amitsarkar.tech

Professional experience

• Software test manager with 16+ years of experience in a variety of industries.
• Proven track record of leading and managing teams across both offshore and onshore.
• Proven ability to lead and motivate teams.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality software on time and within budget.
• Developed and implemented test plans and strategies for complex software projects.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences within the org.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and resolve issues.
• Passionate about testing and always looking for new ways to improve the quality of software or identify new techniques to improve testing.
• Expertise in managing teams with a variety of testing skillsets, including security testing, performance testing, and test automation.
• Experienced in conducting 1:1s and appraisals to track team performance and identify areas for improvement.
• Understand the costs and benefits of quality assurance, and able to communicate the value of quality assurance to other stakeholders.

Personal experience

• Co-host a podcast on technology, write a weekly newsletter, regularly learn about new developments in the field of software testing, talk at meetups and attend software testing conferences.
• Fully licensed UK ham radio operator
• Active practitioner of yoga and regularly run
• Studied Introduction to Astronomy and Introduction to Astrophysics short-term courses from Royal Observatory Greenwich.
• Back-packed South America over land and by air, with my partner.
• Rode a motorbike in the Leh region of India, with friends.
• Tried skydiving, scuba diving, para gliding, paddle boarding, bouldering, running a vertical kilometer (VK), public speaking, acting, skateboarding
• Cycled London to Paris in 24 hours
• 1x Tough Guy finisher, 3x Tough Mudder finisher
• Built this website from scratch using open source tools
• Learnt browser automation from scratch, using Taiko and Gauge, and delivered multiple meetups on it.