Summary
Mahesh Damavarapu is a Principal QA Engineer based in Bengaluru with 14 years of QA experience and a strong focus on automation, DevOps, and release engineering. He architects QA initiatives and frameworks, blending hands-on automation (Python, WebdriverIO, JavaScript) with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Docker, AWS, and GitLab. Mahesh has led cross-functional teams to introduce contract testing (PACT), chaos engineering, and performance/security testing into complex microservices and GraphQL federated architectures. A pragmatic problem-solver, he bridges QA, release engineering, and production monitoring—often writing deployment Terraform scripts and fixing application bugs himself—so quality ownership extends beyond test suites. His background includes Big Data and real-time reporting projects, and he brings a mix of technical leadership and practical implementation that speeds delivery while reducing production risk.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Information Technology, Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Information Technology at Narayana Engineering College - India
Hindi, English, Telugu