Nikhil Fadnis
@nikhilfadnis
I lead technology transformation, platform modernization, and engineering operations across global, high-dependency programs.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I'm leading strategic engineering programs at HMH Tech India across platform modernization, identity transformation, parent-facing products, and large-scale education platform change. I own delivery from architecture alignment and dependency planning through release readiness, phased rollout, and production stabilization.
Previously at Globant, I led delivery governance for Warner Bros. Discovery across 120+ engineers and helped operate NBCUniversal’s European OTT ecosystem across 12 markets. Across 13+ years, I’ve focused on making engineering delivery more predictable, resilient, and scalable through governance, operational design, automation, and AI-assisted workflows.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Parallely leading strategic engineering programs across platform modernization, identity transformation, parent-facing product initiatives, and large-scale education platform change. Own execution across the end-to-end technology flow, from architecture alignment and service dependency planning through delivery governance, release readiness, phased rollout strategy, and production stabilization.
Led global delivery governance for Warner Bros. Discovery across 120+ engineers supporting Mobile, OTT, and platform workstreams across LATAM, Europe, and India
Managed multi-region execution and service line coordination to ensure delivery continuity, stakeholder alignment, and operating efficiency across time zones
Implemented governance dashboards, quality controls, and leakage metrics to impro
Led platform delivery and operational strategy for NBCUniversal’s European OTT ecosystem across 12 markets
Built a global follow-the-sun operating model across engineering, validation, and support to enable continuous delivery and resilient production operations
Drove automation-led platform assurance to improve release confidence, system reliability, and delivery scalability across the streaming
QA Lead for HSBC's Global Mobile Banking App across Android/iOS
• Managed 3 PODs delivering app testing across 6+ international markets
• Implemented WCAG-compliant Accessibility testing, exploratory testing practices
• Designed regression pipelines for multi-variant release strategy
Led QA for Ernst & Young’s tax data & PowerBI reporting platform (LATAM region)
• Validated SCD-based ETL pipelines, PowerBI dashboards, and Azure data flow
• Managed data testing throughput of 10M+ records per cycle
• Delivered automation framework for ADF and SQL-based test validations
Led QA for IoT-based home automation app (Zigbee hardware + Android/iOS apps)
• Designed functional test strategies, hardware integration tests
• Conducted exploratory testing across Game QA and Web APIs
Test engineer for Uverse Data Warehouse (ETL, API automation, Informatica pipelines)
QA Analyst for Barclays PLC ODS migration (DB2 → MongoDB) with shell scripting-based test automations
Worked as Programming Analyst at Cognizant.
Worked as Software Engineer at Syntel.
Worked as Analyst at Syntel.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Pune
Master's Degree
University of Pune
Bachelor of Computer Science
Audinate
Dante Certification Level 2
Issued Jun 2024 · Expires Jun 2027
P.E. Societys Modern College of Physi., Pune
Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computers
2013 - 2015
Completed MCA with science faculty
Udemy
Langgraph - Develop LLM agents with Langgraph
Issued Jan 2025
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Dante Certification Level 1
Issued Jun 2024 · Expires Jun 2027
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