Adilakshmi Katta
Fremont, CA, ***** 510-***-**** ************@*****.*** linkedin
Quality Assurance Engineer with over 14 years of experience in quality assurance, specializing in both manual and automated testing of Web, Android, iOS, Fire tablet, and large screen applications.
Technical Skills
Testing Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Appium, XCUITest, JBehave, Postman Operating Systems: IOS, Android, Windows, Linux
Programming Languages: Java, HTML, JavaScript
Databases: SQL, DynamoDB
Version Control: Git, GitLab
Professional Experience
Amazon Music QA Engineer Aug 2021 – Present
● Increased test coverage by 77% by developing and maintaining functional test scripts for iOS and Android music apps using Java, TestNG, and Appium for every new feature launch. Effectively owned failure analysis of sanity and regression test suites to identify App bugs for every mobile release.
● Partner with engineering, product to provide specialized QA support for planning resulting is early GAP detection and higher product quality. Tested and approved over 50 releases for Amazon Music, submitted builds, and managed App rollout patches in the App store.
● Reviewed Business Requirements, created QA strategy, QA Test Plan, and Automation test plans for various new feature projects.
● Effectively led offshore/onshore teams of size ~8, drove all phases of testing, triaged bugs ensuring on-time delivery and exceeding quality goals resulting in major patch releases or hot fixes.
● Tested Alexa Casting functionality and utterances for Amazon Music. Involved in early Meta Ray-Ban integration with Amazon Music playback testing resulting in successful product launches.
● Demonstrated strong mentoring and guidance skills, providing oversight and direction to new hires and internal QA team members. Amazon – Visual Search & AR QA Engineer Aug 2017 – July 2021
● Tested Amazon Visual Search features for Augmented Reality (View in your room) and Computer Vision/OCR features (Gift card, credit card scanning) for Android and iOS Apps.
● Participated in design discussions to evolve the platform for richer testing scenarios, simplifying defect detection and prevention.
● Tested Metrics and plane detection models, OCR and text recognition models on iOS and Android platforms for all new feature launches.
● Automated test scenarios using Jbehave and Java resulting in reduction of manual testing effort for every App release by 50%.
● Successfully managed QA teams and drove projects to completion. Triaged bugs and App releases in the Amazon Shopping App.
Infosys Technologies QA Analyst Nov 2007 – Sep 2014
● Performed manual and automation testing utilizing SAP TAO, BPT, QTP, HP ALM, and other QA tools.
● Analyzed and mapped requirements, developed strategies, and created test plans.
● Coordinated with product and design teams to lead and manage all testing cycles with offshore teams.
Education
MS Computer Science Winter 2017
California State University, East Bay