Salil Gupta

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly StableAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Over 16 years of experience in software testing.
  • Expert in performance, API, and UI testing.
  • Champion of modern testing practices and DevOps principles.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Quality Engineering expert in a SaaS environment.

Contact

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationPerformance TestingDevopsSite Reliability EngineeringLoad Testing

Other Skills

AI AgentsAWSAgile MethodologiesAgile TestingArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)ChatGPTCloud SecurityCompliance ManagementCore JavaCucumberDefect TrackingGatlingGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)

About

With over 16 years of experience in the software testing domain, I currently lead the TestInfra charter at Postman, where I focus on building resilient, secure, and high-quality systems that support rapid innovation and continuous delivery at scale. My mission is to empower teams to ship confidently by championing modern testing practices, cloud-native technologies, and DevOps principles. I’m deeply passionate about advancing the field of software quality engineering and helping innovative tech companies succeed in fast-paced, ever-evolving environments. Throughout my career, I’ve developed deep expertise in performance, API, and UI testing, using a wide range of tools and frameworks including Gatling, Blazemeter, Test Grinder, JMeter, Rest Assured, Karate, BDD, QTP, Selenium, and OATS. My technical toolkit extends to Java, Python, Unix/Linux, SQL, MongoDB, Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS, and I hold certifications in Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, and DevOps. A lifelong learner and technology enthusiast, I continuously explore emerging tools and methodologies to stay ahead of the curve—and to ensure that testing remains a force multiplier for engineering excellence.

Experience

16 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 5 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Postman

Engineering Manager

May 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Leading the Test Infrastructure team & responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of the testing infrastructure to ensure a high-quality software delivery.
Test InfraTest AutomationPerformance Testing

Curefit - house of cult

3 roles

Senior Engineering Manager

Promoted

Feb 2022 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Managing the team of 6 QA (Manual and automation) engineers
  • Managing the security engineering team and lead the Appsec, Compliance and Cloud security initiatives across the org.
  • Managing the Infra team and working on cost control, security and reliability of entire Infra
  • Single handedly implemented and leading the SRE charter
Test Automation ToolsPerformance TestingInformation SecurityDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringCloud Security+1

Engineering Manager

Feb 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Managing the team of 8 QA (Manual and automation ) engineers
  • Managing the security engineering team and lead the appsec, compliance and cloud security initiatives across the org.
Test AutomationPerformance TestingSecurityPeople ManagementPerformance Testing Tools

Test Architect

Aug 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

DevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringTest AutomationSecurityLoad Testing

Groupon

2 roles

Software Development Engineer Test III (SDET)

Promoted

Sep 2017 – Aug 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Created Automation (Rest Assured and Java) and Performance testing frameworks (Test Grinder, Gatling)
  • from scratch.
  • Tech Lead in Groupon global performance test team, comprising 6 members who were responsible for
  • Holiday readiness and Performance Testing of more than 100 microservices in Groupon.
  • Technically lead the team for 2017, 2018 Black Friday/Cyber Monday holiday preparation, traffic modelling and load test execution.
  • Tools and technologies used: Blazemeter, Python, Ruby, Test Grinder, Gatling
  • Created perf-tools service for scheduling the load test and generating the load test reports automatically.
Test AutomationLoad TestingblazemeterGatlingRest assured

Senior QA Engineer

Sep 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Akamai technologies

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

Aug 2013 – Sep 2015 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • I was working as a Senior Automation Engineer
  • My work involved UI Automation of Marketplace portal using Selenium, Java, and API test automation using Rest assured, Java.
Test Automation

Altimetrik

Senior Test Engineer

Oct 2012 – Aug 2013 · 10 mos · Greater Chennai Area

  • I was working for Client Paypal
  • My work involved API test automation of Paypal Developer Portal (http://developer.paypal.com) using Rest assured & Java.

Oracle

Quality Assurance Engineer

Sep 2011 – Oct 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Greater Hyderabad Area

  • My job role comprised mainly automation testing (QTP ) as well as manual testing.
  • Patching /deployment of new code releases
  • Monitoring and creating new tools for Environment Management
  • Regression for new releases

Amdocs

Subject Matter Expert

Jul 2009 – Sep 2011 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

  • I have worked here as a Subject Matter Expert.
  • My work mainly Involved Manual and automation testing of web/Java-based applications and Billing solutions.

Education

Guru Nanak dev University Amritsar

B Tech — Computers

Jul 2005 – Jul 2009

Hindu College

Higher Senior Secondary — Non Medical

Jan 2003 – Jan 2005

Holy Hear High School Amritsar

Matriculation — senior secondary

Jan 1991 – Jan 2003

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