Rupesh Patil
@rupeshpatil
Principal SDET with 12+ years building AI-native automation frameworks for enterprise quality testing at scale.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Principal Engineer–SDET with 12+ years of end-to-end quality engineering experience across EV technology, fintech, data analytics, and insurance. I architect automation frameworks from scratch for embedded Vehicle HMI, mobile (Android & iOS), REST microservices, and web platforms—using Java, Selenium WebDriver, Appium, BDD/Cucumber, TestNG, and RestAssured.
I’ve also driven AI-native testing: I define agentic AI QA use cases for autonomous test generation via OpenAI API, build vector-based RAG pipelines with LangChain/LangFlow, and use MCP-driven workflows (Playwright/Selenium/Grafana) plus Healenium self-healing to deliver enterprise-ready testing at scale. At Ola Electric, I built end-to-end automation across Vehicle HMI, the Companion App, and backend services, automated live-hardware vehicle mode/state transitions, reduced flaky tests with self-healing locators, and improved compliance workflows—while mentoring cross-functional SDET teams and partnering in system design discussions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Principal Engineer - SDET
Ola Electric
Jul 2023 - Apr 2026 (2 years 9 months)
Architected an end-to-end automation framework for Vehicle HMI, a cross-platform companion app, and backend services, tackling embedded EV testing challenges. Automated registration (eliminating ₹1,800 manual cost per unit), EV subsidy eligibility and claims processing, integrated Healenium self-healing to reduce flaky failures, and introduced AI-native autonomous test generation using MCP/LangCha
Built a unified Robot Framework automation suite from scratch to cover UI and API testing under a single execution pipeline. Owned the Azure DevOps end-to-end release pipeline, defined test strategy/plan and scope-risk coverage, and mentored SDETs on testing standards and framework best practices.
Architected a Java + RestAssured + BDD/Cucumber framework to test PCS-RAFT, validating ISO 8583 financial messaging standards for payment routing to Visa and Mastercard. Led a team of 3 SDET engineers, providing technical direction and code reviews, and presented quality metrics and release readiness to engineering and external stakeholders.
Senior Automation Test Engineer
Principal
Jun 2016 - Mar 2020 (3 years 9 months)
Contributed to building a functional UI automation framework for eWorksheet, an underwriting decision support system integrating multiple third-party data sources. Designed test suites across Smoke/Sanity/Regression layers, and led a high-level automation initiative driving scope, prioritization, and execution across the team.
Software Quality Analyst
Winjit Technologies
Jan 2014 - Jun 2016 (2 years 5 months)
Performed end-to-end manual testing for mobile (iOS/Android) and web/desktop applications across multiple client domains. Applied BVA, equivalence class partitioning, and use-case testing, and used SQL to root-cause data defects.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Bachelor of Engineering, Engineering
2010 - 2013
Earned a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Pune from 2010 to 2013.
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