Naresh Kumar

Senior QA Lead with 7+ years of experience in Quality Assurance across Web, Mobile (Android/iOS), SDK, and API platforms. For the last 3 years, has led QA teams while also handling project management responsibilities, including release planning, cross-functional coordination, risk and issue management, and stakeholder communication across Product, Engineering, and Design. Owns QA strategy and execution end to end.

Strong technical foundation in test automation (Playwright), CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker), and Agile delivery. Proficient with Asana, Trello, Figma, and PostHog, with a proven ability to bridge technical and business stakeholders to ship reliable, user-centric software on schedule and within scope.

Senior QA Lead (QA Team Leadership & Project Management) at AKESO – Ophthalmic & Eye-Tracking Products (2024-01 – Present)

Lead the QA team for AKESO's eye-tracking product portfolio (4 concurrent products), owning QA strategy, test automation, and quality sign-off for every release. Alongside QA leadership, handle project management activities including release planning, milestone and dependency tracking, status reporting, and coordination across Engineering, Design, and Business stakeholders.

• Product 4 – GazeBlur SDK (Eye-Tracking Developer SDK)
• Led QA and release planning for a real-time gaze estimation SDK for Android apps, tablets, and smart glasses, aligning SDK features with developer needs.
• Validated SDK APIs (initialization, calibration accuracy, gaze callbacks) through automation, reducing manual regression effort by over 40%.
• Built sample integration apps simulating real-world developer use cases to surface performance bottlenecks before release.
• Ran backward-compatibility regression testing across SDK versions, catching 15+ crash-level defects before production rollout.
• Coordinated the SDK roadmap by tracking milestones, dependencies, and stakeholder sign-offs alongside QA execution.
• Product 3 – Software Licensing Management (SLM) Cloud Portal
• Designed and executed test plans for the full license lifecycle (provisioning, activation, renewal, revocation) across backend APIs and the front-end admin portal.
• Automated API regression in Playwright (JS) covering request/response validation, authentication flows, and concurrency, with negative scenarios validated in Postman.
• Automated the front end in Playwright (JS) for the full license lifecycle and product and machine management.
• Worked with UX designers to improve dashboard layout and license-usage visualizations, resulting in clearer error messaging and fewer support tickets.
• Managed timelines and cross-team communication for the portal rollout, coordinating Engineering, Design, and QA to meet release deadlines.
• Product 2 – Admin Calibration Android Application
• Designed functional test cases for multi-step calibration workflows across diverse Android devices; validated SDK-to-app data integration and privacy-sensitive permission handling.
• Performed exploratory testing in real-world conditions (variable lighting, occlusions, user movement) to harden calibration reliability.
• Contributed to acceptance criteria for calibration accuracy targets and drove backlog prioritisation using direct user feedback analysis.
• Coordinated sprint planning and backlog grooming, aligning QA findings with product priorities.
• Product 1 – DrEye Web & Mobile Application
• Led QA across frontend and backend; built and maintained Playwright automation suites that formed the CI/CD regression backbone.
• Contributed to UI/UX design reviews in Figma, working with developers and product managers to improve team velocity and product quality.
• Maintained project documentation and status reports to keep stakeholders aligned on release readiness.

Senior Software QA Engineer at CareDx, Inc. – Digital Healthcare Logistics Platform (2022-09 – 2023-12)

• Architected and executed the end-to-end test strategy for a mission-critical organ and medical-equipment logistics platform serving OPOs, transplant centres, and hospitals.
• Developed BDD test cases in Cucumber format aligned to business requirements; automated critical shipment-creation and real-time-tracking workflows using the Behave framework (Python).
• Owned Smoke, Sanity, and Regression suites across Dev and Staging; authored formal QA sign-off reports and coordinated production deployments.
• Managed the defect lifecycle in GitLab through multiple validation cycles, maintaining a near-zero production defect escape rate.
• Drove continuous improvement through post-release sanity checks and review meetings that informed each subsequent release.

Senior Product Test Engineer at Mason – No-Code Commerce Automation (Mode Magic) (2022-06 – 2023-01)

• Led E2E testing for the flagship 'Mode Magic' product: Functional, Regression, UAT, i18N, Usability, and Cross-Browser/Platform coverage.
• Built and maintained automated suites in Playwright (Mocha) for rapid Smoke/Sanity testing across Dev and Staging.
• Owned the QA sign-off process; tracked defects in Asana through multiple rounds until stability was confirmed before each release.
• Acted as the communication bridge between development, product, and business stakeholders on test outcomes, risks, and release readiness.

Senior Software QA Engineer at yellow.ai – Enterprise AI/ML SaaS Cloud Platform (2020-09 – 2022-06)

• Validated core AI/ML algorithms, NLP chatbots, and virtual assistants for functional accuracy, performance, and user intent resolution in a non-deterministic testing environment.
• Executed E2E testing of the cloud platform, including backend API integrations and CX workflows across web and mobile viewports.
• Managed the QA lifecycle for new AI-driven features, from test planning and case design to defect logging and CI/CD-integrated regression, across Agile sprints.

Software Test Engineer at Justdial (2019-06 – 2020-09)

• Conducted E2E testing of the Android app, iOS app, and responsive web portal, validating core business workflows and cross-platform feature parity.
• Specialised in responsive layout and interactive-element testing across devices and screen sizes.
• Tracked and resolved UI/UX and functional defects with developers and designers within Agile sprints.

Bachelor of Technology in Electrical & Electronics Engineering – Aditya College of Engineering, Madanapalle (2012 – 2016)