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I am Mahesh Balachandran, a software quality assurance professional with 20 years of experience leading QA teams, designing automation frameworks, and elevating test coverage. I specialize in functional, load, and performance testing across on-premises and cloud environments, translating customer needs into robust engineering solutions. I thrive on mentoring teams, defining QA strategy, and partnering with product and development to deliver reliable software. I enjoy building scalable automation that speeds validation while maintaining accuracy, and I’m always looking for ways to improve processes and asset reuse.…I am Mahesh Balachandran, a software quality assurance professional with 20 years of experience leading QA teams, designing automation frameworks, and elevating test coverage. I specialize in functional, load, and performance testing across on-premises and cloud environments, translating customer needs into robust engineering solutions. I thrive on mentoring teams, defining QA strategy, and partnering with product and development to deliver reliable software. I enjoy building scalable automation that speeds validation while maintaining accuracy, and I’m always looking for ways to improve processes and asset reuse.

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I am Mahesh Balachandran, a software quality assurance professional with 20 years of experience leading QA teams, designing automation frameworks, and elevating test coverage. I specialize in functional, load, and performance testing across on-premises and cloud environments, translating customer needs into robust engineering solutions. I thrive on mentoring teams, defining QA strategy, and partnering with product and development to deliver reliable software. I enjoy building scalable automation that speeds validation while maintaining accuracy, and I’m always looking for ways to improve processes and asset reuse.…I am Mahesh Balachandran, a software quality assurance professional with 20 years of experience leading QA teams, designing automation frameworks, and elevating test coverage. I specialize in functional, load, and performance testing across on-premises and cloud environments, translating customer needs into robust engineering solutions. I thrive on mentoring teams, defining QA strategy, and partnering with product and development to deliver reliable software. I enjoy building scalable automation that speeds validation while maintaining accuracy, and I’m always looking for ways to improve processes and asset reuse.

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I am Mahesh Balachandran, a software quality assurance professional with 20 years of experience leading QA teams, designing automation frameworks, and elevating test coverage. I specialize in functional, load, and performance testing across on-premises and cloud environments, translating customer needs into robust engineering solutions.

I thrive on mentoring teams, defining QA strategy, and partnering with product and development to deliver reliable software. I enjoy building scalable automation that speeds validation while maintaining accuracy, and I’m always looking for ways to improve processes and asset reuse.

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Work Experience

Lead Software Development Engineer In Test at Powin Operating LLC

November 1, 2019 - Present

Automated framework for battery/energy management systems to validate system integrity and operations using Java, Jenkins, JUnit5 and Virtual Box. Translated customer requirements to engineering specs, created/ran full regression tests, debugged issues during commissioning and field operation, and coordinated three automation engineers. Working toward external certification for software components. Centralized QA assets in Confluence and mentored staff in framework and automation best practices.

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Nike Inc.

August 1, 2017 - September 1, 2019

Implemented automation for smoke, regression, UAT and configuration tests for cloud-based workforce management tool. Built frameworks using TestComplete, JavaScript, Selenium and Java. Used Jira/Confluence for defect tracking and sprint collaboration. Performed load/performance testing of APIs/workflows with JMeter/Gatling; API testing with Postman and Elasticsearch queries.

Principal Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Sage North America

July 1, 2014 - April 1, 2017

Led automation initiatives across the product suite with a team of five automation engineers. Defined scope/schedule for test automation activities, mentored QA staff, and contributed hands-on coding for test framework and test cases.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at HealthSparq Inc. (a division of Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon)

July 1, 2012 - May 1, 2014

QA responsibility in a scrum environment. Clarified requirements and acceptance criteria with product owner; conducted sprint grooming; created/executed test plans; defect management; automated testing with Eclipse, Java, Selenium, TestNG.

Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Sage North America

February 1, 2009 - July 1, 2012

Automation lead guiding QA engineers in automated regression testing. Developed and maintained internal automation framework (TestComplete, Jscript, C#) used for input data and automated tests; included white-box and API testing; helped set up performance/scalability testing infrastructure.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at WebMD

August 1, 2008 - January 1, 2009

Tested health information websites for client specs, security, data integrity, and import/export of records. Ensured encrypted handling of sensitive data and wrote SQL queries to verify deeper functionality.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Autodesk Inc.

February 1, 2005 - May 1, 2008

Responsible for quality of installation and release management for Inventor products. Led a 13-person SQA team in Shanghai; developed automation utilities saving licensing costs; implemented VM test farms to increase throughput; received awards for critical assignments.

Software Quality Assurance Analyst at First American CreditNet Inc.

October 1, 2004 - February 1, 2005

Recommended QA processes and methodologies; created quality plans, test cases and documentation; tested web servers, application servers, and databases (OLTP); heavy use of XML and SQL.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Corel Inc.

March 1, 1999 - July 1, 2003

Responsible for installation/testing, release validation, and automation of the Inventor product line. Led GUI-based test framework development, load testing, test harness for HTML Help, and version testing; authored test plans and defect tracking.

Software Quality Assurance Engineer at Saltire Software Inc.

December 1, 1996 - March 1, 1999

Manual and automated testing for mathematics, mechanical engineering, and optimization products; used Visual Test for test data generation and result verification; authored test plans and requirements; managed bug priorities and release features.