Summary
Saswata Rakshit is a Senior Software Engineer and seasoned SDET with seven years of experience driving automation across API, UI, and desktop applications, currently focused on healthcare and OTT platforms at Tata Elxsi in Bengaluru. He has built BDD frameworks and robust automation suites using REST Assured, Postman/Newman, Selenium Java, Squish, and Python, and has a track record of improving quality—e.g., a 30% defect reduction in UAT through API test automation. Comfortable across the SDLC, he has implemented CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and YAML, worked with Kubernetes/Rancher, and led initiatives that achieved over 90% end-to-end UI coverage. A mathematics graduate from St. Xavier’s College, he combines analytical rigor with practical engineering, and has a curious streak for desktop automation POCs and cross-domain testing challenges that go beyond conventional web/mobile testing.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Bachelor of Science, Mathematics at St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata
English