Akhilesh Kushwaha
About Akhilesh Kushwaha
Title and Current Role
Akhilesh Kushwaha currently serves as the QA Engineering Manager at RudderStack in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He holds extensive experience in quality assurance and software testing, managing teams and projects to ensure the highest standards of product quality.
Career Background in QA Engineering
Akhilesh Kushwaha has a rich career in QA engineering, spanning over a decade with a focus on test automation and software quality. Before joining RudderStack, he worked as a Staff Software Engineer (QA) at Bluecore for 5 months from 2021 to 2022. Prior to Bluecore, he spent significant time at Eze Software (SS&C Eze) in various roles including Associate Director Software Engineer in Test, Principal Software Engineer in Test, and Senior Software Engineer in Test, cumulatively for about 4 years. His tenure at Nisum and Infosys Limited further solidified his practical knowledge and skills in the field.
Educational Background
Akhilesh Kushwaha earned his Bachelor of Technology (BTech) degree in Computer Science from the Skyline Institute of Engg & Technologies in Greater Noida, completing his studies in 2010. This strong educational foundation has been a cornerstone of his expertise in software engineering and quality assurance.
Technical Expertise
Akhilesh has a broad array of technical proficiencies including automation testing using Selenium Webdriver with Java & TestNg, and Ruby with Cucumber. He is experienced in desktop application automation using TestComplete and has developed automation frameworks integrating TestComplete with Cucumber. He has also been involved in setting up intricate automation infrastructures, which include virtual machine setups, Jenkins, and DB servers. Additionally, Akhilesh has exposure to mobile testing automation and has conducted POCs for tool identification and framework development.
Project Involvement and Responsibilities
Throughout his career, Akhilesh Kushwaha has been deeply involved in various projects and responsibilities. He designed and developed quality gate services for monitoring activities like SonarQube scans, auto-deployment & rollback. His responsibilities have also included training and managing different teams on technologies such as Cucumber (BDD), TestComplete, Selenium, and Automation. Furthermore, Akhilesh has expertise in using test management tools like JIRA, Mingle, and Version One, and is proficient in REST API testing tools like SoapUI and Rest Client.