Lakshya Kapoor
Staff Software Engineer at Reddit, Inc.
Chico, California, United States
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Top SchoolLakshya Kapoor is a Staff Software Engineer with 11 years of experience specializing in test automation, developer tooling, and improving engineering productivity across SaaS and large-scale web platforms. Currently at Reddit, he has led quality and test-framework initiatives previously at Procore, NS8, Wambi, and EXL Healthcare, where he architected cross-browser automation and CI pipelines. An avid tinkerer and open-source contributor, he has contributed QA-focused improvements to the popular Watir Selenium project, demonstrating a practical emphasis on reliable, maintainable test suites. He excels at bridging developer experience and operations—migrating legacy apps to containerized AWS deployments, building internal tooling, and streamlining continuous delivery. Based in Chico, CA, Lakshya pairs a curiosity for breaking and fixing systems with a track record of delivering pragmatic automation that accelerates teams.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Delhi Public School - NoidaBachelor of Science (B. Sc.), Computer Information Systems, Graduate, Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.), Computer Information Systems, Graduate at California State University, ChicoBachelor's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Junior - Transfer to CSUC, Bachelor's degree, Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Junior - Transfer to CSUC at Southeast Missouri State University
German, Hindi, English
Stackoverflow
23reputation
4kreached
3answers
3questions
Github Skills (18)
watir10
selenium10
rspec10
selenium-ide10
ruby10
test-automation10
webdriver9
jenkins6
automated-tests6
highcharts6
chrome6
screen-capture6
automation6
cucumber6
git6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
watir/watir
Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
Watir Powered By Selenium
Role in this project:
QA Engineer / Test Automation Engineer
QA Engineer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:8 commits, 4 PRs, 35 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Lakshya primarily contributed to the quality assurance of the Watir project. Their commits focused on enhancing existing tests and implementing new tests for specific functionality, such as right-click actions and modifier keys. They also addressed test failures and updated test configurations, including using webdrivers. This demonstrates a clear focus on ensuring the reliability and correctness of the Watir library through automated testing.
rubyselenium-webdrivercapybarasketchupwatir
kapoorlakshya/wdio-aws-device-farm-service
Mar 2020 - Dec 2022
WebdriverIO service to execute browser tests on AWS Device Farm.
Contributions:53 commits, 19 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years 8 months
browserbrowser-testswebdriveriodevice-farmfarm
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