Kedar Kulkarni

QA Manager

Pune, Maharashtra, India18 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 17+ years of experience in QA and test automation.
  • Improved automation coverage by over 20% year-on-year.
  • Recognized for leadership and project delivery excellence.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a QA Manager with expertise in Fintech and automation frameworks.

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Skills

Core Skills

Qa Leadership & Delivery ExcellenceTest Automation Frameworks

Other Skills

Quality AssuranceAPI TestingTest AutomationPostmanAgile TestingSelenium WebDriverRestAssure api AutomationHP QuickTest Professional (QTP)MavenGitTeamCityJenkinsHP Quality CenterHP Application Lifecycle ManagementPrivate Banking

About

As a QA Manager with 17+ years of experience, I specialize in driving test automation, quality engineering, and agile delivery excellence across enterprise-scale financial and technology domains. My passion lies in building high-performing QA teams, implementing automation frameworks, and ensuring seamless collaboration between business, development, and testing units. I’ve led multiple cross-functional teams and delivered complex projects on time and with zero critical defects, improving automation coverage by over 20% year-on-year in my latest project team. My expertise spans Selenium-Java, Cucumber, Rest-Assured, Postman, Jenkins, Maven, Git, AWS, and CI/CD pipelines. I also bring a strong foundation in test strategy, API testing, stakeholder management, and process optimization. Recognized for my leadership and technical acumen, I’ve been awarded multiple times for project delivery excellence, innovation in automation, and client satisfaction. My approach blends technical depth with team empowerment — ensuring quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement in every release. I’m passionate about leveraging AI-assisted automation tools, advancing QA maturity, and helping organizations deliver reliable, high-quality software at scale. Core Areas: 🔹 QA Leadership & Delivery Excellence 🔹 Test Automation Frameworks (Selenium, Cucumber, Rest-Assured) 🔹 API Testing & CI/CD Integration 🔹 Agile / Scrum | Quality Strategy | Process Optimization 🔹 Team Mentorship & Stakeholder Collaboration

Experience

18 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs
Average Tenure
2 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Ice mortgage technology

QA Manager

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

  • As QA Manager at ICE Mortgage Technology, I led QA delivery for two enterprise application teams in Pune, orchestrating cross-team collaboration to ensure seamless integration and dependency management. Defined and implemented end-to-end test strategies, engineered API test suites using Postman, and validated release readiness through comprehensive testing and QA sign-offs, consistently delivering high-quality, defect-free releases.
Quality AssuranceAPI TestingTest AutomationPostmanAgile TestingQA Leadership & Delivery Excellence+1

Xoriant

Test Lead

May 2021Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Barclays

Compliance QA Test Lead

May 2018Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 11 mos · India

Atos

Associate Manager

Jun 2017Apr 2018 · 10 mos · India

Cognizant technology solutions

Senior Associate Projects

Nov 2007Jun 2017 · 9 yrs 7 mos

Education

Willingdon College Of Arts and Sciences, Sangli

Bachelor of Science - BS — Computer Science

Jan 2004Jan 2007

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