naveen jp
Principal Member of Technical Staff
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Seasoned Quality Engineering Leader with 19+ years of experience in driving end-to-end validation of large-scale distributed database systems, delivering enterprise-grade reliability across cloud-native platforms. Proven track record in architecting scalable automation frameworks and CI/CD-integrated test ecosystems, accelerating regression cycles and improving release velocity. Deep expertise in database internals, query optimization, and high-availability systems, ensuring performance, resiliency, data integrity in mission-critical environments. Spearheaded data-driven quality strategies leveraging RCA, defect prevention models, and intelligent test design, resulting in enhanced system stability and reduced production defects. Strong background in AI-enabled database testing and ML-integrated components, combining programming proficiency (Python, SQL, C) with modern DevOps practices to deliver highly optimized and future-ready solutions.
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Work Experience
Software Engineer
Altair India Pvt. Ltd.
Nov 2007 - Jul 2008
Designed and executed comprehensive test cases, ensuring robust validation coverage and alignment with functional requirements across build cycles. Automated test execution workflows and integrated them into continuous build pipelines, enabling consistent regression validation and faster feedback loops. Performed failure analysis and defect reporting, while conducting memory leak detection and code coverage assessments to enhance system stability and optimize application performance.
Principal member of technical Staff
Oracle India Pvt. Ltd.
Mar 2022 - Present
Driving end-to-end quality engineering ownership for OCI MySQL HeatWave by ensuring high-performance, scalability, and reliability across enterprise-grade cloud database platforms. Orchestrating test strategy formulation and execution for advanced HeatWave ML components (ML_TRAIN, ML_RAG, ML_GENERATE, CHAT, NL_SQL), ensuring robust validation of AI-driven database capabilities. Leading core database validation initiatives by continuously testing and optimizing MySQL Server components such as InnoDB, Optimizer, and BULK-LOAD for performance and data integrity. Strengthening platform stability and release quality by owning QA for HeatWave components including Autopilot and Auto Schema, ensuring seamless upgrades and production readiness. Driving CI/CD-led quality transformation by integrating automated test suites into Jenkins pipelines and monitoring regression cycles for early defect detection. Enhancing data ingestion efficiency and performance benchmarking by executing large-scale bulk-load testing and identifying optimization opportunities within MySQL environments. Accelerating test automation maturity by developing & integrating scalable automation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines, improving coverage and reducing manual effort. Building intelligent validation frameworks by automating SQL execution and result comparison for Autopilot, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and faster validation cycles.
Software Engineer
Dharma system India Pvt. Ltd.
Mar 2006 - Nov 2007
Delivered feature enhancements to the Dharma SQL engine while driving defect resolution and providing ongoing product support, ensuring system stability and continuous improvement. Designed and automated test cases for core functionalities, enhancing validation efficiency, improving regression coverage, and strengthening overall product quality.
Technical Project Lead
Huawei India Pvt. Ltd.
Jul 2008 - Jan 2016
Directed test strategy formulation and end-to-end test planning, ensuring structured validation approaches aligned with product quality and release objectives. Designed and derived comprehensive test scenarios and test cases, incorporating strong testability requirements to enhance coverage and defect detection effectiveness. Architected and implemented scalable automation frameworks, enabling efficient execution, reusability, and improved testing productivity. Executed functional and non-functional testing initiatives, including performance benchmarking, ensuring system robustness, scalability, and reliability. Conducted rigorous peer reviews of test artifacts (test design, test cases, and scripts), driving quality governance and adherence to best practices. Performed impact analysis for new features and defect fixes on legacy systems, while providing post-release support and customer environment validation to ensure seamless integration and production stability.
Software Engineering specialist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Jan 2016 - Mar 2022
Spearheaded test strategy design and execution planning for NonStop-SQLMX server features, ensuring comprehensive coverage across complex database functionalities. Executed end-to-end testing and automation initiatives, significantly enhancing test efficiency and ensuring consistent validation of database components. Engineered scalable automation frameworks to automate SQL script execution, improving repeatability and reducing manual testing overhead. Delivered deep functional validation across critical features including LOB, PL/SQL, Optimizer hints, MERGE operations, utility functions, binary datatypes, and query plan quality optimization. Reproduced and resolved customer-reported defects in controlled development environments, accelerating issue triage and improving defect turnaround time. Architected and implemented end-to-end regression frameworks to orchestrate test execution, monitor outcomes, and proactively identify known failures, improving release predictability. Led root cause analysis & test gap identification, strengthening defect prevention mechanisms while enhancing test design standards and templates across the team.
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B.E. - VTU University
- 2005 · Afghanistan
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