Zain Mecklai
Software Quality Engineer at Stavvy
Ashland, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolZain Mecklai is a versatile Software Quality Engineer with six years of focused experience in test automation, CI/CD, and DevOps, currently driving quality at Stavvy from Ashland, MA. He has led QA teams at Unity Technologies, where he improved testing infrastructure and added cross-platform and mobile multiprocess tests for the high-profile Unity Netcode for GameObjects project. Comfortable as a toolsmith and manager, Zain bridges hands-on automation (Python, C#, .NET, Java) with infrastructure work—designing pipelines in Jenkins, Azure, and Kubernetes and integrating live test telemetry for actionable metrics. He has a track record of stabilizing flaky suites and modernizing test stacks (migrations to .NET Core, containerized test runners) to cut failure rates dramatically. A math-trained problem-solver with an MS in Software Engineering, he blends deep technical pragmatism with an eye for observability and long-term testability.
5 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Software Engineering, MS, Software Engineering at Brandeis UniversitySt Patricks High School KarachiKarachi Grammar SchoolBS, Mathematics, BS, Mathematics at Lafayette College
English, Urdu
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Github Skills (15)
net10
multiprocessing10
multiplayer10
csharp10
networking10
multiplayer-game10
cicd10
dotnet-core10
test-automation10
unity3d10
build-automation9
mobile-app-testing9
github-ci8
android8
githubaction-workflow8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Unity-Technologies/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects
Aug 2021 - Aug 2022
Netcode for GameObjects is a high-level netcode SDK that provides networking capabilities to GameObject/MonoBehaviour workflows within Unity and sits on top of underlying transport layer.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Test Automation Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:103 reviews, 570 commits, 40 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Zain primarily contributed to improving the testing infrastructure and CI/CD pipeline for the Unity Netcode project. Their work involved adding mobile tests to the nightly trigger, enabling multiprocess tests across various platforms, and refining the build processes for different target platforms including Windows, Linux, and Android. Furthermore, they implemented remote configuration support for the multiprocess test scene, enhancing the testing capabilities of the project.
unitymonobehaviouron-topnetcode-for-gameobjectshigh-level
mattwalsh-unity/AppleQuest
Oct 2021 - Dec 2021
Sample Game
Contributions:1 PR, 24 pushes in 1 month
il2cppunity2dscriptableobjectrollbackunity-scripts
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