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Ritesh V.

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India14 yrs 6 mos experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in software quality assurance.
  • Expert in leading high-performance engineering teams.
  • Strong focus on data-driven decision-making.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Software Quality Assurance expert in the Fintech industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Technical LeadershipSoftware Quality AssuranceQuality AssuranceTest AutomationTesting

Other Skills

A/B TestingAPI AutomationAgile MethodologiesAgile MethodologyAmazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsAndroid App TestingAppiumApplication Lifecycle ManagementArchitectureAutomated TestingAutomation FrameworkAutomation TestingBlack Box TestingCI/CD

About

Experienced EM bringing 12.5 years of expertise in leading high-performance teams and delivering cutting-edge software solutions. Possessing a passion for driving innovation and strategic leadership, I excel in merging technical proficiency with a forward-thinking approach to propel teams towards excellence in product development and delivery. Tools & Framework Experience: Design and development of Automation framework for testing Web Services , web apps, mobile apps using open source technologies like Java, Rest-Assured, Appium, Selenium, TestNG and maven. Well versed with BDD test framework like Cucumber and mocking tools like wire-mock. Setting up Mobile Device farm and integration of Mobile Automation scripts with device farm like pCloudy,LambdaTest,BrowserStack. Knowledge and experience working with Performance ,containerised technology like docker,code coverage tools like SonarQube. 🔍 Proven Track Record in Software Quality Assurance: With a robust background in Software QA, I have consistently ensured the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable software products. My experience spans the entire software development lifecycle, from requirement analysis to deployment, with a keen focus on optimising processes and implementing best practices. 🛠️ Technical Leadership & Innovation: I excel in providing technical leadership & fostering a culture of innovation within my teams. Leveraging my extensive knowledge of test automation frameworks ,CI & agile methodologies, I empower my teams to streamline development workflows and accelerate time-to-market. 🌐 Global Project Management: Having successfully managed projects on a global scale, I am adept at coordinating cross-functional teams across different geographies. My experience includes overseeing distributed teams and aligning them with organisational goals, resulting in efficient and synchronised project execution. 👥 Team Building & Collaboration: Building and nurturing high-performing engineering teams is my forte. I believe in creating a collaborative environment where each team member's strengths are recognized and leveraged. 📈 Metrics-Driven Performance Improvement: I am passionate about data-driven decision-making. Through the strategic use of metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), I have consistently identified areas for improvement, implemented corrective measures, and optimised processes to enhance overall team performance and project outcomes.

Experience

14 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Paytm

Senior Engineering Manager

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Leading team of SDEs and SDETs at Paytm ONDC vertical to ensure smooth end to end delivery of features.
JavaSeleniumAppiumTestNGAutomation TestingTechnical Leadership+1

Inmobi

3 roles

Engineering Manager

Jan 2022Jul 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

SDE-3

Promoted

Jul 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Mentoring and leading a team of talented QAs and SDETs at different
  • levels of experience.
  • Coordinate with development teams and leaders to lock down testing
  • requirements, assess risks, develop day to day practices, and deliver QA
  • projects with high quality standards.
  • Actively working on hiring and building a team of SDETs and QA engineers
  • from scratch.
  • Working on identifying and implementing scalable automated testing tools
  • and frameworks for client side apps(Android & iOS).
  • Identify & implement solutions for applying new and smarter test
  • methodologies for uncovering quality risk.
Automated TestingTeam MentoringRisk AssessmentQuality AssuranceTest Automation

SDE-2

Jul 2019Jul 2020 · 1 yr

  • Working as part of the O&O team at InMobi. Key responsibilities include:-
  • Actively participating in the end to end QA Release cycle for 1Weather Frontend app.
  • Part of a small team responsible for planning and developing infra and framework for QA automation, CI/CD for frontend and backend projects.
  • Before joining InMobi in Nov 2019, I was working as a QA Manager at Roposo(which got acquired by InMobi Group). Responsibilities at Roposo includes:-
  • Working and leading all the QA initiatives in frontend applications - Web, Android, and iOS.
  • Individual Contributor and initiator for all the automated test suite development.
  • Development of various tools and utilities for business/product teams.
  • Mentorship of team members and helping them upgrade on the technology front.
  • Actively engaged with the third party/outsourced teams to get regular task updates and assignation of new tasks.
  • Managing frontend release cycles.
  • Understanding and bringing new QA processes to help streamline the software engineering cycle.
  • Worked and led QA/SDET efforts in Roposo during July-2019 to Dec-2019. Roposo got acquired by inMobi
QA AutomationCI/CDFrontend DevelopmentQuality AssuranceTest Automation

Freecharge

3 roles

Lead Software Engineer

Promoted

Mar 2017Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Worked on various tools and utilities to run various front-end automation scenarios in production environment and developed custom reporting mechanism.
  • Worked on building and maintaining highly scalable automation framework for iOS automation from scratch supporting sequential,parallel as well as distributed execution.
  • Worked on iOS profiling to prepare app performance data and sharing trace reports with developers.
  • Worked on building easy and effective documentation to help on-board manual team in to automation environment.
  • Rest API automation framework design using various tools e.g. Java, TestNG, RestAssured,httpClient.
  • UI automation framework using Selenium , Appium, Java and TestNG.
  • Requirement gathering and analysis from various product stakeholders as well as providing input in product design.
  • Coordinating and working hand in hand with different teams in product quality assurance.
  • Mentoring team members in the team to work towards project automation process.
Automation FrameworkReporting MechanismiOS AutomationTest AutomationQuality Assurance

Senior Software Engineer

Jan 2017Mar 2017 · 2 mos

  • Rest API automation framework design for Payment and Identity Solutions at FreeCharge.com using various tools e.g. Java, TestNG etc.
  • UI automation framework using Selenium WebDriver, Java and TestNG
  • Requirement gathering and analysis from various product stakeholders as well as providing input in product design.
  • Coordinating and working hand in hand with different teams in product quality assurance.
  • Mentoring team members in the team to work towards project automation process.
API AutomationUI AutomationRequirement AnalysisQuality AssuranceTest Automation

Senior QA Engineer

Dec 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr

  • Worked for Shopo(A B2C e-commerce product) project under Snapdeal.
  • Working extensively in End to End Testing of Android and iOS apps.
  • Working extensively in End to End Testing of REST APIs.
  • Coordinating with various Dev,Product and Support Teams.
  • Mentoring new joinees to help them onboard.
  • Automating new features in desktop and mobile web using Selenium WebDriver ,TestNG,Java.
End to End TestingREST APIsMobile TestingQuality AssuranceTest Automation

Shopclues

Senior QA Engineer

Mar 2015Dec 2015 · 9 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Specialized in White Box Testing(Selenium Webdriver).
  • Extensively involved in the design, development, and execution of automated test cases.
  • Well versed in defect tracking & bug reporting.
  • Extensive work experience in Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, GUI Testing, Regression Testing, and Ad-hoc Testing.
White Box TestingDefect TrackingFunctional TestingQuality AssuranceTest Automation

Hcl technologies

Software Engineer

Aug 2011Mar 2015 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Noida/Manesar

  • Project:- NCR Imagemark POD Development and Maintenance.
  • Responsibilities:-
  • Requirement Analysis, Test Scenario Designing, Test case designing and Test case execution.
  • Performing System Integration, Functional, Regression, Retesting, Sanity and Smoke testing.
  • Testing of Windows application with UI Verification and Database Validation.
  • Interaction with onsite team and resolving complex issues.
  • Responsible for the deliveries of individual RFC’s
  • Helping team in troubleshooting various issues while testing.
  • Project:- MSN Global Channels (MICROSOFT)
  • Role:- Functional Tester/ System Integration Tester/Performance Tester, Automation Tester
  • Technology/Tools:- TFS, MTM, Visual Studio 2010, HTML,CSS,jQuery
  • Responsibilities:-
  • Testing websites, webpages for different markets/locales over the MVC pattern .
  • Developing content jobs with Shuttle UI tool which help in creating the content for the site.
  • Mitigating content jobs failure issues over the production environment.
  • Interactions and Support to Onsite Anchors.
  • Inter meets for several project activities, Mentoring, Training and implementation to other Teams on similar Projects.
  • Fixing automation test failures.
Requirement AnalysisSystem TestingDatabase ValidationQuality AssuranceTesting

Education

Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA) — Marketing

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Apeejay Stya Education (Svran Foundation)

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Information & Technology

Jan 2007Jan 2011

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