Rajesh Taneja
Principal Engineer at Rio Tinto
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolRajesh Taneja is a Principal Engineer based in Perth with 11 years of hands-on experience spanning EDA, embedded systems, mobile, web and autonomy projects. He combines deep systems-level C/C++ and Java expertise with modern test automation and DevOps tooling—Python, Robot Framework, Buildbot, Docker and CI/CD—to deliver reliable distributed systems and test frameworks. Rajesh has led release management and test automation for large-scale autonomy programs at Rio Tinto and Fortescue, designing frameworks that integrate microservices, performance testing and desktop/web UI automation. Comfortable across databases, messaging (ZeroMQ, RabbitMQ) and protocol buffers, he bridges hardware-aware engineering (MIPS, x86, ARM) with cloud-native practices. Known for a short learning curve and pragmatic delivery, he also brings experience porting graphics and native interfaces in constrained embedded environments. His career blends product-focused engineering with sustained automation excellence, making complex systems easier to operate and validate.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
B.E. E&TC, B.E. E&TC at Pune universityMS Embedded Systems, MS Embedded Systems at International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH)B.E. Electronics and Telecommunications, B.E. Electronics and Telecommunications at Savitribai Phule Pune University
python, puppet, docker, shell, vagrant
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Github Skills (113)
moodle10
behat10
python10
testing10
acceptance-testing10
automation10
robotframework10
edtech10
automation-framework10
javascript10
webdriver10
dotnet10
lms10
rpa10
bdd10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
rajeshtaneja/docker
Nov 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:173 pushes, 15 branches in 1 year 3 months
rajeshtaneja/moodle-behat-extension
Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:143 pushes, 42 branches, 2 tags in 2 years
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