Balamurugan Kandan
QE Manager at Apple
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Summary
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Top SchoolBalamurugan Kandan is a QE manager with 9 years of focused experience leading quality engineering at Apple and over a decade in testing roles across Wipro, Birlasoft and Satyam. He specializes in AI/ML-powered testing, test automation, CI/CD integration and shift-left quality practices, and has deep hands-on experience in functional, API and mobile (iOS/macOS) testing. Known for driving process automation and tooling improvements, he combines technical testing skills (Jenkins, Postman, SQL) with cross-geography team leadership and upskilling initiatives. He has steered QA for complex domains including banking, custody systems and server-side projects, aligning DevOps, data services and automation teams for release readiness. Colleagues rely on him to translate product requirements into practical test strategies and to retain and grow talent through mentorship. Based in Bengaluru, he brings a pragmatic blend of technical craft and people leadership that accelerates delivery quality.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B, SC; Maths, B, SC; Maths at Bharathidhasan UniversityMCA, MCA at MCA, Periyar University (1998-2001)Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Master of Computer Applications - MCA at Periyar University
Github Skills (49)
windows10
sparkfun10
ros-driver10
c-library10
cpp10
setuptools9
linux9
cmake9
visual-studio9
swig9
package-manager9
macos8
vcpkg8
garmin8
devise-jwt8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
balamuruganky/Ublox_Linux_Library
Jan 2021 - Mar 2022
Ublox Linux Library
Contributions:16 commits, 5 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 1 month
f9pmanjaroubloxlinuxublox-gps
balamuruganky/bbblue_bot
Aug 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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