Amit Patnaik
@amitpatnaik
I lead quality engineering and release governance for enterprise SaaS, cloud, and regulated government platforms.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
At SAP NS2, I lead Quality Engineering and Release Management for SuccessFactors HCM in U.S. Government Cloud, coordinating release readiness across Engineering, Product, Operations, Security, and Support. I govern releases from impact assessment and Go/No-Go through deployment validation, while modernizing UI, API, and performance automation.
Across SAP, Mastercard, Casper Labs, and my IoT startup, I've built and scaled global quality teams, automation programs, and release operating models. My work has reduced testing effort by up to 80%, expanded test coverage by 40%, improved customer NPS, and supported reliable releases across enterprise SaaS, commercial platforms, blockchain networks, and cloud products.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Manager, Release Management & Quality Engineering
SAP NS2
Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 7 months)
Lead Quality Engineering and Release Management for SuccessFactors HCM in U.S. Government Cloud, aligning cross-functional teams and owning end-to-end release governance. Drive quality governance, automation modernization, and performance validation to ensure release readiness.
Manager, Release Management & Quality Control
Casper Labs
Jan 2021 - Dec 2024 (3 years 11 months)
Function owner for quality and release lifecycle across protocol, ecosystem, partner applications, and network releases. Built a globally distributed agile Quality team and defined the test and release operating model, delivering parallel protocol upgrades and security patches while maintaining network stability.
Co-founder & Managing Director
SmartAnyOne Pvt Ltd
Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 11 months)
Co-founded an IoT technology startup and owned strategy, staffing, product management, quality engineering, sales models, funding policies, and release planning. Led quality for mobile applications, hardware/PCB, UX/UAT, and customer implementations with attention to ISO, FCC, CE, and BIS standards.
Built the Quality Engineering program for commercial microservices-based products targeting a $1T addressable market, leading a global team of 15 SDETs and Test Leads. Established scalable API, UI, and data testing in Azure/Pivotal Cloud pipelines using Selenium, Rest Assured, and Dockerized execution.
Managed the Quality Assurance organization and SaaS product test/release lifecycle for a SuccessFactors HCM vertical, leading a global team of 30 employees. Established a Global Quality Services organization and customer-focused engagement model that improved developer productivity by 30% and helped improve NPS from the low 20s to the upper 40s.
Managed quality assurance and test/release lifecycle for SuccessFactors HCM, leading a global team and driving automation initiatives. Directed automation instrumentation, Cucumber framework transition, and Appium adoption, reducing manual testing effort by approximately 40%.
Earlier role at SAP focusing on quality engineering and test automation for SuccessFactors HCM. Contributed to automation frameworks and test strategies.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Utkal University
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Utkal University.
University of Michigan
Computer Science
Completed coursework in Python Programming and Data Structures.
Purdue University
Post Graduate Diploma, DevOps
Earned a Post Graduate Diploma in DevOps.
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United StatesAuthorized to work in
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