I am Sahiti Chittimotu, a Senior QA Test Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering high-quality testing across Banking, Payments, Insurance and Media domains. I build and execute manual and automated testing strategies for Web, Mobile and API platforms, ensuring functional accuracy, system reliability and smooth releases within Agile delivery teams. I collaborate closely with developers, product owners and stakeholders to define acceptance criteria, lead test planning and drive quality across complex, enterprise-grade solutions. I also design scalable automation frameworks (Appium, Selenium, REST Assured) and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) to enable fast, reliable regression testing.

Sahiti Chittimotu

I am Sahiti Chittimotu, a Senior QA Test Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering high-quality testing across Banking, Payments, Insurance and Media domains. I build and execute manual and automated testing strategies for Web, Mobile and API platforms, ensuring functional accuracy, system reliability and smooth releases within Agile delivery teams. I collaborate closely with developers, product owners and stakeholders to define acceptance criteria, lead test planning and drive quality across complex, enterprise-grade solutions. I also design scalable automation frameworks (Appium, Selenium, REST Assured) and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) to enable fast, reliable regression testing.

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I am Sahiti Chittimotu, a Senior QA Test Lead with 15+ years of experience delivering high-quality testing across Banking, Payments, Insurance and Media domains. I build and execute manual and automated testing strategies for Web, Mobile and API platforms, ensuring functional accuracy, system reliability and smooth releases within Agile delivery teams.

I collaborate closely with developers, product owners and stakeholders to define acceptance criteria, lead test planning and drive quality across complex, enterprise-grade solutions. I also design scalable automation frameworks (Appium, Selenium, REST Assured) and integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) to enable fast, reliable regression testing.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Senior Mobile QA Lead at Virtusa (Virgin Money)
September 1, 2021 - Present
Lead end-to-end QA activities for enterprise digital banking platforms across Web, Mobile and API systems. Design and execute manual and automated test cases ensuring functional accuracy and system reliability. Perform functional, integration, system and regression testing across multiple enterprise applications. Collaborate with developers, product owners and stakeholders to define acceptance criteria and ensure quality delivery. Identify, document and track defects using Jira, supporting resolution through full defect lifecycle. Contribute to test planning, test strategy development and release validation activities. Develop automation frameworks using Appium, Selenium and REST Assured to support scalable regression testing. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to support continuous testing.
QA Lead at Discovery Networks
October 1, 2019 - August 1, 2021
Led QA testing across large-scale digital platforms including Web, iOS, Android and Smart TV applications. Executed functional, system and regression testing for streaming and media platforms. Designed test plans and coordinated testing activities across distributed Agile teams. Developed and maintained API automation using Java and REST Assured. Collaborated with product and engineering teams to ensure quality standards were met before releases.
Senior QA Engineer at Code Control
July 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019
Performed functional, integration, system and regression testing for insurance applications supporting policy administration and customer onboarding platforms. Tested policy lifecycle workflows including policy creation, underwriting validation, policy amendments, renewals and cancellations. Validated premium calculations, coverage rules, eligibility checks and policy configuration based on insurance business requirements. Executed end-to-end testing of insurance claims processing workflows including claim submission, assessment and settlement processes. Logged, tracked and managed defects using JIRA and supported resolution through the full defect lifecycle. Performed system integration testing (SIT) to validate integrations between policy administration systems, payment gateways and backend services. Supported UAT cycles with business stakeholders ensuring insurance workflows met business and regulatory standards. Conducted data validation and backend testing using SQL to verify poli
Mobile Automation QA Engineer at NOW TV / Sky
November 1, 2011 - August 1, 2017
Designed and executed manual and exploratory testing aligned with Agile user stories. Developed mobile automation frameworks using Calabash with Cucumber BDD. Performed cross-platform testing across iOS and Android applications. Supported release validation and production readiness testing.

Education

MSc Digital Communication Networks at London Metropolitan University
January 11, 2030 - May 6, 2026
BTech Electrical & Electronics Engineering at JNTU
January 11, 2030 - May 6, 2026

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Telecommunications

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
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