Raghvendra Kumar

Summary

Quality engineering and delivery leader with 16+ years across OTT streaming, e-commerce and fintech. A PMP® and Certified ScrumMaster who has built and led QA and automation organisations of 50+ engineers, turning traditional testing teams into automation-first engineering groups with CI/CD quality gates and shift-left practices that cut regression cycles from days to hours. He has helped ship platforms used by millions across web, mobile, smart TVs, Apple TV, Roku, Fire TV, Android TV, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS and games consoles, and now applies generative and agentic AI to quality: AI-assisted test generation, intelligent defect analysis, autonomous testing workflows and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

1. Senior Manager, Delivery

   Aug 2022 – Present Veltris · Bengaluru · client: FanDuel Sports Network

   • Leads end-to-end delivery of OTT streaming apps across web, Android, iOS, Android TV, Apple TV (tvOS), Fire TV, Samsung Tizen and Xbox: program planning, sprint execution, release governance, resourcing, dependencies and risk, delivering multiple concurrent releases on time.
   • Defined the quality engineering strategy: release quality gates, test automation, production validation and standard QA processes, improving release predictability and engineering efficiency.
   • Built and mentors QA teams across internal and vendor organisations, and leads performance and scalability validation for major live sporting events at peak traffic.
   • Manages app submission and certification across Google Play, Apple App Store, Amazon Appstore, Samsung TV and other connected-TV platforms.

2. Quality Assurance Manager and Scrum Master

   Feb 2021 – Aug 2022 Mygate · Bengaluru

   • Ran Scrum and QA together: sprint planning, QA delivery, retrospectives and documentation, with milestones coordinated across technology and product teams.
   • Managed scope changes, risks and contingency plans, and built real-time QA and project dashboards for stakeholders and senior leadership.

3. Consultant, Quality Assurance (OTT)

   Aug 2018 – Feb 2021 GlobalLogic · Bengaluru · clients: Discovery and Eurosport

   • Built and scaled the quality assurance engineering team: hiring, team structure, QA processes, quality metrics and reporting for defect tracking and release governance.
   • Led quality engineering for Discovery and Eurosport streaming platforms across web, mobile and connected TV, introducing automation frameworks and CI/CD integration that raised regression coverage and shortened release cycles.

4. Quality Assurance Engineer, Prime Video

   Nov 2014 – Aug 2018 Amazon · Bengaluru

   • Tested Prime Video functionality, performance and compatibility across smart TVs, iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV and games consoles.
   • Covered functional testing, API validation and automation framework development, and was part of the QA effort for Prime Video's launch in 150+ countries.
   • Worked hands-on with AWS (S3, CloudFront, Lambda, MediaConvert) and cross-platform media delivery workflows.

5. Senior Systems Engineer

   Apr 2010 – Oct 2014 Infosys · Bengaluru · clients: American Express and Intel

   • Release engineer for American Express web services integrations, helping card and banking teams integrate with partners and internal systems within the client's security standards.
   • Test engineer for Intel WiDi: built a method to measure video quality and colour fidelity (PSNR, MSAD) over HDMI and wireless display.

Core skills

Quality engineering

Test strategy, shift-left testing, release quality gates, production validation, scenario testing

Test automation

Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, Rest Assured, Karate, Python

CI/CD and DevOps

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform

Performance and monitoring

JMeter, Grafana, Splunk, Datadog; peak-traffic validation for live sport

Delivery and Agile

PMP®, CSM®, Kanban, program planning, release governance, risk management, Jira, Confluence

OTT and devices

Web, iOS, Android, Android TV, Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Xbox and consoles; app-store certification

AI in quality engineering

Generative and agentic AI, Model Context Protocol (MCP), AI-assisted test generation, intelligent defect analysis, autonomous testing workflows

Leadership

Built and led QA and automation organisations of 50+ engineers; hiring, mentoring and vendor teams

Certifications & learning

Languages

• Hindi, English and Maithili (native or bilingual)
• Kannada (elementary)