DEEPA MEETHALE PARAMBATH
Summary
Over 10 plus years of experience in complete software product development life cycle including requirement analysis, design, development, quality assurance, system/integrations tests, installation and maintenance/support. Proven track record designing and implementing test strategies, creating test plans, writing clear test cases and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. Skilled in both manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and cross-functional collaboration. Experience with automated testing frameworks like Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, JUnit Excellent communication, strong analytical and debugging skills. Aptitude to learn new technologies and tools quickly. Strong knowledge of agile methodologies and continuous integration practices.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior QA Engineer
ProducePay
San Mateo
06.2023 - Current
- Implemented comprehensive test strategies for software products and data pipelines.
- Developed automated test suites for APIs, data workflows, and user interfaces.
- Collaborated with Engineering and Product teams to define clear testing requirements.
- Executed manual and exploratory testing on demand for new features and releases.
- Monitored CI/CD pipelines to boost test coverage and ensure quick feedback loops.
- Tracked bug resolutions while conducting regression testing diligently.
- Advocated for quality through support of QA best practices across the organization.
Planned Career Break
Unemployed
04.2020 - 06.2023
- Volunteered as technical consultant for stealth startup, prototyping supply chain product and generating reports using Python.
- Pursued online courses and tutorials on DevOps and application development through Udemy and LinkedIn Learning.
- Focused on personal wellbeing while managing family responsibilities.
Lead Software Developer
MediaKind
Santa Clara
02.2019 - 04.2020
- Develop, scale, automate, and improve the underlying infrastructure, software, processes, and services required to support Mediaroom product development, quality engineering, and production releases.
- Successfully migrated the source code from TFVC in the TFS on-prem instance to Azure GIT repositories, and migrated test data from the TestRail system to Azure Test Plans, which helped the company's initiative to reduce costs by moving to cloud-based services.
- Integrated an in-house legacy build system to connect to Azure GIT repositories using C# and the .NET framework.
- Helped the team by taking ownership of legacy systems, and supporting them by fixing bugs and adding new functionality to those tools.
- Automated various administrative tasks on the Azure DevOps instance using the REST API, and bookkeeping activities on Windows and Linux build systems using scripts.
Software Engineer IV
Ericsson Inc.
Santa Clara
09.2013 - 02.2019
- Developed several software systems for the engineering services organization and associated workflow to capture metrics and reports.
- Designed and developed an Operations Inventory System to track the hardware, software and devices under test organization.
- Implemented JIRA project management system for the organization by setting up projects, custom fields, custom workflows, automated tasks using Script Runner plugin and Atlassian REST API.
- Wrote C# based tool to migrate bugs and work item data from TFS to JIRA.
- Key contributor in migrating the data from various legacy and enterprise systems to systems in Ericsson without interrupting the day-to-day activities of the business during post-acquisition/integration phase using C# and Python.
- Developed custom features for the legacy build system using C#. Integrated the sources from different version control systems like TFS, GIT.
Software Development Engineer, Engineering Services Tools
Microsoft Corporation
Mountain View
05.2005 - 09.2013
- Evaluated TFS and Visual Studio, documenting gaps and implementing effective solutions.
- Migrated bugs and test cases from Product Studio to TFS.
- Developed applications using MVC patterns and Helper methods integrated with backend database.
- Created multiple utilities utilizing TFS API to leverage project data effectively.
- Administered company TFS is used for source control and project management tracking, coming up to speed quickly, establishing risk mitigation, backup and restoration processes, and becoming the go-to authority for all things TFS within the company.
Software Development Engineer in Test
Microsoft Corporation
Mountain View
08.2011 - 06.2012
- Shipped Kinect-enabled Hulu application for Xbox Live by testing major feature areas and completing certification testing on Xbox platform.
- Developed comprehensive test plans, suites, cases, and bug reports based on specifications.
- Collaborated with developers and feature owners to establish effective test cases aligned with requirements.
- Configured test environment and executed functional, integration, system, end-to-end, and UAT test cases.
- Participated in daily scrum meetings to monitor sprint progress and address issues as necessary.
Software Development Engineer, Engineering Services Tools
Microsoft Corporation
Mountain View
05.2005 - 08.2011
Education
Masters - Computer Applications
University of Madras
IndiaBachelors - Mathematics
University of Madras
IndiaSkills
- Programming languages: Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript
- Test automation frameworks: Selenium, PyTest, Cypress, Playwright
- CI/CD tools: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, TFS, Docker
- Project management tools: JIRA, TestRail, Confluence
- Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure
- API testing: RESTful APIs, Postman, SoapUI
- Web development: ASPNET, NET, HTML, CSS, XML, JSON
- Database management: SQL, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Agile methodologies: SCRUM principles and OOP
- Cross-browser testing and cloud testing
- Monitoring tools: DataDog and PowerShell scripting
Work Status
Authorized to work in the US for any employer.
Certification
- Completed Stanford University & DeepLearning.AI Machine Learning Specialization in Coursera
- Completed University of Michigan Python for Everybody Specialization in Coursera
- Java Programming, Comprehensive online course from UCSC Extension
Timeline
Senior QA Engineer
ProducePay
06.2023 - Current
Planned Career Break
Unemployed
04.2020 - 06.2023
Lead Software Developer
MediaKind
02.2019 - 04.2020
Software Engineer IV
Ericsson Inc.
09.2013 - 02.2019
Software Development Engineer in Test
Microsoft Corporation
08.2011 - 06.2012
Software Development Engineer, Engineering Services Tools
Microsoft Corporation
05.2005 - 09.2013
Software Development Engineer, Engineering Services Tools
Microsoft Corporation
05.2005 - 08.2011
Masters - Computer Applications
University of Madras
Bachelors - Mathematics
University of Madras
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