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Dhilip Kumar Baskaran

Seattle,WA

Summary

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with over a decade of experience in consumer device and mobile app testing. Demonstrated leadership in designing test strategies, building automation frameworks, and managing cross-functional testing efforts across large-scale Android and Fire TV platforms. Expert in functional, non-functional, UI, and end-to-end validation with significant contributions to key business-critical projects at Amazon Prime Video FireTV & Kindle eReader.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Amazon.com - Prime Video Android Mobile
07.2024 - Current
  • QA Lead for the entire Android Prime Video Mobile org; only Sr. QAE in the org.
  • Conduction daily stand up for automation goal and weekly sync up meetings between the other QAEs
  • Led Strategy and E2E execution, Automation for FTV Deeplink Launch, Rothko UI Migration, Project Rover
  • Proposed and implementing VP level goal to improve PO UI automation coverage from 40% to 90% by end of 2026.(700+ test cases)
  • Created cross-org test strategies involving SDEs, TPMs, QAMs, PMs
  • Delivered performance tooling to track TTFF, appstart and pageload latencies regressions on 10+ device types
  • Delegate work to other QAEs in the team.
  • Launched multiple org-wide features like launcher deep links to PV app, PVC row linking, Rothko Playback, Resiliency, Profile PIN, PV Ads
  • Collaborated with partner team and acting as the QAE lead to implement LLM based automation tool that will help QAEs create automated test using human language
  • Mentored 3+ QAEs and guided other orgs (BTR, XBD, JDS) with test automation practices. Currently mentoring 3 L5 QAEs
  • Key Achievements:
  • Introduced Build Verification & Smoke integration tests to development pipelines, now they act as the gaurdrail.

Quality Assurance Engineer I & II

Amazon Devices (Fire TV)
07.2018 - 06.2024
  • Led E2E testing for MVPD programs: Tango, Vela, Orillero, SAMR, FRV Removal
  • Created performance and crashboard monitoring strategies for app OTA readiness
  • Shipped Vending 2.0 across worldwide market place.
  • Automated commple MVPD project test cases.

Sr. Device Associate

Amazon Development Center Pvt Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2018

Device Associate

Amazon Development Center Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 01.2016

Associate

Flextronics
01.2014 - 01.2014

Education

Bachelor’s Degree - Engineering

Prince Dr. K Vasudevan College of Engineering & Technology

Skills

  • Languages: Python, Java, Kotlin, Shell
  • Frameworks: Espresso, UIAutomator, Burn(Python Based), Jetpack Compose, Dots, Mozart(Python Based)
  • Tools: ADB, Jenkins, KBits, Requestly, TRS, TestRail, Git, Jira (internal - Cloudwatch, Insights, Dynamo DB, Sherlock, Coral)
  • Platforms: Fire TV (FTVE, SMP), Prime Video Mobile
  • Automation: CI/CD pipeline integration, test stabilization, device orchestration
  • Testing Areas: Functional, UI/UX, OTT apps, performance (TTFF, memory), OTA, device firmware, APK compatibility
  • Automation leadership

Timeline

Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer

Amazon.com - Prime Video Android Mobile
07.2024 - Current

Quality Assurance Engineer I & II

Amazon Devices (Fire TV)
07.2018 - 06.2024

Sr. Device Associate

Amazon Development Center Pvt Ltd
01.2016 - 01.2018

Device Associate

Amazon Development Center Pvt Ltd
01.2015 - 01.2016

Associate

Flextronics
01.2014 - 01.2014

Bachelor’s Degree - Engineering

Prince Dr. K Vasudevan College of Engineering & Technology
Dhilip Kumar Baskaran