Vishakha Fulare

Software Quality Engineer

Professional Summary

Software Quality Engineer at Amazon, working on Alexa Smart Home Routines across Android, iOS, and FireOS. I build Python automation systems and the frameworks they run on.

Most of my recent work has been on a self-healing locator recovery framework I designed and shipped end to end — a modular system that detects when UI elements break at runtime and recovers automatically, with no human intervention. It's built around a plugin architecture with abstract strategy interfaces, so new recovery approaches (element-attribute matching, coordinate-based fallback, live page analysis through an LLM API) drop in without touching core logic. I also wrote the pytest plugin that makes it opt-in inside CI/CD pipelines. It runs on three platforms today and cut locator-related failures by roughly 90%, which removed a recurring manual fix cycle that was blocking releases.

Before Routines, I worked on Alexa Device OS and Bluetooth connectivity, where I designed automation architecture for multi-device execution spanning 3 operating systems and 35+ device types, and automated end-to-end coverage for the Alexa voice interface. Across both teams I've shipped 22 code reviews and around 8,500 lines of production Python.

On the research side, I published a paper in IEEE on TITAN, a dual-stream attention network for camouflaged object detection that fuses RGB and thermal modalities. It reached 64.85% IoU, a 120% improvement over RGB-only baselines, and I built a synthetic thermal data generation pipeline so the whole thing could be trained without thermal hardware.

I graduated with a B.Tech in Computer Science (AI/ML) from YCCE Nagpur with an 8.8 CGPA and Honours in AWS + DevOps. I care a lot about data structures and algorithms, clean design, and owning a problem from architecture through production. I'm currently looking for a Software Development Engineer role.

Professional Experience

Software Quality Engineer (L4)

Amazon

Alexa Smart Home, Routines – Android, iOS, FireOS

Feb 2026 – Present

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  • Architected and shipped a self-healing locator recovery mechanism – modular plugin system with strategy pattern, LLM-based page analysis, and fallback chains that autonomously recovers broken UI locators without human intervention (7k+ lines, end-to-end ownership).
  • Designed extensible strategy interfaces (element-attribute matching, coordinate-based recovery, live page analysis via LLM API) following Open/Closed Principle – new recovery strategies can be plugged in without modifying core logic.
  • Built a pytest plugin (--self-heal flag) that integrates into CI/CD pipelines, enabling opt-in self-healing during test execution across 3 platforms. Reduced locator-related test failures by ~90%.
  • Owned end-to-end quality and release validation for Alexa Routines across Android, iOS, and FireOS – shipped 22 code reviews, contributed 8.5k+ lines of production code.
  • Drove cross-platform debugging and root-cause analysis, collaborating with multiple teams to resolve integration issues across the mobile stack.

Software Quality Engineer (L4)

Amazon

Alexa Device OS, Bluetooth Connectivity

Aug 2025 – Feb 2026

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  • Designed scalable automation architecture for multi-device test execution across 3 OS platforms and 35+ device types, enabling early regression detection via continuous test pipelines.
  • Automated 25+ end-to-end test scenarios for Alexa Voice UI, building reusable components for multi-device scalability.
  • Implemented third-party device integration, expanding automation coverage to external ecosystem devices.
  • Worked with SDE teams on system-level debugging, failure analysis, and fix validation – raised and reviewed 15+ code reviews (Gerrit/CRs).
  • Contributed 4,000+ lines of production Python code for the VUI automation project.

Software Quality Intern (L4)

Amazon

Alexa Device OS, Bluetooth Connectivity

Jan 2025 – Jun 2025

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  • Optimized the DeCAF test framework by implementing teardown minimization, reducing execution overhead for the A2DP test suite.
  • Developed a reusable automation framework covering 11 A2DP Bluetooth scenarios, adopted by the team for regression.
  • Expanded Android automation by integrating third-party devices (Pixel, Samsung) into the existing test infrastructure.
  • Built 2 EFD automation setups and worked with team on failure analysis.
  • Contributed 4,000+ lines of production-level Python code.

Education

B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering (AI/ML) – CGPA: 8.8

Honours in AWS + DevOps – CGPA: 8.5

Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur

2021 – 2025

CBSE (12th) PCBM – 77.2% | Riverdale High School, Aurangabad

2020

CBSE (10th) – 90% | Riverdale High School, Aurangabad

2018

Projects Undertaken

Self-Healing Test Framework (Production System)

2026

  • Integrated OpenAI/LLM APIs for live page analysis – the system sends page source to an LLM, receives candidate locators, and validates them against the live DOM.
  • Built with extensibility as a core design principle: new strategies, new platforms, and new LLM providers can be added without modifying existing code (Open/Closed Principle).
  • Impact: Reduced manual locator maintenance significantly for covered test suites.
  • Tech: Python, Pytest, LLM APIs, Strategy Pattern, Plugin Architecture.

GeoGuide – Vision-Based Autonomous Navigation Robot

Sep 2023 – Mar 2024

  • Built an autonomous navigation system with separated perception and control modules.
  • Implemented image processing pipelines and shortest-path algorithms for real-time route computation.
  • Designed modular software architecture for perception, planning, and motion control.
  • Semi-finalist at E-Yantra Robotics Competition, IIT Bombay.
  • Tech: Python, Computer Vision, Path Planning, Modular System Design.

Farmily – Smart Farming Platform (Android + IoT + ML)

May 2023 – Mar 2024

  • Designed and built an end-to-end smart farming platform integrating a Flutter-based Android app, ML models, and IoT devices.
  • Integrated Gemini API for AI-assisted interactions and Firebase for authentication, data storage, and real-time updates.
  • Designed system architecture focusing on scalability, usability, and low-latency communication between mobile, ML, and IoT components.
  • Tech: Flutter, Firebase, ML APIs, IoT, Cloud Services.

Self-Balancing Autonomous Delivery Bike

Sep 2022 – Apr 2023

  • Implemented real-time control algorithms for dynamic balance, steering, and obstacle avoidance.
  • Integrated sensors and actuators with embedded software for stabilization and navigation.
  • Ranked 5th nationally at IIT Bombay E-Yantra Competition.
  • Tech: Lua, Embedded Systems, Control Algorithms, Robot Simulation.

Research & Technical Work

TITAN: Thermal-Integrated Two-Stream Attention Network for Camouflaged Object Detection

2026

  • Developed a dual-stream RGB + thermal model with custom attention and fusion modules; achieved 64.85% IoU (120% improvement over RGB-only baselines).
  • Paper Link: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11469302

Synthetic Thermal Dataset Generation for Low-Visibility Object Detection

2025

  • Created a method to synthesize thermal images from RGB + masks to enable multi-modal training without thermal hardware.

Road Hazard & Accident Hotspot Dataset – Intel Unnati Grand Challenge

2023

  • Built a geospatial dataset to identify accident-prone regions using road features, environmental factors, and hotspot mapping.

Technical Skills

Languages

Python Java C Dart (Flutter)

Systems & Frameworks

REST APIs Page Object Model Plugin Architecture Strategy Pattern

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS (Lambda, S3, EC2) CI/CD Pipelines DevOps

Testing & Automation

Pytest Appium Selenium API Integration Cross-platform Mobile Automation

AI/ML

LLM API Integration PyTorch Computer Vision Deep Learning

Tools

Git Linux/Shell Scripting

Soft Skills

Strong organizational & management skills Critical Thinking Problem Solving Effective team leadership abilities Socially adept & collaborative Effective Communication

Certifications

Amcat SHL: English Comprehension, Proficiency in English, Business Analyst, Data Processing Specialist, Software Development Trainee

Amcat SHL • Mar 2022

7 Days Free Bootcamp on Deep Learning using Python

Devtown • Dec 2022

Python For Beginners Course In-Depth

Udemy • Jan – Feb 2023

Machine Learning using Python

Udemy • Jan – Feb 2023

Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines

LinkedIn Learning • Jan – Feb 2023

Machine Learning with Python: Foundations

LinkedIn Learning • Jan – Feb 2023

Hands on Linux Commands and Shell Scripting & Badge

Coursera - IBM • Jul 2023

Fundamentals of Deep Learning

NVIDIA DLI • Dec 2023

Image Processing Onramp

MATLAB • Jan 2024

Awards

Completed PwC Cloud and Digital Launchpad Program

1 Mar – 29 Jul 2024

1st in WARTECH 2.0 | Maze Runner

Army Institute of Technology • Apr 2024

Semi Finalists | E-Yantra Robotics Competition IIT B | Geo Guide theme

Aug 2023 – Mar 2024

1st Prize | TechAid IIT Bombay | Techfest 2023

28 Dec 2023

1st place | Meshmarize | Techfest IIT Bombay 2023 Zonals at Bhopal

15 Oct 2023

Won at Idea fest/ Patent fest, Nagpur

5 Aug 2023

1st Prize | Autobots Maze Solver Competition | VNIT, Nagpur 2023

8 – 9 Apr 2023

1st Institutional Rank | Qualified for the Regionals | GFG Hackathon

May – Jun 2023

2nd place | Meshmarize | Techfest IIT Bombay 2022 Zonals at Nagpur

8 Oct 2022

5th position | E-Yantra Robotics Competition IIT B | Delivery Bike theme

Aug 2022 – 30 Mar 2023

Extra-Curricular

Co-Curricular Experience

Technical Member

COSMOS CSE

Aug 2023 – May 2025

Coordinator

IQ Bots - Robotics Club YCCE

Nov 2022 – May 2025

Student Member

Indian Council of Technical Research and Development

Nov 2022 – May 2025

Co Head - Treasurer

Innovations R Us

Sep 2022 – Mar 2023

Member

YCCE Eagles

May 2022 – May 2025