Gnanavel Samykannu
Software QA Engineer
Bothell,WA
Summary
- 8+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
- Extensive experience in authoring and executing Test Strategies. Ample experience in writing, maintaining and executing test automation frameworks.
- Expertise in testing both Mobile (Android and iOS) and Web applications.
- Familiar with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Test Life Cycle.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Quality Assurance Engineer
Amazon.Inc
Seattle, WA
03.2019 - Current
- Was part of Yellow Jersey Rendering Team, that successfully launched its rendering stack with attractive features which enabled our consumers like Kindle Reader & Publisher tools to launch quality reading application to customers.
- As part of YJ Rendering team, worked on enabling automation for rendering framework to cover functional testing of Rendering APIs before signing it off to consumers.
- Worked on improving existing automation frameworks and adding new platform (Android) support, we were able to reduce manual effort on testing significantly.
- Also been part of oncall rotation in the team to keep our services code base and its environments up to date with company requirements/standards.
- Helped raised the quality bar of the team by creating automated metrics which we used to track our goal for the year and give more visibility to the team.
Software QA Engineer
Verizon India Private LTD
Chennai, Tamilnadu
12.2015 - 08.2019
- Was part of MyBiz team that maintains enterprise application and launches new features in it to enable enterprise customers to buy or maintain multiple phone lines for their industry purpose.
- Be part of this team, worked on adding more features to the test automation framework for web applications using Selenium. The automation suite includes features such as, Continuous Integration with Jenkins, distributed execution on different platforms/browser and AWS using Selenium Grid, JIRA integration using Zephyr REST APIs, etc.
- Also owned the QA for mobile version of enterprise application which includes the work on test automation framework for mobile applications using Appium which enabled us to use same test script for both android and iOS.
- We run both manual and automated test cases for each Enterprise and Maintenance releases and make sure to report all the defects to the stakeholders.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Amazon Development Center India
Chennai, Tamilnadu
08.2017 - 03.2019
- Was part of Amazon Photos team, that successfully launches Photos library application in different platforms like Android, iOS, Desktop and Web.
- As part of Amazon Photos team launches, taken care of creating new testplan, test scenarios for new features including review, adding automation support and complete testing before giving signoff. It involves coordination with the team to follow up on any defects arise during testing and get it fixed before the launch.
- As part of Amazon Photos team, worked on adding more support to the existing UI based frameworks to improve the automation coverage and also support for any new feature we own for releases. And enabling the same test case to work for different platforms like Tablets and Alexa devices.
Device Associate I & II
Amazon Development Center India
Chennai, Tamilnadu
03.2013 - 11.2015
- As Device Associate with Amazon Maps, mostly worked on QC tasks such as execute existing test cases, update test cases based on feature change, create & report defects and send out the reports to all stakeholders includes QAs, SDMs and partner teams.
- For some features, worked on creating new test cases based on given wireframes and execute them after the implementation.
- Also we get to work on tasks like collecting accurate coordinates of locations to improve the quality of our maps. Was able to innovate by using available tools to collect data instead of doing it manually which really helped the team.
- As part of this our signoff, worked on non functional tests like Performance testing which involves camera capture and record the duration based on frame loading.
- As part of bug bashes, able to find crucial defects which bagged me awards couple of times.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications
University College of Engineering Tindivanam
Tindivanam, Tamilnadu, India 09.2008 - 06.2012
Skills
Test Strategy and Planning
Test Automation
Problem Solving
Teamwork and Collaboration
Programming Languages
- Java
- Shell
- Python
- C++
Tools I Love
- ADB
- Git
- Jenkins
Timeline
Quality Assurance Engineer
Amazon.Inc
03.2019 - Current
Quality Assurance Engineer
Amazon Development Center India
08.2017 - 03.2019
Software QA Engineer
Verizon India Private LTD
12.2015 - 08.2019
Device Associate I & II
Amazon Development Center India
03.2013 - 11.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications
University College of Engineering Tindivanam
09.2008 - 06.2012