Vijay Acharya
Lead SDET - NationalRail.co.uk
Greater Cambridge Area United Kingdom
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Top SchoolVijay Acharya is a seasoned SDET and QA leader with over two decades in software engineering and 11 years focused on senior test automation and delivery roles across public and private sectors. As Lead SDET for NationalRail.co.uk and Senior SDET for high-profile UK government recruitment platforms, he architects end-to-end test strategies for microservices, APIs, web and mobile apps, and accessibility certification. Vijay blends hands-on automation (Playwright, Cucumber, Appium, Wiremock) with release management and CI/CD practices, often owning live-issue processes and production deployments. He has a strong performance and security testing pedigree—using JMeter, Gatling and ZAP—and has driven measurable SLA and scalability improvements on cloud platforms. Based in the Greater Cambridge area, he pairs deep technical breadth with stakeholder-facing leadership and a track record of upskilling teams and integrating analytics-driven quality checks. Notably, his background spans complex engineering products (AVEVA) to national services, giving him rare expertise in testing large-scale, safety- and compliance-sensitive systems.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Canara High School, UrvaBengaluru University
Github Skills (10)
derived8
jenkins6
groovy5
python4
stub2
wiremock1
json1
javascript1
interpreter1
selenium1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
valtech-uk/qa-exercise
Apr 2019 - Oct 2020
First stage exercise for QA consultant hires.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 year 6 months
stagepythonhiresconsultant
emailvacharya/starter-web
Aug 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:4 pushes in 6 months
initializrstarting-pointjavascriptpointproject-website
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