Summary
Kushal Shinde is a Software Development Engineer in Test based in Austin with a decade of experience building robust automation and QA solutions across finance, enterprise, and consumer tech—currently shaping test quality at Apple. He blends backend and cloud-savvy skills (Java, Python, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS) with a strong automation toolkit including Karate, Selenium, RestAssured, Cypress and Espresso to drive CI/CD and regression reliability. Past roles at Mastercard, TietoEVRY and startups show deep domain experience in banking collections, web services testing, and large-scale data tooling from his research internship. Known for converting complex, customer-reported bugs into automated suites and optimizing code with effective data structures and algorithms, he moves quickly from investigation to repeatable test coverage. Active on GitHub and StackOverflow, he pairs practical engineering with a research-trained mindset from a master’s in computer science, often bridging DevOps and QA to reduce release risk.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Binghamton University
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Engineering at Savitribai Phule Pune University
Hindi, Marathi, English