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Touhid Ahmed

Software Automation & Testing Fintech Automotive R&D

About

Software Developer in Testing (M.Sc. in Automation) with hands-on experience in automated software testing, automation, and validation. Skilled in designing and executing unit, integration, UAT, E2E, and API tests, with exposure to version control (Git/GitLab), CI/CD pipelines, and Agile (Scrum) environments. Strong analytical mindset with a focus onsoftware quality, reliability, and process optimization.

Career Timeline

  1. Present

    VisualVest GmbH · Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Test Automation Engineer
    • Wrote and maintained scalable end-to-end test automation frameworks using Playwright and TypeScript.
    • Implemented advanced test architectures utilizing the Page Object Model (POM).
    • Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) and managed code repositories using Git to enable continuous testing.
    • Collaborated closely within an agile team, actively driving knowledge sharing, code reviews, and improving QA processes.
  2. SEGULA Technologies GmbH · Rüsselsheim, Germany

    Software Developer

    Developed multiple backend and automation tools in Python for vehicle data and project reporting workflows.

    Selected projects

    Vehicle Fleet Management Web App
    • Designed backend architecture with REST APIs, authentication, authorisation and reporting.
    • Implemented unit, integration, and UAT tests.
    Django/DRFPostgreSQLPyTestPostman HTMLCSSJS
    Desktop Reporting Tool
    • GUI for Excel parsing & report generation
    • TOML-driven layouts with parquet caching.
    • Trimmed down manual slide prep by ~30+ min/week.
    Python3PandasPySide6PyarrowPyinstaller
    RFQ Management Dashboard
    • Built the preprocessing pipeline.
    • Text extraction with OCR and image processing.
    Python3PandasPytesseractpillowmatplotlib
    Intern
    • Conducted a feasibility study of communication methods employed in Swarm vehicle testing.
    • AI Recruiter: Automated candidate outreach by parsing LinkedIn profile data and prompt engineering using OpenAI API to compose personalized messages.
    • Won 2nd place in DisrUPt 2023 for the "AI Recruiter" concept.
    Working Student

    Implemented an algorithm in Python for turn detection in urban street networks using OSMnx for geospatial dataworkflows.

  3. TechRoad GmbH · Darmstadt, Germany

    Intern
    • Worked on ECU modules, CAN, SOME/IP, Automotive Ethernet, and UDS protocol.
    • Flashed the ECU module with the appropriate software release.
    • Performed diagnostics checks via the CANoe Simulation tool.
    • Verification, Validation, and Documentation of test results.
  4. Dept. of Mathematics & Physics, North South University · Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Lab Officer
    • Reviewed experiments before student use.
    • Set up laboratory materials and maintained lab documentation.
    • Demonstrated techniques and delivered preparatory lectures during labs.
    • Evaluated and graded lab reports.
  5. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, North South University · Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Research Assistant

    Designed and developed a scalable multi-robot intruder detection system using Robot Operating System (ROS). The work was published in the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR)

Technologies & Tools

Programming Languages

python cpp c typescript

Front end

HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript

Testing Tools

VS Code playwright PNPM bash jenkins intellij Jira Git insomnia postman swagger

Backend

django drf fastapi psql mysql firebase sqlite nodejs

ML libraries & Frameworks

numpy pandas pytorch tensorflow Scikit-learn

Robotics & Control

ROS gazebo MATLAB Arduino Raspberry Pi

Other Tools

PyCharm Jupyter Anaconda Linux GitHub GitLab Trello

Hobbies

  • Movies & Series

  • Anime

  • Gaming

  • Foodie

Affiliations

Member

IEEE North South University Robotics & Automation Society Student Branch Chapter · 2020–2021

Chair

IEEE North South University Power & Energy Society Student Branch Chapter · 2017–2018

General Secretary

IEEE North South University Power & Energy Society Student Branch Chapter · 2016–2017