Kathiresan K
About Kathiresan K
Kathiresan K is a Senior Test Engineer at TomTom with over 11 years of experience in automation testing and expertise in various testing frameworks and tools.
Current Role
Kathiresan K is currently employed as a Senior Test Engineer at TomTom, where he has been working since 2021. He is based in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.
Previous Experience at Rabobank
Before joining TomTom, Kathiresan K worked at Rabobank as a Senior Test Automation Engineer. His tenure at Rabobank lasted from 2020 to 2021 in Utrecht, Netherlands.
Career at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Kathiresan K served as a Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines from 2018 to 2020. During his two years at KLM, he worked out of Amstelveen, North Holland, Netherlands.
Expertise in Test Automation Frameworks
With over 11 years of experience in automation testing, Kathiresan K is skilled in designing and developing test automation frameworks. He has significant expertise in automating SOAP Webservices and REST APIs using frameworks like Rest-Assured, Supertest, and HttpClient.
Proficiency in Technical Tools and Programming Languages
Kathiresan K is well-versed in various programming languages including JavaScript, Typescript, Java, VB Script, and Excel Macros. His technical skill set includes a broad range of tools like Selenium, Protractor, Rest-Assured, Supertest, Cucumber, QTP/UFT, TestNG, Mocha, Appium, Postman, Jmeter, Azure, Bamboo, Jenkins, Maven, JIRA, NodeJs, Jbehave, HttpClient, Sonar Cube, Pact, and Wiremock.
Educational Background
Kathiresan K achieved a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Information Technology from Anna University, where he studied from 2006 to 2010. He also completed a year of higher secondary school, earning a distinction in 2006.
Leadership and Team Management
Kathiresan K has demonstrated leadership in the field by leading and coaching test automation teams. He has considerable experience in Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery Agile environments, utilizing tools such as Cucumber, Selenium, Protractor, Maven, Git, JIRA, and Azure DevOps/Jenkins/Bamboo, and specializes in BDD automation with tools like Cucumber, Serenity, and Jbehave.