Lalitha Venkataraman
About Lalitha Venkataraman
Lalitha Venkataraman is a Senior QA Analyst at Rocket Lawyer, where she has worked since 2018. She specializes in product quality monitoring, test automation, and collaboration with stakeholders to enhance software features.
Work at Rocket Lawyer
Lalitha Venkataraman has been employed at Rocket Lawyer since 2017, initially as a QA Analyst and currently serving as a Senior QA Analyst since 2018. In her role, she has led release processes for both US and Global releases. She has monitored product quality through logs using Sumo Logic and New Relic. Lalitha has also collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and worked closely with developers and designers to build features. Her responsibilities include conducting various testing methodologies such as sanity, integration, regression, and A/B testing using tools like ABTasty and Google Optimize.
Education and Expertise
Lalitha Venkataraman earned her Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from the University of Mumbai, studying from 2008 to 2012. Her educational background has equipped her with the technical skills necessary for her career in quality assurance. She has developed expertise in using various testing tools and methodologies, including Selenium Web Driver3 with a Cucumber framework, Postman for REST API testing, and JMeter for load testing. Lalitha has also utilized Google Analytics and Tableau to assess project metrics.
Background
Before joining Rocket Lawyer, Lalitha worked as a QA Engineer at For Goodness Sake, LLC for six months in 2016-2017 in Berkeley, California. Her experience in quality assurance spans several years, during which she has taken on various responsibilities, including leading sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily scrums in the absence of a Product Manager. This background has contributed to her ability to effectively manage quality assurance processes in her current role.
Testing Methodologies and Tools
Lalitha Venkataraman employs a variety of testing methodologies in her work, including sanity, integration, regression, and A/B testing. She utilizes tools such as ABTasty and Google Optimize for A/B testing and has executed load test scripts using JMeter and Blazemeter. Additionally, she has developed automation test scripts on Catchpoint for production monitoring and has analyzed user patterns using FullStory to improve product features and quality.
Collaboration and Leadership
In her role at Rocket Lawyer, Lalitha has served as a functional expert, demonstrating leadership by guiding sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily scrums when a Product Manager is unavailable. She has authored user stories and defined acceptance criteria based on system designs during the analysis and design phase. Her collaborative efforts with stakeholders, developers, and designers have been essential in building features that meet user requirements.