Ria Cynthia

Sr Quality Assurance (Ex - Amazon)

Quality assurance professional with 3+ years of experience at Amazon, driving end-to-end test planning, release readiness, and quality sign-offs for flagship consumer devices (Echo Show, FireTV) and AI-powered features (Alexa+). Strong expertise in defining test strategies, regression testing, platform stability (Vega OS), and defect root cause analysis. Proven track record of leading QA execution for 9+ major releases, improving OS stability by 30%, and reducing open defect backlogs by 95% in cross-functional environments.

Core Competencies

Test Strategy & Execution

Test Planning & Architecture, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Multi-lingual/Localization Testing, Release Readiness & Go/No-Go Analysis.

Platform & Domain Testing

Consumer Device QA, OS Stability & Performance Testing (Vega OS), GenAI / LLM Workflow Validation (Alexa+), Quality Audits.

Defect & Project Management

Defect Triage, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Risk Analysis, Capacity & Task Planning, Cross-Functional Alignment.

Tools & Technical Toolkit

Jira, Confluence, Postman (API Testing), CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins / GitLab), Performance Testing (JMeter), Test Automation (Python / Selenium / Appium).

Professional Experience

Amazon

Senior Testing Associate

Sept 2022 - Dec 2025

Devices Software & Alexa+

End-to-End Test Strategy & Device Launches: Led release readiness, test planning, and Go/No-Go quality sign-offs for flagship devices (Echo Show 15 - 2nd Gen, Echo Show 21, FireTV Omni QLED series), ensuring multi-regional release execution across US and EU markets with zero critical post-launch defects.

Platform & OS Stability Engineering (Vega OS): Contributed to the new Vega OS platform launch by designing and executing stability and performance test strategies, identifying 15+ critical blocker defects early, and improving overall OS stability by 30%.

GenAI / LLM Workflow Validation (Alexa+): Validated LLM-driven workflows and conversational feature readiness for the integration of generative AI (Alexa+) into communication domains across existing Echo devices.

Defect Backlog Reduction & RCA: Managed end-to-end release readiness for 9+ major device software rollouts; drove regression testing and defect fix prioritization, reducing open defect backlogs by 95% and establishing SOPs for defect leak root cause analysis (RCA).

Quality Audits & Operational Efficiency: Conducted internal quality audits to raise team release standards, implemented standardized device sign-off matrices in Jira, and reduced team operational efforts by 20–35%.

Team Leadership & Capacity Management: Acted as primary point of contact for task planning, bandwidth allocation, and ETA estimation for a 10–12 member QA team; mentored new hires to maintain execution quality and sign-off velocity.

NatWest Group

Operations Analyst

Aug 2021 - Feb 2022

Account Opening Team

Supported backend operations for savings account onboarding in a fast-paced environment, adhering strictly to compliance requirements while maintaining 100% quality delivery standards.

Education

Master of Science in Bioinformatics

Stella Maris College, Chennai

2019 - 2021

Bachelor of Science in Adv. Zoology & Biotech

Stella Maris College, Chennai

2016 - 2019

Awards & Recognition

3x "Best Executioner" Award

Amazon: Maintained high quality standards and delivered maximum test coverage across major software release cycles.

2x "Sherlock Award"

Amazon: Identified critical product bugs and improved release reliability through exploratory testing.