Venkateshwara Doijode - AI Automation Architect

// about

Crafting quality at enterprise scale

I'm a Senior SDET and Automation Architect with nearly a decade of hands-on experience building quality platforms that don't just test software — they accelerate it. My work lives at the intersection of intelligent automation, AI-augmented testing, and DevOps engineering.

At Wipro/BNY, I led the redesign of an entire regression ecosystem — compressing a 4-hour test suite to under 45 minutes, integrating AI-assisted self-healing logic, and building the Eliza AI Agent to eliminate data lookup bottlenecks across QA teams.

I believe quality engineering is an architectural discipline. The best test suites are designed with the same rigour as the systems they protect — modular, observable, and built to evolve alongside the product.

// technical skills

Tools I build quality with

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Languages

Java (Primary)PythonSQLShell/Bash

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UI Automation

Selenium WebDriverSelenium GridAppium AndroidAppium iOSPlaywright

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API & Backend

REST AssuredPostmanJSON/XMLContract TestingMicroservices

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AI / Agents

AI Test GenerationPredictive SelectionSelf-HealingEliza AI AgentMCP ServersGPT Optimization

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CI/CD & DevOps

JenkinsGitHub ActionsDockerKubernetes (AKS)Azure DevOpsGit

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Frameworks

TestNGJUnitCucumber BDDPytestPage Object ModelData-Driven

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Performance

JMeterGatlingk6

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Databases

Oracle SQLPostgreSQLPL/SQLCouchDB (NoSQL)

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Cloud

Azure (AKS Certified)AWS Gen AI Essentials

// experience

9 years of impact at scale

JUN 2021 — PRESENT

Wipro

Bank of New York (BNY)

Lead SDET — Automation Architect

Owned end-to-end quality strategy across 3 product areas — test plans, risk assessments, and coverage targets across functional, integration, regression, and smoke layers.
Architected a scalable Java + Selenium WebDriver + TestNG framework adopted across multiple product teams, eliminating 70% of manual regression effort.
Engineered comprehensive REST Assured API automation validating 40+ endpoints including auth flows, token management, and complex nested JSON schemas.
Designed Jenkins CI/CD quality gates triggering full automation suites on every commit, reducing release verification time by 60%.
Compressed regression suite runtime from 4 hours to 45 minutes via TestNG parallel execution and selective regression strategies.
Built the Eliza AI Agent for rapid transactional data access, eliminating manual lookup bottlenecks for QA and dev teams.
Mentored 4 junior QA engineers in framework design, API testing, and CI/CD — growing team automation coverage by 35% in 6 months.

MAY 2018 — MAY 2021

Cognizant

Blue Cross NC

Programming Analyst

Designed automation frameworks for microservices architectures — contract testing, service interaction validation, and distributed data flow verification.
Built and owned CI/CD quality pipelines (Jenkins + Git) embedding automated UI, API, and integration gates at every build and release stage.
Introduced AI-assisted test generation, improving functional coverage while reducing manual test design effort by 25%.
Containerised test environments with Docker for consistent, reproducible automation across dev, staging, and pre-production environments.
Applied shift-left testing practices embedded in design and sprint planning — reducing UAT defect leakage by 30%.

MAR 2017 — MAY 2018

ReDIM Group

Chennai, India

Associate Software QA Engineer

Built Selenium WebDriver (Java + TestNG) scripts for web apps and Appium scripts for native Android and iOS mobile apps.
Performed REST API testing with REST Assured and integrated automation suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
Authored Test Plans, Test Strategies, and traceability matrices; managed defect lifecycle in JIRA and HP ALM.

// key achievements

Numbers that tell the story

70%

Reduction in manual regression effort through scalable automation framework design at Wipro / BNY.

45min

End-to-end regression runtime, compressed from 4 hours via TestNG parallel execution and test prioritisation.

60%

Faster release verification cycles by integrating full test suites into Jenkins CI/CD quality gates.

40%

Fewer flaky tests through smart locator engineering, retry logic, and systematic pipeline stabilisation.

35%

Growth in team-wide automation coverage after mentoring 4 junior QA engineers over 6 months.

30%

Reduction in UAT defect leakage through shift-left testing and early defect detection practices.

// notable contributions

Beyond the day-to-day

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Eliza AI Agent

Developed an AI agent to provide quick access to transactional and hydration data, significantly reducing manual lookup time and improving analysis efficiency.

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In-Sprint Automation

Implemented in-sprint automation strategy that received direct client appreciation for accelerating release cycles and enabling on-time delivery.

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DAT File Generation Utility

Built automation eliminating hours of manual effort. Submitted to Wipro Pragati for formal innovation recognition.

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Shell Script Automation Suite

Created Shell scripts to automate recurring operational tasks, reducing manual intervention across deployment workflows.

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AI-Assisted Refactoring

Applied Windsurf AI to refactor Selenium and Python scripts — improving readability, long-term stability, and reusability.

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Python Testing Utilities

Developed Python utilities for data parsing, report generation, and API validation — reducing regression effort by 30–50%.

VenkateshwaraDoijode

Crafting quality at enterprise scale

Tools I build quality with

9 years of impact at scale

Numbers that tell the story

Beyond the day-to-day

Let's build quality together

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