NITIN LAKSHMINARAYANAN
Bridgewater,USA
Summary
Accomplished Quality Assurance Engineer with a proven track record at Audible, driving automation strategies that reduced tech debt by over 60% and enhanced defect detection. Proficient in Java and skilled in collaboration, I excel in designing effective test strategies that deliver measurable results and improve overall product quality.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Assurance Engineer III
Audible
Newark, USA
10.2021 - Current
- Crafted comprehensive test strategies for critical launches and diverse S-team objectives to enhance efficiency and scalability of testing processes
- Directed QA initiatives for launch of new multi-currency model for Audible, yielding annualized incremental revenue projections of $15MM
- Spearheaded QA efforts for Audible’s collaboration with Amazon Music to integrate audiobooks and music membership, resulting in over 750k audiobook borrow transactions during first two weeks of launch.
- Developed comprehensive automation strategy for QA team aimed at shifting testing left, optimizing testing pyramid through reduction of UI tests in favor of integration and unit tests.
- Orchestrated automation strategies that eliminated over 60% of tech debt within a quarter and enhanced defect detection rates by 39% in Year 1 followed by 41% improvement in Year 2
- Transformed Accessibility testing framework through adherence to latest WCAG guidelines, leading to 23% boost in recognized Accessibility defects
- Streamlined automation of core Build Validation Tests for releases, resulting in 18 days saved in manual effort annually.
- YoY Top-Tier performer
- Coordinated cross-functional teams during release cycles to ensure timely completion of tasks within established deadlines.
- Provided training sessions for new members of the Quality Assurance team on best practices and tools used in QA testing.
Software Development Engineer in Test II
Tracelink
North Reading, USA
07.2020 - 10.2021
- Troubleshot significant customer-facing application bugs and implemented additional automation coverage
- Enhanced CI/CD pipelines to increase build and test reliability by 12%
- Utilized JMeter to perform and oversee performance tests aimed at validating bug fixes, replicating customer experiences and avoiding regression in performance
- Implemented comprehensive integration tests and UI tests using TestNG and Karate frameworks in parallel
- Partnered with Development to determine critical unit test scenarios requiring evaluation
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Casenet LLC
Bedford, USA
06.2017 - 07.2020
- Continuously optimized UI automation framework to elevate test quality and stability, minimizing intermittent failures
- Executed use-case and suitability analysis on new Node JS packages and integrated into automation framework as required
- Engineered automated solutions and Jenkins jobs to facilitate workstation setup for new employees
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to create comprehensive end-to-end workflow test cases and automated processes
- Consistently engaged in pull-request reviews to uphold best coding practices
- Established daily continuous integration jobs on Jenkins to perform end-to-end tests for each release
Release Configuration Management Intern
Red Hat
Westford, USA
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Built and released dotNET Core 1.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Software Collections to General Availability
- Accelerated content availability testing (cCAT) using a Python script on Linux, decreasing run-time from 15 minutes to 7 seconds
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Worcester, MA05.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE)
Chennai, India05.2015
Skills
- Java
- Typescript
- Python
- C
- SQL
- HTML
- Protractor
- Selenium Webdriver
- Jenkins
- AWS
- Node JS
- Amazon Q
- Git
- TestNG
- JMeter
- Karate
- Cucumber
- Test strategy design
- Automation testing
- Accessibility testing
- AWS Partyrock
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
Timeline
Quality Assurance Engineer III
Audible
10.2021 - Current
Software Development Engineer in Test II
Tracelink
07.2020 - 10.2021
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
Casenet LLC
06.2017 - 07.2020
Release Configuration Management Intern
Red Hat
05.2016 - 12.2016
Master of Science - Information Technology
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE)
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