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title: "Karthik N S - Staff Engineer QA in Greater Bengaluru Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Karthik N S, Staff QA Engineer @Sonyliv Ex-Smarsh, Oracle,VMWare | Microservices | QE | Release/Delivery Management | SAAS | Automation based in Greater Bengaluru Area. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and openai."
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# Karthik N S on Tal

## Headline

Staff QA Engineer @Sonyliv Ex\-Smarsh, Oracle,VMWare \| Microservices \| QE \| Release/Delivery Management \| SAAS \| Automation

## About

Skills \- Programming Languages – Java Frameworks \- Microservices Automation Tools – Selenium, REST Assured, Cucumber bdd, Jenkins, Concourse \(CI/CD\) Cloud Technologies \- Aws S3, Azure M365 Container Technologies \- Docker, Kubernetes Other tools \- JIRA, TestRail, Kibana, Datadog At the forefront of Smarsh's Quality Engineering division, my role as Lead SDET Engineer weaves together over five years of dedicated service in ensuring software excellence and reliability\. Mastery in UI Automation and REST API integration has been pivotal in our team's success, as we navigate complex testing environments and champion a robust, agile methodology\. The journey from Senior Member of Technical Staff at Oracle to my current leadership position at Smarsh has honed an acute expertise in Java and cloud technologies, notably recognized by multiple professional certifications\. A strategic mindset and a passion for innovation drive our pursuit of excellence, constantly elevating the quality standards of Smarsh's products and services\.

## Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

## AI stack

claude code

claude

openai

claudecode

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Staff Engineer QA at Sony Pictures Networks India, Jun 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead SDET Engineer at Smarsh, Sep 2019 \- Jan 2025 · 5 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

Senior Member Of Technical Staff at Oracle India Pvt\. Ltd, Aug 2017 \- Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Member of Technical Staff at VMware, Jun 2016 \- Aug 2017 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Nov 2012 \- Jun 2016 · 3 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \(BE\), Computer Science, Jawaharlal Nehru national college of engineering

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