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I am a Software QA professional with extensive experience working for enterprise and startup environments. I specialize in quality metrics, risk assessment, defect prevention strategies, implementing QA best practices, and driving process improvements. Currently, I lead a QA team at Apple, where I define test strategies, mentor engineers, and drive automation initiatives using AI tools to boost coverage and accelerate releases. I collaborate closely with Product, Development, and SRE teams to ensure timely, high-quality software releases in Agile environments.…I am a Software QA professional with extensive experience working for enterprise and startup environments. I specialize in quality metrics, risk assessment, defect prevention strategies, implementing QA best practices, and driving process improvements. Currently, I lead a QA team at Apple, where I define test strategies, mentor engineers, and drive automation initiatives using AI tools to boost coverage and accelerate releases. I collaborate closely with Product, Development, and SRE teams to ensure timely, high-quality software releases in Agile environments.

Shailesh Kumar

QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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I am a Software QA professional with extensive experience working for enterprise and startup environments. I specialize in quality metrics, risk assessment, defect prevention strategies, implementing QA best practices, and driving process improvements. Currently, I lead a QA team at Apple, where I define test strategies, mentor engineers, and drive automation initiatives using AI tools to boost coverage and accelerate releases. I collaborate closely with Product, Development, and SRE teams to ensure timely, high-quality software releases in Agile environments.…I am a Software QA professional with extensive experience working for enterprise and startup environments. I specialize in quality metrics, risk assessment, defect prevention strategies, implementing QA best practices, and driving process improvements. Currently, I lead a QA team at Apple, where I define test strategies, mentor engineers, and drive automation initiatives using AI tools to boost coverage and accelerate releases. I collaborate closely with Product, Development, and SRE teams to ensure timely, high-quality software releases in Agile environments.

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I am a Software QA professional with extensive experience working for enterprise and startup environments. I specialize in quality metrics, risk assessment, defect prevention strategies, implementing QA best practices, and driving process improvements.

Currently, I lead a QA team at Apple, where I define test strategies, mentor engineers, and drive automation initiatives using AI tools to boost coverage and accelerate releases. I collaborate closely with Product, Development, and SRE teams to ensure timely, high-quality software releases in Agile environments.

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QA Lead at Apple

December 1, 2019 - Present

Led a QA team, overseeing functional, regression, integration, and automation testing for UI, mobile, and Apple enterprise applications. Defined and implemented QA strategies, processes, and standards, improving testing efficiency and reducing critical defects pre-release. Collaborated with Product, Development, and SRE teams to ensure timely, high-quality software releases in Agile environments. Drove test automation initiatives using AI tools increasing automation coverage. Monitored quality metrics, KPIs, and risk assessments, providing actionable insights to stakeholders and senior management. Mentored and coached QA engineers on best practices, test planning, and automation skills. Led UAT and coordinated with business users to ensure functional requirements are met. Implemented process improvements that reduced testing cycle times and enhanced defect tracking and reporting.

QA Lead at Insurity

October 1, 2015 - November 20, 2019

Led Insurity Claims software testing (Workers' Comp, General Liability, Professional Liability, Auto, Property, and Accident & Sickness) based on customer use cases and functional requirements using manual and automation (Selenium and Python). Involved in API testing using Postman and SoapUI; CI/CD for QA build; data conversion, report generation, and product release. Interfaced with TPAs to gather requirements and present them to stakeholders.

QA Engineer at SnapLogic

April 1, 2011 - September 1, 2015

Responsible for end-to-end testing of SnapLogic UI ETL tool. Gathered product requirements from product and business teams, designed test plans and test cases, executed tests, and provided test results to stakeholders. Performed API and Selenium-based UI testing to simulate user interactions, resulting in improved usability.