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Aayush Raj Pokhrel

Senior Software Engineer in Test | AI Application Developer | Web Developer

Bringing 5+ years of experience in software testing—designing and executing robust end-to-end testing strategies to ensure quality and reliability—while now transitioning into AI development. Currently focused on building intelligent solutions with RAG systems, LLM integration, and production-ready AI applications.

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About Me

Senior Software Engineer transitioning from 5+ years of QA Engineering to AI Application Development with hands-on experience building production-ready AI agents. I specialize in developing RAG systems, implementing LLM-powered applications, and integrating multiple AI models.

My expertise spans from traditional software testing to cutting-edge AI development, with a strong foundation in FastAPI, vector databases, and full-stack AI application architecture. I've successfully built HR AI Agent and Research AI Tool with sophisticated intent classification and automated workflows.

Quick Facts

Based in Kathmandu, Nepal
5+ Years in Software Engineering
AI/ML Specialist
RAG Systems Expert

Experience

Senior Software Engineer in Test

Niural, USA

May 2023 - 2025
  • • Built comprehensive end-to-end automation framework using Cypress, Synpress (Web3), pytest, and K6
  • • Reduced test execution time by 60% through parallel testing optimization
  • • Led QA strategy for production releases, maintaining test coverage across cloud-based applications
  • • Integrated AWS services (DynamoDB, CloudWatch, EC2) into QA workflows

Software Engineer in Test - Lead

Benekiva, USA

2020 - 2023
  • • Successfully transitioned QA team from manual to automated testing
  • • Designed Selenium-based automation frameworks and JMeter performance testing suites
  • • Implemented comprehensive validation with MongoDB/Mongoose
  • • Mentored junior engineers and established QA best practices

AI Projects

HR AI Agent

Comprehensive HR assistant with multi-component AI pipeline featuring intent classification, RAG system for policy Q&A, and intelligent form processing.

LangChainFastAPIOllamaChromaDB
  • • Intent classification for multiple query types
  • • RAG system with semantic search
  • • JWT authentication & authorization
  • • Automated leave form processing

Research AI Tool

Intelligent research automation tool built with LangChain and Gemini API for advanced research capabilities and structured data extraction.

LangChainGemini APIPython
  • • Advanced research workflow automation
  • • Structured data extraction
  • • Prompt engineering optimization
  • • Chain management with LangChain

Technical Skills

AI/ML Development

  • • LangChain & FastAPI
  • • LLM Integration (Ollama, OpenAI, Gemini)
  • • Vector Databases (ChromaDB)
  • • RAG Systems & Intent Classification
  • • HuggingFace Transformers

Programming

  • • Python & JavaScript/TypeScript
  • • RESTful API Development
  • • SQLAlchemy ORM & MongoDB
  • • JWT Authentication
  • • pytest, Cypress, Selenium

Cloud & DevOps

  • • AWS (DynamoDB, EC2, CloudWatch)
  • • Local LLM Deployment (Ollama)
  • • CI/CD with GitHub Actions
  • • Git Version Control
  • • Performance Optimization

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