preethi gowda

QA/Test Engineer

India 4+ yrs exp 89 · Excellent

About

OTT-focused QA/Test Engineer with hands-on experience testing streaming platforms (VOD & Live TV) across Android, iOS, Web, Android TV, and Set-Top Boxes. Strong understanding of OTT workflows including subscription lifecycle, content playback, DRM validation, UI/UX consistency, and cross-device compatibility. Proven ability to work in Agile Scrum environments, collaborate with product and engineering teams, and ensure high-quality releases for large-scale media platforms.

Skills & Expertise (22)

Compatibility Testing Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

End-to-End Testing Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Agile Scrum Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Jira Intermediate

7.0/10

Years Exp

Functional Testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Regression Testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

smoke testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Globalization Testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

Manual Testing Intermediate

6.5/10

Years Exp

GitHub Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

Selenium WebDriver Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

SQL Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

SDLC Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

STLC Intermediate

6.0/10

Years Exp

Postman Intermediate

5.5/10

Years Exp

JMeter Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Core Java Intermediate

5.0/10

Years Exp

Figma Beginner

4.0/10

0.5

Years Exp

Vysor Beginner

3.0/10

0.5

Years Exp

ADB Beginner

3.0/10

0.5

Years Exp

Tizen Beginner

2.0/10

0.5

Years Exp

VNC Beginner

2.0/10

0.5

Years Exp

Work Experience

Test Engineer

Tata Play (Xpheno)

Apr 2024 - Present

Performed end-to-end testing of a large-scale OTT application across Android, iOS, Web, and Android TV platforms. Validated VOD content playback, catalog navigation, search, recommendations, and user profiles. Tested subscription journeys including plan selection, payment integration, renewals, and entitlement validation. Conducted compatibility testing across devices, OS versions, screen resolutions, and network conditions. Verified audio/video quality, buffering behaviours, resume playback, and error scenarios. Performed functional, regression, smoke, globalization, and E2E testing for frequent OTT releases. Collaborated actively in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) with developers and product owners. Logged, tracked, and validated defects using JIRA, ensuring timely closure before production releases.

Software Intern

Kombanstech (OPC) Pvt. Ltd.

May 2023 - Oct 2023

Developed PHP scripts for large-scale web scraping for travel websites. Used Regex101 and Regex patterns for structured HTML parsing. Automated data extraction workflows to improve accuracy.

QA Intern

Coddle Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Dec 2022 - Mar 2023

Performed manual testing for healthcare management application modules. Executed test cases to validate workflows and identify defects. Logged and tracked bugs using JIRA.