Mahesh Thota

About Mahesh Thota

QA isn’t just about finding bugs—it’s about preventing them. I lead teams that build automation, performance, and AI-infused solutions that scale quality across distributed, cloud-native environments.With 13+ years of experience, I’ve built and led quality engineering practices at top-tier product companies like Qualcomm, Coupa, Pega and ThoughtWorks.At Qualcomm, I currently lead a team of 8 engineers while architecting scalable automation frameworks for API and microservices validation using Java, RestAssured, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes. I’ve introduced performance engineering via Locust and Python—cutting infra costs by 50% while improving throughput 5x.My past work includes implementing Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, and Gatling-based frameworks across diverse domains like 3D modeling, FinTech, and cloud platforms.I’ve also driven CI/CD integration, led organization-wide bug bash initiatives, mentored engineers, and conducted AI-readiness experiments to incorporate LLMs into test generation and RCA automation.

Experience

1. Staff Engineer, Sdet, Iot Cloud Services

   Qualcomm

   Apr 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

Education

• Korutla

  Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science

  2005 — 2008

• Aurora's PG College

  Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Science

  2008 — 2011

Skills

• Pl/Sql
• C Language
• Zap
• Agile
• Agile
• Pegasystems Prpc
• Java
• Ruby
• Selenium Webdriver
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Core Java
• Testing
• C
• Selenium
• Agile Methodologies
• C++
• Test Automation
• Web Services
• Xml
• Stlc
• Jsp
• C#
• Sdlc
• Html
• Oracle
• Jira
• Scrum
• Rspec
• Automation
• Junit
• Sql
• Javascript
• Linux
• Quality Center
• Manual Testing