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Srividya Ambikapathi

Software Quality Lead Engineer
Menlo Park,CA

Summary

Software-savvy quality assurance professional committed to confirming proper functionality and usability of software products before release. Plans test schedules and strategies according to project scope and delivery dates and monitors and tracks bug resolutions. Reviews software documentation to verify technical accuracy and completeness and to mitigate risks.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Lead Engineer - QA

Meta (HCL)
Menlo Park, CA
6 2021 - Current

Project: Privacy

  • QA Lead for key parts of privacy area across Facebook products (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger, Facebook Business suite, Ads manager and other apps.) using onsite and offshore models.
  • Managed over 25 members including both onsite and offshore
  • Partner with internal/ external team members to understand requirements, coordinate testing activities, and communicate test results.
  • Work closely with engineers, project owners, and customer service professionals throughout development and testing life cycle, including requirements gathering and design.
  • Coach QA engineers and influence team to drive accountability and team success.
  • Develop test strategies and plans with comprehensive coverage across platforms.
  • Develop metrics, dashboards, processes to measure and improve product and team performance.
  • Identifying process gaps and building and implementing new process.
  • Worked with onsite and offshore regression team to ensure test suite is being executed per cadence or Privacy workflow.
  • Increased client satisfaction by providing timely status updates, addressing concerns proactively, and maintaining open lines of communication throughout project lifecycle
  • Designed and implemented quality control processes to facilitate customer satisfaction

Lead Engineer

Google (Virtusa)
Mountain View, CA
07.2018 - 06.2021

Project: Google Assistant

  • Lead testing of large-scale systems, create test plans, test cases, and drive continuous improvements to quality assurance processes.
  • Experience in working with Google's Assistant enabled home automation products, Speakers, Wearables and Smart Displays.
  • Managed over 10 members including both onsite and offshore.
  • Worked with Program Manager and developers to develop and execute QA strategies to meet and exceed teams' quality goals.
  • Reviewed product requirement document to ensure that requirements are testable and also various kind of testing like functional, integration, Performance are covered.
  • Staying on top of bug status, and follow-up on issues as needed.
  • Adhered to timelines to meet quality assurance targets.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features into existing product lineups.
  • Championed continuous improvement initiatives within engineering department, fostering culture of innovation and collaboration.
  • Established best practices for documentation, ensuring consistency across all projects and making it easier for team members to collaborate effectively.

Lead Engineer

Levis Strauss & Co (Infosys)
San Francisco, CA
02.2018 - 06.2018

Project: MPOS (Mobile E-Learning)

  • Designed and developed front end test scenarios and Test cases
  • Created Test plans to check functionality of Application
  • Assisted business users in defining UAT test cases and plans; Maintained test cases and test data
  • Participated in QA team and Bug tracking or Defect Review meetings.
  • Performed manual testing on different Modules of Application by executing Test Cases
  • Performed Functional, Exploratory, Integration, Regression testing for Cloud based hybrid Application
  • Provided Daily updates on testing activities to Directors, Senior Manager, and Project Manager to help track testing activities.
  • Managed over 10 members including both onsite and offshore

Mobile QA Engineer

Google (Intellipro Group)
Mountain View, CA
04.2016 - 02.2018

Projects: Google Search

  • Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
  • Worked on Functional, Exploratory, Integration and regression testing of 3rd party and Google apps with new builds of AGSA jar
  • Documented testing procedures for developers and future testing use.
  • Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
  • Supported quality team members during corrective action updates.
  • Find bugs and apply engineering to reproduce and diagnose those bugs, write concise and descriptive bug reports

QE Engineer

Walmart Labs (Randstad)
San Bruno, CA
02.2014 - 02.2016

Projects: Walmart Pharmacy, Registry and Wish List, Walmart Photos

  • Worked on testing registry and list System flow for different Divisions.
  • Worked on different environments prior to release and Worked with Release Manger to verify all scenarios were captured for systems under test.
  • Performed Defect analysis, reporting and resolution for findings.
  • Performed functional regression testing of Web and mobile based application.
  • Worked on functional testing, Regression testing, sanity, exploratory, ad-hoc and Browser compatibility testing for all Pharmacy modules
  • Created test cases based on Pharmacy use-cases, includes Competitive Transfers, Guest Refills, Pickup at Retail and Secondary authentication.
  • Responsible for defect tracking, and change request for project enhancements.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering Technology

Bharathiyar University
Coimbatore
07.1997 - 2001.07

Skills

Manual test case preparation

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Timeline

Lead Engineer

Google (Virtusa)
07.2018 - 06.2021

Lead Engineer

Levis Strauss & Co (Infosys)
02.2018 - 06.2018

Mobile QA Engineer

Google (Intellipro Group)
04.2016 - 02.2018

QE Engineer

Walmart Labs (Randstad)
02.2014 - 02.2016

Bachelor of Engineering - Civil Engineering Technology

Bharathiyar University
07.1997 - 2001.07

Senior Lead Engineer - QA

Meta (HCL)
6 2021 - Current
Srividya AmbikapathiSoftware Quality Lead Engineer