Sarang Rakhecha

Software Quality Automation Engineer at Apple · San Diego, CA

8+ years of QE across manual and automated testing. Broadest device coverage on a release-quality team spanning six OS platforms, including spatial computing. #1 on the team for defect discovery and ranked #120 of 10,201 SWE bug filers (top ~1.2%) across Apple.

Apple — Software Quality Automation Engineer (Sept 2025 – Present)

  • Filed 99 P1/P2 bugs in a single release cycle (50 P1, 49 P2); 19 drove confirmed software changes.
  • Ranked #120 of 10,201 SWE bug filers at Apple (top ~1.2%) and #1 on the team.
  • Shipped a PR-tracking + reviewer-notification tool (750+ unit tests, custom Claude skills for deep code analysis on weekly quality checks) adopted across multiple teams and two geographic sites.
  • Built a Slack test-compliance bot and a device-provisioning utility that eliminated weekly manual setup.
  • Application area held near-zero production escapes over a trailing 3–4 month period.
  • Delivered 7+ technical demos to engineering leadership.

Qualtrics — Software Test Engineer 2 (June 2021 – Aug 2025)

  • Owned two Python/Selenium suites (75+ tests, 98% pass rate).
  • Reduced beta-to-production release time by 85% via CI/CD pipeline initiative.
  • Delivered 40+ customer-facing features end-to-end; presented CI/CD playbook to 200+ engineers.
  • Aced an ISTQB CT-AI–scoped technical review with the senior QE manager.

NetApp — Software Engineer in Test (Sept 2018 – May 2021)

  • Built and maintained a Python automation framework (500+ tests) for Trident, a Kubernetes storage orchestration tool.
  • Sole owner of CI-system defect triage.

Skills

Python · Swift · JavaScript/TypeScript · Java · Selenium · Appium · GitHub Actions · Jenkins · Spinnaker · Docker · Kubernetes · Splunk · Postman · JAWS · Claude Code · AI-assisted workflows

Education

M.S. Computer Science, SUNY Binghamton · B.E. Information Technology, University of Pune

Contact

sarang.rakhecha@gmail.com · LinkedIn · GitHub · LeetCode · Download résumé (PDF)