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Bhakti Karkera

@bhaktikarkera

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I deliver SaaS releases faster through Agile program management and quality engineering.

India

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead technical program delivery for SaaS or mobile products, partnering with distributed engineering teams to improve release quality, roadmap execution, Agile delivery, and time-to-market.

At Tranzact, I lead end-to-end program delivery across SaaS and mobile platforms, coordinating product, design, engineering, and QA. I deliver 30+ major releases annually with a 95% on-time delivery rate.

I've reduced post-release defects by 40% and accelerated feature time-to-market by 25% through program governance, dependency management, sprint planning, and KPI-driven delivery. I also provide C-level leaders with OKR, velocity, risk, and roadmap reporting.

My background in QA engineering helps me build quality into delivery from requirements through release. I use Agile and Scrum practices, and I create Playwright-based frontend automation while building backend API and integration test automation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Program Manager

Current

Tranzact

Jan 2023 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Owned full program delivery lifecycle for SaaS and mobile platforms, leading 30+ major releases annually with a 95% on-time delivery rate. Defined governance frameworks, reduced post-release defects by 40%, and accelerated time-to-market by 25%.

Technical Program Management Agile Scrum Release Management KPI Dashboards Dependency Management Jira Confluence Playwright Python Claude Code CI CD

Senior QA Engineer & Program Manager

Tranzact

Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 (11 months)

Coordinated program delivery across 3 concurrent workstreams while maintaining QA strategy. Reduced bug resolution time by 66% and production defects by 35% through shift-left testing and SLA-based tracking.

QA Test Strategy Defect Management Jira Agile Scrum SDLC

Quality Assurance Engineer I

Tranzact

Jun 2018 - Dec 2021 (3 years 6 months)

Achieved 98% test coverage across GUI, mobile, API, and system integration layers. Maintained zero P0-defect-escape record across all owned releases.

QA Test Planning Regression Testing API Testing Mobile Testing System Integration Testing

Quality Assurance Engineer Intern

Tranzact

Dec 2017 - Jun 2018 (6 months)

Identified 100+ pre-release defects in the first 6 months, contributing to a clean launch cycle for a major mobile feature. Managed end-to-end defect tracking in Jira and participated in Agile ceremonies.

QA Jira Agile Scrum