Nikhil Gavel
Software Engineer | AI-Assisted Engineering, Systems & QA
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About
First-year Computer Science undergraduate at IIIT-NR specializing in systems development, C/Python, and human-directed AI software engineering.
Architected
WatchMark (20,000+ LOC, 520+ commits) in Rust and Tauri v2 with zero-daemon VLC telemetry, and active freelance QA tester at test IO (EPAM Systems) with a 5-star rating and 85% defect approval rate across physical devices.
Experience
Freelance QA Tester at test IO (EPAM Systems) (2026-01 – Present)
- Conducted functional and exploratory manual testing across web and mobile platforms, validating user journeys and responsive layouts on physical devices.
- Earned a Five-Star Test Cycle Rating (10/10 acceptance) in an enterprise release cycle; maintained an 85% overall defect-approval rate (11/13) across 3 active cycles.
- Authored detailed bug reports for customer-approved defects (navigation failures, mobile UI misalignments, validation bypasses) with step-by-step reproduction steps and verified peer reproductions.
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering – International Institute of Information Technology, Naya Raipur (2026-08 – 2030-05)
Class XII – Sri Sankara Vidyalaya (CBSE) (2023 – 2025)
Class X – Sri Sankara Vidyalaya (CBSE) (2023 – 2025)
