Chaithra J

Product Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years in Quality Engineering leadership.
  • Expert in building scalable QA frameworks.
  • Proven track record in automation transformation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quality Engineering Manager with expertise in Fintech and Healthcare industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Qa Strategy & PlanningQe LeadershipQa Process OptimizationTest Governance

Other Skills

API TestingAPI automationAgile MethodologiesAgile TestingAntAppiumAzure DevOpsBehavior-Driven Development (BDD)BrowserStackBusiness DrivenCOECircleCICommunicationConsumer LendingCore Java

About

I am a Quality Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience driving end-to-end QA strategy, quality governance, automation transformation, and multi-team delivery across BFSI, Fintech, and healthcare domains. I specialize in building scalable QA frameworks, establishing shift-left/right quality culture, and leading high-performing manual + automation teams across agile teams. My work includes defining QA roadmaps, optimizing automation ROI, enhancing release predictability, and improving overall product quality through data-driven decision-making. I have led QA for enterprise applications including mobile apps, web platforms, API ecosystems, and integrations, and I bring hands-on expertise in Selenium, Appium, Rest Assured, Java, CI/CD (Azure DevOps), BrowserStack, and cloud-based quality engineering solutions. My leadership style focuses on mentoring teams, enabling process excellence, driving test strategy, and collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Business to ensure zero surprise releases, reduced defect leakage, and consistent delivery. Key strengths: QA Strategy & Test Planning Risk-based Testing & Shift-Left/Right approaches Driving Automation Test Solutions (Web, Mobile, API) CI/CD Integration (Azure DevOps, Jenkins) QE Delivery ownership Quality Governance & Metrics Cross-functional Leadership

Experience

19 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 1 mo
Current Experience

Publicis sapient

Quality Engineering Manager

May 2024Present · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Defined and executed test strategies ensuring compliance with quality KPIs and Agile
  • delivery objectives.
  • Coordinated cross-functional test efforts across global teams, aligning with business
  • requirements and technical specifications.
  • Led functional, integration, regression, and E2E testing cycles; managed QA sign-off for
  • production releases.
  • Designed and scaled automation frameworks (Appium, Java, Cucumber, Rest Assured,
  • Karate, Gatling), achieving 40% defect leakage reduction and faster release cycles.
  • Integrated Generative AI tools for automated test case creation and test data
  • generation, reducing manual effort by 35%.
  • Drove CI/CD adoption with Azure DevOps pipelines, automating build-triggered test
  • execution and reporting.
JavaAPI TestingStakeholder EngagementTest GovernanceQA EngineeringLeadership+13

Robosoft technologies

QA Lead Automation

Mar 2022May 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

  • Worked as QA Lead in Automation. Responsible for automation solutions related to UI automation and API automation. Also provided solutions with third party integrations like SonarQube integration for static code analysis etc.
Mobile AutomationCircleCIJUnitJavaREST APIsTest Governance+12

Tavant

2 roles

Sr.Lead Quality Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2021Mar 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

COETest GovernanceFeature TestingQA Process OptimizationBusiness DrivenProblem Solving+3

Lead Quality Engineer

Oct 2014Jan 2021 · 6 yrs 3 mos

  • Involved in people management and automation testing in Agile Environment. Involved in testing process from Test Planning to Test Delivery.
QA Process OptimizationProblem Solving

Wipro

Senior Software Test Engineer

Jan 2013Oct 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos · Bangalore

  • Involved in Automation Framework Design using Selenium and Java. Hands on Grid and integration with CI/CD tool Jenkins. Also involved in identifying and implementation of test script for regression test suits.

Career break

Full-time parenting

Mar 2010Jan 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos · India

Robosoft technologies

Quality Control Engineer

Jul 2006Mar 2010 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Udupi

  • Participated in all QA related activities from verification to validation of desktop applications and Web application on Mac OS and Windows platforms.

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Jan 2002Jan 2006

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