Sahil Puri

Director of Engineering

New Delhi, Delhi, India12 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 11 years of experience in software quality and engineering.
  • Led cross-functional teams to enhance engineering productivity.
  • Expert in building automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Software Quality Engineer with expertise in automation and engineering management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Engineering ManagementSoftware DevelopmentQualityRelease EngineeringAutomation

Other Skills

AWSAgile MethodologiesAgile TestingAppiumBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)Bitbucket/GitHub PipelinesCommunicationCypressData AnalysisData ScienceDefect TrackingDetoxEngineering LeadershipGitHTML

About

Connect with me - topmate.io/sahil_puri Medium Blogs - https://medium.com/@sahilpuri1212 Passionate for user experience and customer first & quality driven approach , Engg Productivity , Quality gates & quality related processes , Release engg and Automation (CI CD) pipelines. ~11+ Years of Software Industry experience with Samsung Electronics, Adobe Systems , Google India and Fancode (Dream11) and Zupee (RMG startup) . Passionate for User experience and product quality ! Team leading and process building experience (32 member team) for test automation approach and frameworks development from scratch in quality domain. Served as part of 'Google pay Business' product team as a Software Engineer in Test . Experience in Java, JS , Scala , groovy DSL , Shell scripting , Docker , Jenkins and test tools/frameworks like selenium, appium , Cypress ,Detox , Jest , Postman, Gatling , UiAutomator2, Rest Assured , ELK stack for automation results/data , socket.io library for websocket automation etc. Experience in Frontend and Backend testing , mocking 3rd party dependencies for automation ,developing and executing test plans, test strategy and assess risks to ensure quality of software. Developing scalable solutions for testing complex systems in an efficient manner. Ability to work with cross-platform products and engineering teams and lead all QA/SDET activities. Previously worked for Adobe Systems. Handled photography products for Quality assurance. Responsible to develop test plans and strategy globalisation/functionality) for Adobe Imaging Desktop/Web Mobile products. Previously associated with Samsung Electronics from 2013 as Quality Assurance Lead Engineer for North America Smartphone Softwares. (Android/Windows) Worked closely with North American operators including Verizon,AT&T,Sprint,T-Mobile to understand their requirements and delivering quality products at scheduled deadlines. Experience of Manual+Automation Test case creation,Execution and management for micro service based tech stack. Complete knowledge of Product Development Life Cycle.Well versed in Selenium ,API testing, RESTAssured , HTTPClient API ,Appium , Cypress and other web testing tools/frameworks. Successful 4+ months On-site experience at South Korea headquarters and U.S.A Texas Samsung Headquarters. Complete knowledge of Agile methodologies amd testing in agile scenariosExpertise in User acceptance,Stress Test,Load Test,Functional , UI, Regression & Exploratory Testing. ISTQB certified Software Tester Follow Training & Learning oriented approach in day to day work life.

Experience

Zupee

4 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Aug 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipPeople ManagementSoftware Development

Senior Engineering Manager

May 2023Aug 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Sr Engineering Manager driving end-to-end engineering excellence across backend, frontend, quality, and engineering productivity (DevEx) pods. Experienced in leading and scaling high-performing cross-functional engineering teams, owning delivery, quality, reliability, and developer experience.
  • Focused on building strong engineering culture, modern development practices, automation-first ecosystems, and robust CI/CD & release pipelines. Proven track record of shaping engineering roadmaps, optimising productivity through tooling and platform improvements, and enabling faster, more reliable release cycles while ensuring world-class user experience and product quality.
Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipPeople ManagementSoftware Development

Engineering Manager

Promoted

Jul 2022Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Leading engineering pods at Zupee across backend, frontend, quality, and engineering productivity (DevEx).
  • Driving team growth by hiring, scaling, and shaping the right team structures and capability hypotheses.
  • Defining KRAs, OKRs, and growth plans to enable strong individual development and high-performance engineering culture.
  • Technically steering engineering excellence through improved developer workflows, automation, CI/CD, reliability practices, and modern quality principles.
  • Collaborating closely with cross-functional charters — Product, DevOps, Design, Marketing, Customer Support, and Data — to ensure aligned execution and delivery.
  • Establishing end-to-end engineering and release pipelines, ensuring high product quality through comprehensive unit, integration, and acceptance testing frameworks.
Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipQualitySoftware Development

Tech Lead - Engineering & Tooling Infra

Nov 2021Jul 2022 · 8 mos

  • Heading (Leading & Managing) and building a team of supercool and passionate engineers with entire engineering delivery pipeline , automation ecosystem and release engg charter. Setting up engg, processes & culture for faster and reliable production deployments.
Engineering ManagementEngineering LeadershipSoftware Development

Fancode

SDE III / Lead SDE

Oct 2020Nov 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo · India

  • Fancode (Dream Sports / Dream11) — Built and scaled the Release Engineering function from the ground up to support automated, reliable, and high-velocity deployments across microservices, iOS, Android, and web frontends.
  • Led end-to-end development of backend and UI automation frameworks with a strong shift-left engineering approach to improve quality, speed, and developer efficiency. Partnered closely with engineering pods to streamline build, test, and deploy workflows, while managing a high-impact automation and release engineering team.
  • Tech Stack: Java, JavaScript, Jenkins CI, Bitbucket/GitHub Pipelines, AWS, RDS, MongoDB, RestAssured, Cypress, Selenium, Appium, Detox, socket.io, Postman, and related tooling.
JavaJavaScriptJenkins CIBitbucket/GitHub PipelinesAWSRDS+10

Google

Senior Software Development Engineer

Nov 2019Oct 2020 · 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Gpay for Business (Merchant) Team

Adobe

Senior Software Engineer

May 2019Nov 2019 · 6 mos · Noida Area, India

Samsung electronics

2 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Jun 2016Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Senior Software Engineer

Jun 2013Jun 2016 · 3 yrs

Education

Delhi College of Engineering

Master of Technology - MTech — Computer Software Engineering

Jan 2017Jan 2019

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech

Jan 2009Jan 2013

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