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Nagaraj Lakshatti

@nagarajlakshatti

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Lead SDET and Senior Automation Test Engineer driving scalable test automation and quality strategy.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior QA/SDET roles where I can lead automation strategy, mentor teams, integrate testing into CI/CD, and drive measurable quality improvements.

I am a Lead SDET with 10+ years of experience building scalable automation architectures and integrating quality into CI/CD pipelines for product-based, customer-facing platforms. I design and implement end-to-end test automation across Web, Mobile (Android & iOS), API, and Performance layers, and have driven 60–70% reductions in manual testing effort through strategic automation.

I have led and mentored high-performing QA teams, partnered with Product and Engineering to influence release and risk decisions, and delivered reliable, fast releases using tools like WebDriverIO, Selenium, Appium, Rest Assured, Jenkins, and JMeter. I bring proven experience in FinTech and large-scale enterprise platforms and a strong focus on testability, observability, and continuous quality improvement.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Lead SDET

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Ntt Data

Oct 2023 - Present (2 years 8 months)

Own end-to-end quality strategy for large-scale customer-facing platforms; designed enterprise automation frameworks (WebDriverIO, Selenium, Appium) and integrated tests into CI/CD, reducing manual testing effort by 60–70%.

WebdriverIO Selenium Appium TypeScript Jenkins GitHub Actions API Testing Performance Testing Allure

Senior QE / Automation Test Engineer

Altimetrik

Aug 2020 - Sep 2023 (3 years 1 month)

Led automation for a global FinTech money transfer platform, architecting hybrid frameworks (Java, TestNG, Cucumber) and implementing Jenkins pipelines for parallel execution to ensure reliability of financial transaction flows.

Java TestNG Cucumber Appium Maven BrowserStack Jenkins Selenium Grid CI CD

Automation Test Engineer

FinnovationTech Solution Pvt Ltd

Aug 2019 - May 2020 (9 months)

Built automation frameworks for FinTech mobile applications using Java, Appium and Selenium Grid, executed regression suites and validated APIs and data using Rest Assured, MySQL and DynamoDB.

Java Appium Selenium Grid Rest Assured MySQL AWS DynamoDB Cucumber Mobile Testing API Testing

Quality Assurance Engineer

Jjbytes Pvt Ltd

Aug 2018 - May 2019 (9 months)

Designed and implemented mobile automation frameworks with Appium and TestNG, performing manual and automated testing across Android and iOS to improve UX, stability, and release quality.

Appium TestNG Mobile Testing Manual Testing Test Automation iOS Android Jira Regression Testing

Manual & Automation Test Engineer

SanDisk India Device Design Centre

Aug 2016 - Jun 2018 (1 year 10 months)

Performed manual and automated testing for cloud/mobile apps across NAS/DAS storage environments, developed a custom Appium/TestNG automation framework integrated with Jenkins and executed cross-platform stability and performance validations.

Appium TestNG Jenkins Mobile Testing SumoLogic NAS Regression Testing

Manual & Automation Test Engineer

iDisha InfoLabs Pvt Ltd

Jan 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 6 months)

Conducted end-to-end testing of carpooling and taxi mobile applications, validating GPS/navigation and Google Maps integrations to ensure stable production releases.

Mobile Testing GPS Manual Testing Automation Google Maps Test Cases

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

The Oxford College of Science

Master of Computer Applications, Computer Science

Grade: 72%

Master of Computer Applications (MCA) in Computer Science from Bangalore University attended at The Oxford College of Science, completed with 72% grade.