Udhaya Joseph
Flower Mound
Summary
Lead SDET / QA Automation Engineer with 14+ years of experience delivering high-quality software across Financial, Trading, Payment, and Healthcare domains. Expert in designing scalable automation frameworks, leading SDET teams, and integrating CI/CD pipelines to accelerate Agile delivery. Skilled in API, UI, Mobile, and Database testing with proven impact on sprint velocity, defect reduction, and process optimization.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Charles Schwab
07.2021 - Current
- Lead QA automation for backend services ensuring high-quality, stable releases.
- Built scalable automation frameworks using Java, Spring, Cucumber.
- Developed automated test suites for API & backend services; improved regression coverage.
- Integrated automation into Bamboo CI/CD and used AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch) for execution and monitoring.
- Drove root-cause analysis for failures and supported post-release validation.
- Performed API load testing with JMeter; developed dashboards for performance insights.
- Mentored QA engineers on automation and best practices.
Senior Product Software Engineer / Sr SDET
Wolters Kluwer
01.2020 - 07.2021
- Performed automated/manual UI, API, DB testing to support enterprise quality goals.
- Built REST API automation frameworks using C# + RestSharp.
- Automated desktop apps using WinAppDriver + NUnit.
- Integrated automation into Azure DevOps CI/CD.
- Executed functional, regression, and E2E testing; conducted root-cause analysis.
- Participated in sprint ceremonies & code reviews.
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Motif Investing
10.2018 - 01.2020
- Maintained large-scale automation frameworks across multiple environments.
- Automated UI tests using Selenium, Java, JBehave/Gherkin.
- Built iOS/Android Appium mobile test frameworks.
- Managed parallel test execution using Maven + Jenkins.
- Conducted functional, regression, performance testing; validated REST APIs.
- Investigated failures via log analysis; created test plans & Jenkins jobs.
Senior QA Engineer
Verizon
08.2017 - 10.2018
- Developed automation using Selenium WebDriver, Java, TestNG.
- Automated high-priority test scenarios; converted manual cases to automation.
- Built Page Object & data-driven frameworks; executed via Jenkins.
- Performed functional, regression, smoke, integration, cross-browser testing.
- Validated backend services using SOAPUI.
Senior Automation Engineer
Visa Inc
06.2015 - 08.2017
- Defined acceptance criteria, test scenarios, and automated test suites.
- Led onshore/offshore QA teams delivering automation for high-volume apps.
- Built automation using Selenium + Java + TestNG; executed data-driven tests with Apache POI.
- Migrated API automation from Parasoft SOA to Java/TestNG.
- Performed functional, regression, smoke, cross-browser and DB tests (MongoDB, Oracle).
- Managed CI/CD with Jenkins & Bamboo; handled production validation and defect triage.
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
HCL Technologies
06.2006 - 06.2010
- Created test plans, scenarios, traceability matrices, and test cases.
- Developed QTP automation; managed test cycles in HP Quality Center.
- Executed functional, system, regression, database testing; validated reports.
- Identified risk areas, performed BVA/ECP analysis; managed defect life cycle.
- Provided QA reports, coordinated with dev teams, supported project managers.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University
Chennai, India04.2006
Skills
- API testing tools: Postman, Swagger UI, REST-Assured, SOAP UI, Insomnia, Parasoft SOA
- Programming & Scripting: Java, C#, JSON, XML, GitHub Copilot
- Cloud services: AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch), Azure DevOps
- Continuous integration tools: Jenkins, Bamboo
- Database management: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB
- Development environments: IntelliJ, Visual Studio, Eclipse
- Build tools: Maven, Gradle
- Automation frameworks: Selenium WebDriver, Selenium Grid, Appium, WinAppDriver, TestNG, JUnit, Cucumber
- Test management software: JIRA, Zephyr, TestRail, Rally
- Performance testing tool: JMeter
Certifications & Training
ISTQB Foundation Level , 2006
Aspiring Leadership Program, [Charles Schwab], [2025]
Timeline
Lead Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Charles Schwab
07.2021 - Current
Senior Product Software Engineer / Sr SDET
Wolters Kluwer
01.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Test Automation Engineer
Motif Investing
10.2018 - 01.2020
Senior QA Engineer
Verizon
08.2017 - 10.2018
Senior Automation Engineer
Visa Inc
06.2015 - 08.2017
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer
HCL Technologies
06.2006 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University