Karuna Lingham

QA Manager

London, England, United Kingdom12 yrs 2 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Reduced release defects by 30% at Speechify.
Built scalable QA processes and automation frameworks.
Mentored QA teams to enhance efficiency and quality.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Engineer specializing in SaaS with a strong focus on automation and performance testing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationQa LeadershipTest StrategySoftware TestingPerformance Testing

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAnalytical SkillsCucumberCustomer ExperienceCustomer SatisfactionCustomer Segmentation StrategyData AnalysisGherkinJiraMentoringMobile TestingNewmanPeople ManagementPlaywrightPostman API

About

I’m a Senior QA Engineer with 11+ years of experience ensuring the delivery of high-quality web, mobile, and enterprise applications. I specialize in building scalable QA strategies, automation frameworks, and CI/CD integrations that accelerate releases while reducing defects. My expertise spans manual, automation, API, performance, and exploratory testing, with a strong focus on improving user experience and product reliability. Over the years, I’ve led the design and execution of comprehensive test strategies across distributed teams, ensuring seamless collaboration with developers, product managers, and stakeholders. At Speechify, I’ve built and scaled a QA function from the ground up, reducing release defects by 30%, cutting manual regression time by 40%, and embedding automation into CI/CD pipelines to enable faster, more confident releases. I’m passionate about mentoring QA teams, driving process improvements, and exploring new testing tools and AI-driven QA innovations to continuously raise the quality bar. Specialties: QA Leadership • Test Strategy • Test Automation (Playwright, Selenium, Appium, Cucumber) • Performance Testing (JMeter, LoadRunner) • API Testing (Postman, Swagger) • CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, CircleCI) • Agile/Scrum

Experience

Speechify

2 roles

Senior QA Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · United States · Remote

Built and scaled QA processes, reducing release defects by 30% and accelerating release cycles across web and mobile platforms.
Designed and maintained regression suites with Playwright (Typescript) and Cucumber (Python), cutting manual testing effort by 40%.
Embedded automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, enabling faster and more reliable releases.
Mentored and onboarded new QA engineers, strengthening team efficiency and Agile delivery.
Partnered with product and development teams to achieve 100% coverage of critical requirements.
Led exploratory testing and researched new QA tools (e.g., Rainforest QA), driving innovation in test practices.
Performed RCA on customer-reported issues using SQL, reducing defect turnaround time by 25%.

Web TestingRelease ManagementMentoringTest AutomationQA Leadership

QA Engineer

Nov 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · United States · Remote

Collaborate with Product Managers and Developers to analyze requirements, and specify the required tests suites to ensure proper test coverage
Proactively join calls with customers to assist them in getting their technical issues resolved
Initiate and own test execution, using both manual and automation techniques
Monitor test status, both in execution and quality metrics, to ensure reliable information is provided to support Go/No-Go decisions
Follow up on planned and unplanned changes, adapting test coverage to mitigate risk at all times
Monitor the defect lifecycle, coordinating required fixes, and retesting with the development team
Adapt to different scenarios, switching context between manual/exploratory testing and Automation techniques as required to maximize efficiency
Maintain and expand regression test suites using Python/Cucumber framework.
Manage QA Backlog tasks with Agile/Scrum development environments
Perform root cause analysis (RCA) of customer issues with the help of relational databases/SQL
Effectively communicate with geographically distributed teams in different time zones with all stakeholders in both written and verbal form
Perform exploratory tests as well as creating and running regression scripts, integrating with development and owning the manual and automation testing.
Commit to quality and risk assessment, maintaining documentation, and curiosity of testing trends and industry standards

Mobile TestingMentoringQA LeadershipTest Strategy

Skuad

Software Engineer

Mar 2020 – Nov 2020 · 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Developed and executed detailed test plans and cases, ensuring full coverage of business and technical requirements.
Strengthened product quality by identifying and resolving critical defects, reducing production issues.
Improved regression testing efficiency using SQL and Ab Initio, cutting resolution cycles and supporting faster releases.

SoapUISoftware Quality AssuranceSoftware TestingTest Strategy

Brand networks

Software Test Engineer

Jun 2019 – Mar 2020 · 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Built a mobile automation framework from scratch with Appium (Python), scaling QA coverage for Android and iOS apps.
Established a performance testing suite with JMeter, uncovering bottlenecks and improving app stability under load.
Partnered with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality features, reducing testing time and increasing release confidence.

JiraSoapUISoftware Quality AssuranceSoftware TestingTest AutomationPerformance Testing

Doctalk

QA Engineer

Oct 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area · On-site

Analyzed and validated user requirements to ensure comprehensive test coverage and alignment with business needs.
Delivered scalable, maintainable, and well-documented QA solutions, ensuring high-quality software releases.
Designed, developed, and managed automation scripts for Android and iOS (including iPad) applications, improving testing efficiency.
Oversaw task prioritization and execution across the entire QA lifecycle, supporting timely and reliable deliveries.
Authored well-structured, efficient, and reusable code to support automation and QA frameworks.
Reviewed, tested, and debugged code contributions from team members, ensuring consistency and reliability.
Partnered with technology teams to design and deliver scalable, high-performing products.
Stayed ahead of industry trends and QA best practices, applying emerging technologies to improve testing processes.

JiraSoftware Quality AssuranceTest AutomationQA Leadership

Sminq

Software Engineer QA

Nov 2015 – Oct 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune Area, India

Manual and automation testing expertise in Web, Mobile and API.
Overall managing the QA front to ensure stable and successful delivery of products.
RCA of issues.
Close involvement with the Requirements team and Dev team.

JiraSoftware Quality AssuranceQA LeadershipSoftware Testing

Ibm

Technical Engineer

Jun 2014 – Nov 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Communicate and identify issues during the development and testing phase
Evaluate the functional and non-functional requirements for test-ability, test cases and use cases
Design and build test documents like test plans, test defect reports to validate applications
Identify regression testing needs
Provide timely project related data as required in applicable systems and ensure timely reporting and response to client partners

Software Quality AssuranceSoftware Testing