Hi, I’m Keerthi Devadas, a QA Engineer with over 12 years of experience spanning banking, media & communications, and energy domains. I lead QA activities across cross-functional and multi‑geographical teams, delivering high-quality software through automation and robust testing strategies. I’m comfortable coordinating with stakeholders to define tests, drive quality metrics, and ensure smooth delivery in both Agile and Waterfall environments. I enjoy building strong customer relationships, driving process improvements, and mentoring teams to achieve reliable releases. I’m passionate about maximizing test coverage with automation, reducing cycle times, and continuously improving testing practices to align with business goals.

Keerthi Devadas

Hi, I’m Keerthi Devadas, a QA Engineer with over 12 years of experience spanning banking, media & communications, and energy domains. I lead QA activities across cross-functional and multi‑geographical teams, delivering high-quality software through automation and robust testing strategies. I’m comfortable coordinating with stakeholders to define tests, drive quality metrics, and ensure smooth delivery in both Agile and Waterfall environments. I enjoy building strong customer relationships, driving process improvements, and mentoring teams to achieve reliable releases. I’m passionate about maximizing test coverage with automation, reducing cycle times, and continuously improving testing practices to align with business goals.

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Hi, I’m Keerthi Devadas, a QA Engineer with over 12 years of experience spanning banking, media & communications, and energy domains. I lead QA activities across cross-functional and multi‑geographical teams, delivering high-quality software through automation and robust testing strategies. I’m comfortable coordinating with stakeholders to define tests, drive quality metrics, and ensure smooth delivery in both Agile and Waterfall environments.

I enjoy building strong customer relationships, driving process improvements, and mentoring teams to achieve reliable releases. I’m passionate about maximizing test coverage with automation, reducing cycle times, and continuously improving testing practices to align with business goals.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

System Tester at Sky Ltd
November 1, 2024 - Present
System tester responsible for testing across UI and API to ensure system integrity for Sky's platforms (including Now TV, Peacock, Showtime, HBO Max).
Senior Test Engineer at Wipro Ltd
February 1, 2020 - October 1, 2023
Led QA activities for Lloyds Banking Group Netreveal; designed and executed end-to-end test cases, including UI migration; managed regression automation using UFT; contributed to CI/CD with test artifacts (HP ALM, VSTS, Postman, SQL, Selenium with Java, Cucumber, JIRA, Confluence, GitHub).
Senior Test Engineer at Wipro Ltd
August 1, 2018 - October 1, 2019
QA Lead for the billing and energy trading modules of the ISEM Energy Trading project for SSE, UK; created and maintained extensive test cases; implemented defect logging in SharePoint; chaired UAT meetings with third-party providers; automated regression using UFT, reducing cycle durations by ~30%.
Test Engineer at Wipro Ltd
August 1, 2015 - July 1, 2018
Member of the QA team validating the settlement module of the eSpear project tracking the investment trading lifecycle; built the Master Suite of test cases; produced flow diagrams and prioritized test cases to ensure UAT readiness; strengthened defect diagnosis and resolution.
Test Engineer at Wipro Ltd
November 1, 2011 - July 1, 2015
Test Engineer for migration of savings products from Branch accounting to SAP BS for Standard Bank of South Africa; conducted integration testing; automated regression using UFT; created a detailed requirements matrix to ensure full coverage.
Senior Test Engineer at Wipro Ltd – E-Spear Project – Deutsche Bank
August 1, 2018 - October 1, 2019
E-Spear Project – Deutsche Bank, UK. Aug 2018 – Oct 2019. Created a Master Suite covering more than 60% of the tests needed to verify the software, centralizing test assets for efficiency. Produced detailed documentation with flow diagrams to aid onboarding and knowledge transfer. Prioritized test cases to maximize UAT coverage and minimize defects in production.
Test Engineer at Wipro Ltd, Coimbatore
August 1, 2015 - July 1, 2018
BP & Account Migration Project – Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa. Aug 2015 – Jul 2018. Created and executed large sets of tests to ensure smooth migrations. Used UFT to run automated regression tests, built a detailed requirement matrix, and participated in integration testing. Communicated risks and mitigations effectively to meet tight deadlines.
Test Engineer at Wipro Ltd, Chennai
November 1, 2011 - July 1, 2015
BP & Account Migration Project – Standard Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa. Nov 2011 – Jul 2015. Collaborated with developers, product owners, and QA teams across multiple Scrum teams to validate end-to-end user journeys. Built automation coverage with Selenium integrated into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing and early defect detection.

Education

M.Tech., Software Engineering at BITS Pilani University, India
August 1, 2011 - July 1, 2015
B.Sc., Computer Science at Mahatma Gandhi University, India
August 1, 2008 - June 1, 2011
M.Tech., Software Engineering at BITS Pilani University, India
August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2015
B.Sc., Computer Science at Mahatma Gandhi University, India
August 1, 2008 - June 30, 2011
M.Tech., Software Engineering at BITS Pilani University, India
August 1, 2011 - July 1, 2015
B.Sc., Computer Science at Mahatma Gandhi University, India
August 1, 2008 - June 1, 2011

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Industry Experience

Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment