Rajendran Chandrasekaran
Senior Manager, QA
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior Quality Manager specialized in AI Augmented Shift left Test Engineering with emphasis on Reliability and Observability. Expertise in building and leading high-impact SDET teams that consistently deliver reliable software releases at Velocity.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Quality Manager (SDET Architect)
Degreed
Bengaluru, India
02.2025 - Current
- Led AI-driven test generation using Claude Code, accelerating test creation by 60%+, improving coverage velocity, and reducing manual test effort by ~40%
- Implemented shift-left controller-level automation in PR pipelines, catching 50%+ of defects pre-merge and reducing production regressions by ~35%
- Architected enterprise automation platforms adopted across 8+ teams, increasing automation coverage from ~35% to 85%+ and reducing regression cycle time by 70%
- Led and scaled a 32-member QA organization driving automation-first delivery, improving sprint automation contribution by 3× and accelerating release readiness
- Established executive quality dashboards tracking coverage, defect leakage, and release stability, improving pass rate to 90%+ across CI pipelines
Senior Manager Quality Assurance
DP World
Bengaluru, India
01.2022 - 02.2025
- Built UI/API Test Automation Framework Test-Driven Development using Cypress for UI Accessibility Testing and automation
- Test Automate the Features on Sprint and add to the Regression suite to maintain coverage over 70%.
- Prevent Defects with shift left component testing, role based testing and early customer feedback .
- Improved code coverage by using SonarQube, mockito and react JS lib • Responsible for quality product releases, quality reviews and identify scope for improvement.
- Visualise and build dashboards to communicate quality of Engineering team to the Stakeholders.
- Bring Efficiency in QA processes and execution and reduced quality workforce to meet the DEV:QA Ratio and budget.
QA Manager
Ola Cabs
Bengaluru, India
04.2018 - 12.2021
- 14 Years of SDET Experience, Played the role of SDET Manager at OLA and Global QA lead at GE, Managing team size of 12 across USA, Sri Lanka and India.
- Expertise in Test strategy, Test planning, Test design, Test data and Test execution of highly complex systems.
SDET3 / Senior QA Engineer
General Electric
Bengaluru, India
07.2015 - 11.2017
- Evaluate Test Automation Frameworks, Test Plan and Test Management Created and Ensured the team follows.
Test Lead
IBM India Pvt Ltd, ISL, Rational
Bengaluru, India
04.2012 - 07.2015
- Expertise in building CI/CD and Run BVT on every Daily Builds.Expertise in Infrastructure, Configuration, Orchestrator management.
R&D Test Automation Engineer
Nokia
Bengaluru, India
03.2010 - 03.2012
- I have Been Actively with Designing Test Plan, Write Test Cases, TestExecution, Defect Reporting to closure.Create Traceability Matrix and Ensure Test Coverage.
Senior Test Engineer
SM NETSERV
Bengaluru, India
11.2006 - 02.2010
- Co - Ordinate with Business Analyst and worked in close co-ordination with developers for a quick quality relesae.
Education
B.E - Telecommunications
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bengaluru, India 04.2001 -
Skills
AI LLM Automation: Claude Code Agents for Test Generation
Languages: Java, Python, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript
Test Automation: Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, API Automation (REST Assured, PactumJS), Jest, Mocha, TestNG, JUnit
Testing Domains: API, UI, Integration, Performance (JMeter, LoadRunner), Security
CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, Shift-Left Testing, DevTestOps
Test design techniques
Timeline
Senior Quality Manager (SDET Architect)
Degreed
02.2025 - Current
Senior Manager Quality Assurance
DP World
01.2022 - 02.2025
QA Manager
Ola Cabs
04.2018 - 12.2021
SDET3 / Senior QA Engineer
General Electric
07.2015 - 11.2017
Test Lead
IBM India Pvt Ltd, ISL, Rational
04.2012 - 07.2015
R&D Test Automation Engineer
Nokia
03.2010 - 03.2012
Senior Test Engineer
SM NETSERV
11.2006 - 02.2010
B.E - Telecommunications
Visvesvaraya Technological University
04.2001 -
AWARDS
- Ola Cabs: Relentless Entrepreneur Award.
- General Electric: Engineering Excellence Award.
- IBM ISL: Technical Excellence Award.