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Karthikeyan Venkatesan

Software Development Engineer In Test
Seattle,WA

Summary

Experienced Software Development Engineer in Test with proven track record of designing and implementing robust automation test frameworks that are adopted across teams in an organization, delivering significant improvements in test coverage, reliability, and efficiency. Worked with a range of AWS services including, but not limited to DynamoDB, CloudFormation, IAM roles, and Elastic Container Service.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Software Development Engineer in Test

Amazon
Seattle, WA
01.2021 - Current
  • Created organization-wide testing library with reusable components, leveraging technologies such as Java, TestNG and Guice, resulting in significant reduction in automation test package setup time from 3 days to just 1 day. With this consolidation, maintenance effort is reduced by 40%.
  • Designed and implemented test automation frameworks for different services using tools such as Java and Testng, resulting in significant reduction in testing time from 2 days to just one hour. This reduced manual testing effort by ~ 80% and also improved test efficiency.
  • Implemented continuous deployment pipeline using tools such as git and integrated automated testing scripts to increase deployment frequency to a daily basis.
  • Worked on AWS services including but not limited to Dynamodb, CloudFormation, IAM roles, Lambda and ECS (Elastic container service)

Quality Assurance Engineer

Amazon
Seattle, WA
08.2017 - 12.2020
  • Implemented standardized processes for testing and deploying to production environment on weekly basis. This streamlined production deployment and decreased defect escapes by ~50%.
  • Developed comprehensive test plans and strategies to effectively test major feature changes, resulting in more organized and efficient feature development and testing processes.
  • Designed and developed a robust framework for conducting 'Hardware in the Loop' (HIL) tests, which significantly improved detection of performance issues during starting up cycle in an autonomous delivery robot. This resulted in reduction of manual testing efforts by ~50%.

Quality Assurance Advanced Analyst

Walmart
Bentonville, AR
03.2017 - 08.2017
  • Designed a suite of automated tests that covered critical functionality and edge cases, reducing manual testing effort by ~60% and improving overall test coverage.
  • Implemented automated testing with Continuous deployment pipeline, enabling faster issue detection on the new changes and reducing the deployment time.
  • Demonstrated technical skills by providing inputs to resolve pain points in their existing web application automation framework.

Senior Test Engineer

Wipro Technologies
San Jose, CA
01.2016 - 03.2017
  • Developed automation scripts using TestNG framework and Java language. Test scripts will be developed during the development phase, so that the automation tests can run as soon the build was developed
  • Coordinated with offshore team and communicated the project status, defects and risks with the clients.
  • Led a team of four members to test multiple feature changes, perform regression tests, and provide ongoing support for existing features.

Test Engineer

Wipro Technolgies
Chennai, TamilNadu
01.2011 - 12.2015
  • Automated the regression and smoke suite to reduce the manual hours and test execution time.
  • Optimized the existing automation test cases written in visual basics for the contact center application.
  • Ran the sprint regression testing for an ecommerce website. Recorded and triaged defects with the stakeholders.

Education

Masters of Technology - Software Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology
Pilani
01.2011 - 12.2015

Bachelor of Science - Physics

D.G.Vaishnav College
Chennai
08.2007 - 05.2010

Skills

    Test Planning/Strategies

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Timeline

Software Development Engineer in Test

Amazon
01.2021 - Current

Quality Assurance Engineer

Amazon
08.2017 - 12.2020

Quality Assurance Advanced Analyst

Walmart
03.2017 - 08.2017

Senior Test Engineer

Wipro Technologies
01.2016 - 03.2017

Test Engineer

Wipro Technolgies
01.2011 - 12.2015

Masters of Technology - Software Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology
01.2011 - 12.2015

Bachelor of Science - Physics

D.G.Vaishnav College
08.2007 - 05.2010

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