ManojPandian Karthikeyan — Director of Engineering

Highly accomplished and Visionary Engineering Leader with 16+ years of experience in building and leading high-performance teams. Adept at researching and driving AI-powered test automation, enhancing QA strategies, and aligning testing initiatives with business goals. Proven ability to establish scalable automation frameworks, optimize testing processes, and collaborate with cross functional teams to deliver high-quality software at scale. Passionate about leveraging GenAI and automation strategies to drive efficiency and innovation in testing. Leading a team of 50+ engineers in India's largest OTT platform and successfully delivered seamless viewing experience to 60+ Million concurrent viewers at peak across Android, iOS, Android TV, Web, WebLR platforms. Technical experience: Engineered RESTful Microservices using SpringBoot framework in Java from ground-up to address data and infrastructure needs that increased productivity by 30%. Developed scalable and distributed test infrastructure, leveraging on-premise device farms and cloud-based headless runs and saved 360+ man-days annually. Optimized test infrastructure costs, saving $12,000+ per year. Reduced time-to-market by 50% for mobile & web platforms and 95% for backend services. Built Python based frameworks to auto-generate automation code for RESTful services. This framework aided rapid development of RESTful API automation with TestDriven and validation features. Leadership experience: Experience in Hiring and building high performing teams. Developed and executed a multi-quarter QA strategy and Automation roadmap. Expertise in negotiation, stakeholder and cross-functional team engagement. Programming Languages : Python, Java Server Technologies : Apache Tomcat, Nginx, REST Webservices Middlware platforms : Kafka AutomationFrameworks : Cypress, Playwright, Karate, Espresso, XCUITest, PyTest Unit testing frameworks : PyUnit, Mocha, chai Performance testing : JMeter, Locust, Vegeta Databases : My SQL, MongoDB Scripting : Shell, JavaScript Repositories : Git Cloud exposure : AWS Containarization : Docker Specialties: Engginering Leadership, Building high performance teams, Distributed systems, Web and Mobile Automation, Backend services Automation #QALeadership #SDETLeadership #SDETManager #QAManager #EngineeringManager

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Engineering Leader with expertise in Test Automation and Quality Assurance.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 17 yrs