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Hi, I'm Santhiya Gurusamy 👋, a QA Manager and QA Lead with close to 10 years of experience in software quality assurance across SaaS and Banking domains, based in Coimbatore, India.

I started my QA journey at HCL Technologies working on USAA Bank — one of the largest US financial institutions — where I gained hands-on experience in manual testing, Selenium automation, and Agile practices in a highly regulated BFSI environment.

At C²Perform, a SaaS-based performance management platform, I built the QA function from scratch — growing from QA Analyst to QA Manager, scaling the team from 1 to 10 members across a fully remote, globally distributed setup spanning the US, Canada, Caribbean and India.

What I love about QA:
🔹 Building scalable processes and automation frameworks from the ground up
🔹 Mentoring and growing QA teams — watching junior QAs gain confidence is genuinely rewarding
🔹 Representing quality at the leadership level — making QA a strategic voice, not just a checkbox
🔹 Staying curious — currently exploring AI-driven QA practices and Playwright automation

Key areas I work in:
✅ Test strategy & planning
✅ Playwright automation (TypeScript/JS)
✅ API & database testing
✅ Release management & go/no-go decisions
✅ Remote team leadership & stakeholder communication

I'm currently open to QA Lead or QA Manager opportunities — fully remote or Coimbatore based.

Always happy to connect, share experiences, and learn from this amazing community! 🙌"