Kamala Deepthi

Manual QA Engineer with 8+ years of experience delivering high-quality, compliant, and user-centric software across enterprise and regulated environments. Strong hands-on expertise in exploratory, functional, regression, and acceptance testing for web and mobile platforms. Skilled in risk-based test planning, defect lifecycle management, and collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Support teams to improve testability and release confidence.

Proven track record of reducing defect leakage, strengthening release readiness, and improving deployment stability. Detail-oriented, pragmatic, and committed to protecting user experience while supporting fast, reliable delivery in Agile teams.

Senior QA Analyst at Nividous Software Solutions (2018-03 – 2019-07)

Led manual testing for a large-scale mortgage processing platform built on IBM BPM in a regulated financial environment.

• Improved release quality by contributing to a 20–25% reduction in defect leakage through enhanced test coverage and early requirement validation.
• Strengthened release confidence by reducing post-release defects by ~30% via rigorous regression and acceptance testing.
• Achieved 95%+ release readiness sign-off consistency through thorough smoke testing and staging validation.
• Reduced last-minute release blockers by 20% through proactive collaboration with Product and Engineering teams.
• Increased test cycle efficiency by 15% through optimized test case design and prioritization.
• Performed exploratory, functional, regression, and cross-browser testing across multiple devices and environments.
• Logged, triaged, and tracked defects with clear reproduction steps and impact analysis using JIRA and TestRail.
• Delivered actionable bug reports, test documentation, and release-risk summaries to stakeholders.

QA Engineer at Infosys Technologies Limited (2010-01 – 2017-03)

Performed manual testing for a workflow-driven financial advice platform built on IBM BPM, ensuring compliance with regulatory and business rules.

• Supported SAP ECC 6.0 GL migration for a major Australian bank, validating financial reports, journal entries, and data integrity.
• Helped achieve a 20% reduction in production issues by improving SIT coverage and defect triage.
• Increased defect detection by 25% through enhanced exploratory testing and scenario-based test design.
• Improved release reliability by reducing regression-related delays by 15% through early defect identification.
• Reduced requirement-related rework by 15–20% through early collaboration with cross-functional teams and clearer acceptance criteria.
• Conducted SIT and regression testing for SAP HCM and LMS modules during large-scale migration projects.
• Logged and tracked defects using TestRail, Quality Center, and HP ALM, contributing to prioritization and issue resolution.
• Prepared detailed knowledge-transition documents and uploaded them to the project repository to support QA and UAT teams.
• Supported UAT by sharing detailed test cases and process documentation.
• Received client appreciation for quality, delivery excellence, and proactive risk identification.

Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering (2005 – 2009)