About Me

Portrait of Alandis Ayupov

Hello, I'm Alandis Ayupov.

I am a recently graduated (2025) Rutgers student with entry-level software development experience. What existing experience I have is in software testing (Playwright, Selenium, JUnit, Pytest). Addicted to being presented with problems and designing solutions which work.

  • Edison, NJ
  • U.S. Citizen

Featured Projects

Applicant Tracking System

  • Collaborated with a team to design a Python and Flask-based applicant tracking system at HackRU.
  • Utilized a SQLite database for applicant and resume information storage.
  • Encoded resumes using Base64 to store PDFs as strings.
  • Utilized Gemini 2.0 Flash for resume evaluation prior to storage in a database.

Experience and education

JUN 2025 — PRESENT

IT Support

Tri-State Energy · New Brunswick, NJ

  • Ensured sophisticated regression testing by creating a suite of over 200 E2E automated frontend user interface tests using Playwright.
  • Streamlined an external API submission process by implementing 1,000+ internal business-rule validations using SQL and an in-house engine to standardize and accelerate development.
  • Automated testing for all business-rule validations and external API functionality by generating thousands of sample payloads using the same in-house engine.
  • Prevented numerous critical bugs from reaching production through both manual and automated testing methods.
  • Reduced organizational cybersecurity risk by administering cybersecurity training and regulating firewall access.
PlaywrightSQLAPI Testing
MAR 2025 — JUN 2025

Software Development Intern

Dulcian, Inc. · Woodbridge, NJ

  • Engineered comprehensive automated test suites using Selenium to streamline UI testing and reduce manual verification cycles.
  • Executed, documented, and retested resolution workflows for over 200 technical tickets, ensuring strict adherence to functional requirements.
  • Architected tiered test scripts (critical, moderate, and exhaustive) to rigorously benchmark application stability and prevent regression.
  • Validated bug fixes across release cycles and performed pre- and post-deployment validation tests to ensure zero-downtime production rollouts.
SeleniumQA
SEP 2024 — MAR 2025

MSCS Student Programmer

Rutgers University · New Brunswick, NJ

  • Developed a Python application leveraging GPT-4o to automate responses to student emails.
  • Improved response accuracy by 10% by implementing cluster-based similarity retrieval and hybrid search functionalities.
  • Engineered a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline by chunking and embedding source data.
  • Expanded response versatility and coherence by designing a robust sequence of prompts to handle diverse inputs.
  • Optimized API usage and reduced operational costs by implementing batch processing.
  • Minimized system overhead by utilizing IMAP for email ingestion and SMTP for dispatching automated responses.
  • Evaluated and benchmarked LLM performance using DeepEval.
PythonGPT-4oRAG

Technical skills

Languages

  • SQL
  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript

Frameworks / Libraries / Tools

  • Playwright
  • Selenium
  • JUnit
  • Pytest
  • Docker
  • Git
  • Postman
  • React
  • Node.js
  • Express.js

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