Dhru Soni

Senior QA/SDET with 10+ years architecting scalable test automation and AI-assisted testing systems for enterprise software. Track record of cutting regression cycles by up to 70% through automation architecture, CI/CD integration, and infrastructure-as-code. Recent focus on LLM-driven test generation and self-healing automation, reducing manual test creation effort by 50% while building end-to-end QA platforms spanning provisioning, execution, and reporting.

QA/Test Developer at IBM Software Labs (2023-07 – Present)

• Built a Cypress automation framework for QRadar deployment validation, cutting manual effort by 60% across multi-node environments
• Automated regression, RBAC security, and API validation workflows across distributed systems
• Integrated automation into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous deployment validation and faster release cycles
• Designed an LLM-assisted test case generation system, improving test creation efficiency by 50%
• Developed an end-to-end orchestration flow that reads JIRA user stories and automatically generates structured test cases, then converts them into executable automation scripts
• Built intelligent workflows for test generation, execution, and self-healing automation
• Architected an end-to-end QA system integrating TestRail, automation frameworks, and orchestration pipelines
• Automated infrastructure provisioning with Ansible, significantly reducing manual environment setup effort
• Designed a scalable, reusable automation architecture supporting multi-environment deployments
• Enabled the full automation lifecycle — from infrastructure provisioning through execution and reporting

Associate Lead QA Automation at UST Product Engineering (2021-12 – 2023-07)

• Led QA automation initiatives that improved test coverage and execution efficiency across releases
• Designed Selenium-based automation frameworks for enterprise applications
• Owned the defect lifecycle, regression testing, and release validation
• Partnered with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure high-quality delivery

Software Engineer QA at Litera Microsystems (2021-02 – 2021-12)

• Built UI and API automation using Capybara and Python
• Integrated CI/CD pipelines for automated execution and reporting
• Collaborated with SRE teams to monitor production systems and improve reliability

Automation QA Engineer at Cybage Software Pvt Ltd (2019-07 – 2021-12)

• Developed a Selenium + TestNG automation framework using the Page Object Model
• Integrated automation with Jenkins and TeamCity pipelines
• Mentored team members and conducted code reviews

QA Engineer at I-Engineering, Inc. (2015-06 – 2019-02)

• Automated test cases using Selenium Java, TestNG, and Maven with the Page Object Model
• Performed functionality, system, regression, cross-browser, and mainframe interface testing
• Logged and tracked defects using Redmine; partnered with developers to resolve technical issues
• Translated business requirement documents into test plans and acceptance criteria; delivered weekly stakeholder demos

Master of Computer Application in Computer Application – AES Institute of Computer Application