Faizan Ahmad
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Andhra Pradesh, India
Summary
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Top SchoolFaizan Ahmad is a software engineer with a decade of experience at Microsoft, progressing from SDET to Software Engineer and specializing in backend systems and test automation. He contributed to the high-profile microsoft/vstest project by implementing TRX logging and command-line run settings, improving test result fidelity and configurability for Visual Studio's test platform. With an MCA from IIT Roorkee and a background in mathematics, he blends strong theoretical grounding with practical engineering at scale. Based in Andhra Pradesh, India, Faizan combines deep familiarity with test frameworks and CI workflows with hands-on development experience in large, production-grade codebases. A detail-oriented problem solver, he focuses on making developer tooling more reliable and configurable behind the scenes.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeGraduation, Mathematics, Graduation, Mathematics at St Columba's College, Hazaribagh
Github Skills (14)
net10
asp-net10
unit-testing10
csharp10
dotnet-core10
test-automation10
test-framework9
dotnet8
test-runner8
teste7
ui-testing7
testing7
mstest7
dotnet-new7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/vstest
Aug 2016 - Nov 2017
Visual Studio Test Platform is the runner and engine that powers test explorer and vstest.console.
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Backend Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:7 releases, 171 commits, 213 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Faizan primarily focused on enhancing the test platform's capabilities, particularly regarding test result logging and configuration. They implemented and enabled the Trx logger within the test platform, modifying relevant classes and unit tests to support this feature. The user also added functionality for specifying run settings via command-line arguments, demonstrating an understanding of test execution and configuration.
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Faizan2304/vstest
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
Contributions:40 pushes, 33 branches in 18 days
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