With over 12 years of experience in full-stack test automation, I specialize in building scalable, robust frameworks across web, mobile, API, and desktop applications. I am passionate about driving quality engineering excellence, leading high-performing QA teams, and designing efficient automation strategies.
Recently, I have been exploring Generative AI solutions to empower QA teams — building utilities that generate manual test cases directly from PRDs, as well as tools to assist in creating automation scripts more efficiently.
🔧 Technical Expertise
- Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, Shell Scripting, PowerShell, HTML
- Automation Frameworks: Selenium, Appium, Nightwatch JS, Webdriver IO, Protractor, Cypress IO, Galen, Cucumber, Mocha, Chai, Sikuli, Rest Assured, Chakram, Eggplant, Karate, Postman
- Performance & Security Testing: JMeter, Gatling, Locust, HP Fortify, Nikto, Blackduck
- DevOps & Cloud: Docker, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Jenkins, GoCD, Team City, Azure, AWS
- Monitoring: Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog
- Test & Project Management: Jira, Test Link, HP ALM, Rally, Zyphyr, X-ray
- AI/ML: Generative AI utilities for QA
- Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac
🚀 Highlights
- Increased automation coverage from 0% to 90% across web, mobile, and API platforms
- Reduced test execution time by ~10x with advanced multi-threading
- GenAI based test cases creation utilities to reduce 70-80 % manual test cases creation time
- Designed and implemented automation frameworks from scratch using best practices
- Built centralized reporting dashboards for automation projects
- Optimized CI/CD pipelines with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Argo CD, GoCD
- Created Generative AI tools to generate manual test cases from PRDs and assist in automation scripting
- Mentored and managed QA teams of 20+ resources
🏆 Certifications
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- Microsoft Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
💼 Professional Experience
- PhysicsWallah (PW) — QA Manager (Feb 2023 – Present)
- Meesho — Sr. Lead SDET (Aug 2021 – Feb 2023)
- McKinsey & Company — Lead SDET/DevOps (Aug 2017 – Aug 2021)
- Pyramid IT Consulting — Software Design Engineer Test (Apr 2016 – Aug 2017)
- Aricent Technologies — Engineer Testing (Mar 2015 – Mar 2016)
- Tata Consultancy Services — System Engineer (Dec 2012 – Mar 2015)
🎓 Education
- Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical & Electronics) — Rajiv Gandhi Technical University, Bhopal (75.4%)
📫 Let's Connect
- Email: ritdhwaj@gmail.com
- Website: ritdhwaj.github.io
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ritdhwaj