoring, QA leadership and cross-team enablement
Links
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-vaydande
Certification
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) - Scrum Alliance ORG
- AI for Product Owners Microcredential
- GitHub Copilot Fundamentals
- AI Yellow Belt - Cubic3 Internal Certification (Demonstrated Productive use of AI)
- Certified Professional – Selenium Automation Testing (CP- SAT)
- Datadog Beginner Certification
- Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner (AWS)
- Certification in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) using UiPath (LTI Internal Certification)
- Python Programming (Udemy)
- R Programming: R for Data Science (Udemy)
Timeline
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Cubic Telecom LTD
05.2022 - Current
Senior Quality Engineer
LTI - Larsen & Toubro Infotech
09.2017 - 08.2021
Master of Science - Data Analytics
National College of Ireland
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics
University of Mumbai