Abhijeet Bhattacharjee

Engineering Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India11 yrs 3 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in building scalable distributed systems.
Proven track record in leading high-performing QA teams.
Strong focus on process optimization and automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsSpring BootTest AutomationQa AutomationPerformance Testing

Other Skills

Spring MVCPython (Programming Language)KotlinSQLJavaKubernetesAmazon Web Services (AWS)Core JavaData StructuresJiraGitSeleniumProblem SolvingTest Automation FrameworkBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)

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Engineering Manager with a strong foundation in building and operating scalable distributed systems. I enjoy working at the intersection of technical architecture, team leadership, and delivery, helping teams ship reliable systems while maintaining high engineering standards. My work spans technical strategy, roadmap execution, stakeholder alignment, and incident management, with a focus on creating systems and processes that scale. I’m particularly interested in leveraging GenAI to simplify engineering workflows and improve developer productivity. I believe great engineering organizations are built through clear ownership, thoughtful system design, strong collaboration, and continuous learning. I enjoy enabling teams to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful impact in fast-paced, agile environments.

Experience

Alphasense

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Jan 2026 – Present · 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

Spring MVCSpring BootDistributed Systems

QA Engineering Manager

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Jan 2026 · 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

🚀 **Results-Oriented QA Engineering Manager | Driving Quality, Automation, and Team Excellence**
A results-driven QA Engineering Manager passionate about building high-performing automation teams and championing continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle. With a strong focus on quality, collaboration, and innovation, I lead initiatives that enhance both team capability and product reliability.
🔑 **Key Focus Areas:**
🧠 **Developing & Empowering QA Automation Engineers**
Mentoring and coaching team members to strengthen technical skills, foster ownership, and support long-term career growth.
🎯 **Strategic Talent Acquisition**
Proactively identifying, hiring, and onboarding top-tier QA automation talent aligned with team and organizational goals.
🗣️ **Stakeholder Communication & Expectation Management**
Ensuring transparent, timely, and effective communication with cross-functional stakeholders to align on quality metrics and release readiness.
⚙️ **Driving Process Optimization**
Continuously analyzing and refining QA processes to improve test coverage, reduce cycle time, and boost overall team productivity.
🧰 **Enhancing Tooling & Maximizing ROI**
Evaluating, implementing, and fine-tuning QA tools and frameworks to strengthen test automation, reduce flakiness, and deliver measurable value.

Spring MVCSpring BootDistributed Systems

Lead QA Automation Engineer

Aug 2023 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

As the Lead QA Automation Engineer at AlphaSense, I play a pivotal role in shaping the quality assurance landscape. Here's a snapshot of my impactful contributions:
🔧 Tool and Framework Architect:
Spearheaded the design and development of advanced test automation tools and frameworks, optimizing testing processes and ensuring scalability.
🔄 Capability Enhancement Specialist:
Led initiatives to add and update capabilities within existing test automation tools, enhancing their efficiency and adaptability to evolving project needs.
🤝 Team Leadership:
Head a dynamic team of test automation engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement to deliver exceptional results.
📅 Timely Software Delivery:
Orchestrated strategies to ensure timely delivery of software with the highest quality standards, leveraging automation for rigorous testing and validation.
💡 Technology Exploration:
Initiated and successfully executed proof-of-concept projects, introducing and integrating new tools and technologies to keep our team ahead in the ever-evolving tech landscape.
📈 Backlog Management Expert:
Proactively collaborated with teams to identify, create, and reduce test automation backlog, streamlining processes for increased efficiency and productivity.

Python (Programming Language)KotlinSQLJavaSpring BootDistributed Systems+2

Dunzo

Lead SDET

Aug 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr · Pune, Maharashtra, India

I was responsible to ensure quality of deliverables under Dunzo's B2B business.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Test Automation evangelist
Performing POCs
Implementing tools and frameworks for consumption by peer teams
Ensuring application health through continuous automated regression and monitoring
Onboarding SDETs
Grooming and mentoring a group of SDETs
Ensuring quality of deliverables meet, and for most cases exceed the agreed upon standards.
Key Impacts:
I implemented mocks within E2E tests to reduce external 3rd party dependency
I created a web-service using Spring boot & H2 DB to validate async outgoing events to external consumers.
I helped to improve overall test automation by writing E2E backend tests
I worked on improving and maintaining test automation stability at 100%
I have created and implemented multiple Jenkins pipelines for test automation execution and infrastructure cost optimisation
I implemented Report-Portal for report analysis, log preservation & test artifact storage
I helped in reducing build compilation time by eliminating artifact installation on local/Jenkins slave machine, using GCP Artifact Registry.
I gained hands-on experience in working on Kubernetes & GCP
Award:
Above & Beyond award for Q4

Test AutomationPython (Programming Language)QA AutomationCore JavaData StructuresJava+3

Morgan stanley

Senior SDET

Dec 2021 – Aug 2022 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I was working as a Senior SDET in the Centre of Enablement (CoE), a team that built frameworks and services for consumption by QA teams within Morgan Stanley.
I was building standalone tools, test automation frameworks, and services that reduced the time to automate for other QA teams. These tools also provided a standard implementation across the organization, thereby reducing redundancy. I enabled teams to adopt CI for faster feedback and delivery.
I had strived to constantly improve upon the automation tools that teams used. I enabled teams to request new features, capabilities and performed analysis and POCs for the requested features. I hosted demos for the new features.
I hired, onboarded, and coached a group of talented SDETs and vendor partners.

Test AutomationSeleniumQA AutomationProblem SolvingCore JavaTest Automation Framework+3

Connectwise

2 roles

Principal Quality Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2020 – Oct 2021 · 1 yr 3 mos

I was the E2E quality owner of a critical component under the RMM product offering. I was involved throughout the SDLC process and ensured customer satisfaction by constantly monitoring the health of our services.
I had built automation tools, utilities, and frameworks for validating components like micro-services, UI, and messaging queues. These tools ensured both functional as well as non-functional requirements are met for the product.
I helped the organization save revenue during the CoVID pandemic by reducing its dependency on outsourcing and subsequently brought the components in-house by identifying talent, hiring, technical onboarding, and leading a group of Automation QA Engineers.
I lead and delivered more than 36 bug-free releases with zero downtime for the customers.
I was awarded during my tenure with the following:
Received Star Performer Award for July 2021
Received Star Performer Award for May 2021
Promoted to PQE-I (from SQE-II) in July 2020 for outstanding contribution to the organization
Received Star Performer Award for February 2020
Received Star Performer Award for October 2019

QA AutomationCore JavaPerformance TestingJiraGitDistributed Systems

Senior Quality Engineer

Apr 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

QA AutomationCore JavaPerformance TestingJiraGitDistributed Systems

Vuclip inc.

QA Engineer

Jun 2018 – Mar 2019 · 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

I ensured the quality of the OTT content streaming application called 'Viu' which is available on Google Playstore and Apple Appstore worldwide. I was primarily responsible to make sure that the app meets all the functional requirements for the new features across geographical locations.
I maintained the existing scripts and improved test automation coverage by creating new test automation scripts for the Viu app using the in-house test automation framework.
Primary QA SPOC for the global rollout of the Viu Instant app in the Google Playstore.
I onboarded QA team members and vendor partners.

QA AutomationCore JavaJiraGit

Autodesk

Software QA Engineer

Jul 2017 – Jun 2018 · 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

I was working as the primary QA SPOC for a project called 'Fusion Production'. I worked closely with the development team to validate the E2E functionality of the Web, Mobile (Android) application, and Micro-Services.
I was involved in POC using Appium and Selenium WebDriver for the project. I created automation test scripts using Robot Framework.

QA AutomationCore JavaJiraGit

Infosys

Test Engineer

Aug 2014 – Jun 2017 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Pune Area, India

I was working for an airplane manufacturing company. My primary responsibility was to ensure functional validation of Web, Mobile (iPad only) applications.
I maintained and created new test automation scripts using an in-house automation framework. Implemented unit tests for a SpringBoot application.
Awards and Recognitions:
Received Infosys Insta Award for Q3 2016-2017
Received Infosys Insta Award for Q2 2016-2017

QA AutomationCore JavaGit