Amit Kumar Santra — DevOps Engineer

QA Engineering Leader | SDET Manager | Automation Strategist | AI-Driven Quality Advocate | Automation Engineer With 10+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance across SaaS, PaaS, fintech, and enterprise software, I specialize in leading high-performing QA teams, architecting automation frameworks from scratch, and driving innovation through AI-powered testing. I’ve designed and implemented robust automation solutions using Java, C#, and tools like Selenium, Appium, SikuliX, ReadyAPI, UiPath, Windows Application Driver, and RestAssured, achieving: ✅ 50% faster regression cycles through optimized test coverage ✅ 90%+ test pass rates across multiple release cycles ✅ 25% improvement in PR review turnaround via coding standards enforcement My frameworks incorporate Data Driven, Keyword Driven, BDD, and Hybrid methodologies, built on Page Object Model and OOP principles. I’ve led front-end automation for web, Windows, mobile, and hybrid platforms, and executed system, functional, non-functional. Additionally, I’ve led backend API and microservices testing using RestAssured and ReadyAPI, ensuring high reliability and performance across distributed systems. 🏆 Recognized as Quality Engineer of the Year at Whatfix for excellence in QA leadership and innovation. 🧠 Technical Stack Languages & Frameworks: Java, C#, TestNG, MSTest, NUnit, xUnit Automation Tools: Selenium, Appium, SikuliX, ReadyAPI, UiPath API Testing & Microservices: RestAssured, ReadyAPI, Postman CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Git, Maven Other Skills: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, defect tracking, root cause analysis, Agile 📊 As a research intern at CDAC Kolkata, I developed a predictive model using image analysis to estimate tea prices with 87% accuracy, published in Springer: 🔗 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-981-15-2188-1_36

Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Engineering Leader specializing in automation and AI-driven testing across SaaS and PaaS industries.

Location: Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India

Experience: 9 yrs

Skills

Test Automation
Quality Assurance

Career Highlights

Led high-performing QA teams for over a decade.
Achieved 90%+ test pass rates across multiple release cycles.
Recognized as Quality Engineer of the Year at Whatfix.

Work Experience

Visa

Manager Test Engineering (SDET) (1 yr 2 mos)

Staff Software Engineer in Test (1 yr 2 mos)

Whatfix

Software Development Engineer in Test 2 (2 yrs 11 mos)

Siemens Technology India

Senior Software Developer In Test (2 yrs 11 mos)

Software Developer In Test (11 mos)

CDAC,Kolkata

Research Intern (7 mos)

Education

Master of Technology - MTech at University of Calcutta

Master of Science - MS at St.Xavier's College, Kolkata

Bachelor of Science - BS at The University of Burdwan

Amit Kumar Santra

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India9 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Led high-performing QA teams for over a decade.
Achieved 90%+ test pass rates across multiple release cycles.
Recognized as Quality Engineer of the Year at Whatfix.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Engineering Leader specializing in automation and AI-driven testing across SaaS and PaaS industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Test AutomationQuality Assurance

Other Skills

.NET FrameworkAI innovationAPI TestingAgile MethodologiesAlgorithm DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnalyticsAppiumAzure DevOpsC#C++Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)Core JavaCross-functional Team LeadershipCucumber

About

Experience

Visa

2 roles

Manager Test Engineering (SDET)

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

▪ Lead a centralized QA team of 21 engineers within the Cloud View PaaS Team, overseeing task allocation, release planning, and quarterly planning and execution.
▪ Introduced a component-level ownership model and launched a QA Support Engineer initiative, reducing ad hoc bug testing by 30%.
▪ Authored and enforced coding and PR review guidelines, achieving 100% team adoption and 25% faster PR approvals.
▪ Elevated automation maturity by expanding UI and API test coverage, accelerating regression cycles by 50%, and validating large-scale datasets through custom tooling.
▪ Led release management efforts across multiple components, improving test stability, reducing cycle time, and enabling faster, high-quality deployments.
▪ Drove AI innovation by leading GENAI-powered test generation, self-healing automation, and analytics initiatives through the Test Center of Excellence and Power BI.

JavaSeleniumAPI TestingJenkinsAzure DevOpsTest Automation+1

Staff Software Engineer in Test

Dec 2023 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

 Leadership & Task Management: Enhanced QA efficiency by participating in backlog grooming sessions and planning tasks based on team capacity. Collaborated with the Scrum master to ensure balanced task distribution and foster a productive environment.
 Cross-functional Collaboration: Established strong relations with QA, development, and TPM teams. Managed Thundercats team requests efficiently, ensuring smooth releases and effective communication.
 Optimized UI framework with dynamic waits, reducing execution time by 20%. Integrated Zephyr, cutting manual regression time by 30%. Implemented Jenkins with Selenium Grid, enhancing automated testing efficiency.
 Developed and automated over 200 API tests with ReadyAPI, significantly enhancing testing efficiency, coverage, and system reliability.

ReadyAPISeleniumJenkinsAPI TestingTest AutomationQuality Assurance

Whatfix

Software Development Engineer in Test 2

Dec 2020 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

 Design and developed a Test framework from scratch using Java, SikuliX, TestNG, Maven to automate Hybrid Application called Whatfix Editor and single handily written 100% sanity cases.
 Build a Test framework using UiPath from scratch, to automate NWJS headless browser that are rendering on top of the any desktop App, configure end to end test run through Jenkins, UiPath Orchestrator and UiPath Robot using multiple window virtual system and trained multiple SDEs on UiPath so that they can contribute.
 Mentored multiple new joiners, also worked as release coordinator, handle multiple teams and SDETs to merge code before time and testing completion to ensure smooth production release.
 Worked directly with PM/sales team to get more use cases about whatfix desktop and convert them into Product requirements.
 I'm the proud recipient of Whatfix's Quality Engineer of the Year award, a testament to my unwavering commitment to excellence in QA.

JavaSikuliXTestNGMavenUiPathTest Automation+1

Siemens technology india

2 roles

Senior Software Developer In Test

Promoted

Dec 2017 – Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos

 Build a Test framework from scratch by integrating Selenium Webdriver and Windows Application Driver to automate webpages that are rendering inside visual studio using C# .net and MSTest.
 Improved Test automation Performance by 30% by writing extension methods for selenium static methods and removed static wait from test project.
 As a Test expert I contributed to analyzing the requirements and creating functional and automation test strategy and planning, also monitoring testing activities and metrics.
 Maintain 90% Pass Tests in Automation release with Azure DevOps

Selenium WebdriverC#MSTestTest AutomationQuality Assurance

Software Developer In Test

Dec 2016 – Nov 2017 · 11 mos

 Preparing the Testcases, Executing Testcases Manually in TFS (Team Foundation Server).
 Responsible for Test Automation, GUI, System, Functional & Non- Functional Testing and End to End Regression Testing and Sanity Testing.
 Add new Automation Tests for all features using framework like Selenium Web driver, CoddedUI. MS Test and C# are used as programming languages.
 Fixed and Refactor failed Automation Tests in every release.

Selenium WebdriverC#Test AutomationQuality Assurance

Cdac,kolkata

Research Intern

Nov 2015 – Jun 2016 · 7 mos · Greater Kolkata Area · On-site

Designed a Clustering Model for Fast Estimation of Theaflavins (TF) and Thearubigins (TR) from the tea liquor image using image analysis.
Developed a mathematical model using color image features to correlate with tea taster’s score and predict the price of Tea.
Predicted tea price with above model with 87% accuracy.

Image analysisPredictive modeling