Headline

Quality Engineering Leader | 18+ Yrs | Test Automation & CI/CD Governance | 35% Defect Reduction

About

Driving AI in QA , Testing, QE Quality Engineering Leader and Senior Manager with 18+ years driving enterprise-level quality strategy and test automation. Specializing in building and leading global QA and SDET teams (up to 50+ members), establishing Test Centers of Excellence (TCoE), and implementing automation-first quality frameworks and CI/CD quality governance. Built and scaled quality engineering functions across Payments, Billing, Monetization, Metadata, and Platform domains, ensuring predictable, high-quality software delivery. Architected and deployed scalable automation strategies, resulting in 40% faster regression cycles. Engineered risk-based testing methodologies that delivered a 35% reduction in post-release defects. Expert in Agile transformation, fostering a quality-first culture, and partnering with Product, Engineering, and Executive leadership to align quality initiatives with business objectives. Proven track record in mentoring teams and enabling robust software releases in fast-paced environments. Extensive experience across the full SDLC, leveraging tools like Jenkins, Selenium, JIRA, and SQL to drive quality at scale. Continuously focused on operationalizing quality metrics and improving release confidence. Seeking QA Manager | Senior QA Manager | Quality Engineering Manager roles (Hybrid / Remote). Connect with me at ganesh.sambasivam@email.com

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude code

lovable

HeyGen

Work experience

Senior Manager Quality Engineering at Xperi Corporation, Jul 2019 - Dec 2024 · 5 y 5 mo, Greater Bengaluru Area

Engineering Manager in Test at Xperi Corporation, Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Manager Quality Engineering at Xperi Corporation, 2017 - 2024 · 7 yrs, • Led 50+ member global Quality Engineering organization • Owned QA strategy, delivery planning, and release governance • Established Test Center of Excellence (TCoE) • Reduced regression time by 40% and defects by 35%

Quality Engineering Manager II at eBay, Apr 2015 - Aug 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bangalore, * Managing the Monetization Engineering team, complete Billing and Pricing Solution for eBay Inc, responsible and maintaining large scale Billing system which bills 80M invoices every month and process 90M transactions every day. * Contributing in Quality Improvement Meetings & Field Failure Review Meetings and preparation of control plan to implement the System Improvement. * Providing Quality Standards for Operational areas & ensuring adherence to quality standards. * Implementing the test engineering and automation strategy while streamlining processes with continuous Integration (CI) and risk-based testing approaches * Increasing product delivery time by leveraging Continuous Integration and Open Source automation framework based on Selenium/Web Driver, Java, Maven, Testing, Jenkins technologies * Responsible for test engineering strategy of responsive front-end site (mobile web and desktop) and back-end systems (API/REST web services) * Interacting with Product managers and Business Heads for creating new features for the Domain * Overseeing all phases of project execution; approve engineering/design changes, troubleshoot and resolve complex technical problems, consistently meeting project deadlines and highest possible quality standards. * Proactively involving in various technical aspects of the Project including analysis of project requirements, technical guidance, estimation, scheduling, and finally deliver solutions while focusing on competence enhancement activities. * Deftly handling the preparation of technical specifications/scope & deliverables, estimates and based on requirements generated during detailed engineering of the project. * Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets. * Responsible for UI Automation using Selenium based framework for Responsive design mobile web application

Manager, QA 1 at eBay, Jul 2012 - Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

MTS 1, Software Engineer, Quality at eBay, Apr 2012 - Jun 2012 · 3 mos, Chennai Area, India, Quality Lead Engineer

Software Test Engineer at DXC Technology, Jul 2007 - Jun 2008 · 1 yr, Greater Chennai Area

Software Test Engineer at Ericsson, Apr 2006 - Jun 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos, Greater Chennai Area, Primarily worked on Ericsson Multi Mediation(EMM) Involved in End to End Testing for EMM. Ericsson Multi Mediation is an end-to-end, convergent, multi-purpose platform that collects, formats and distributes accurate network data for all OSS/BSS-related Mediation. It is capable to handle the massive data loads generated by today’s complex services and multi-vendor networks, letting you manage all services, payment methods and network access protocols through one single solution.

Test Engineer at Sagittus, May 2004 - Apr 2006 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru Area, India, Joined as a Fresher, got Trained and primarily worked for Clients like Infosys.

Education

B.Tech, Information Technology, University of Madras

Sacred Heart Mat Hr Sec School