Pooja Mistry
@poojamistry
Principal-level SDET driving scalable test frameworks and quality.
United KingdomWhat I'm looking for
I am a principal-level Senior Software Development Engineer in Test with 20 years' experience shaping engineering quality strategy, architecting automation at scale, and leading cross-functional transformations for distributed systems.
At Amazon I led a global automation transformation for Fire TV, unified fragmented test frameworks, pioneered a Shift-Left testing culture, and designed cloud-based remote labs that reduced lab space and accelerated multi-region testing; my frameworks were adopted across 10+ teams and cut manual regression cycles by 40%.
I am a certified Amazon Bar Raiser, experienced in hiring and mentoring senior engineering talent, managing global teams, driving performance improvements, and embedding quality into CI/CD and DevOps workflows to align delivery with strategic business outcomes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior SDET (Principal)
Amazon
Aug 2019 - Present (6 years 10 months)
Led a global automation transformation for Fire TV, standardising test frameworks and enabling cross-regional multi-device testing that cut manual regression cycles by 40% and drove adoption across 10+ teams.
QA Lead
Perkbox
Nov 2013 - Jun 2019 (5 years 7 months)
Directed QA strategy during migration to microservices, implemented automation (Java, Selenium, JMeter) that halved test cycle time and enabled multiple daily releases with zero major post-release defects.
QA Lead
Smiley Media
Jul 2012 - Oct 2013 (1 year 3 months)
Built the QA function and introduced Selenium/TestNG-based automation, partnering with product and engineering to establish early-stage testing strategies.
Senior QA Engineer
Sears Holdings
Nov 2010 - Jan 2012 (1 year 2 months)
Led testing for a vendor onboarding platform, maintaining automated test suites and ensuring platform reliability during integrations.
QA & Test Engineer
ZS Associates
Jan 2006 - Dec 2010 (4 years 11 months)
Contributed to enterprise test projects and developed foundational test automation tools supporting large-scale engagements.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering, Engineering
2002 - 2006
Activities and societies: Lead Engineer for Org-Wide Test Automation & CI Strategy (role noted during studies/career period)
Bachelor of Engineering from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, completed between 2002 and 2006.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
United KingdomAuthorized to work in
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