Sai Deekshith Katkam is a lead software engineer and QA automation architect with 13 years of professional experience delivering enterprise software solutions across transportation, logistics, manufacturing, retail, and ERP environments. His expertise spans software engineering, quality engineering, test automation architecture, API and backend validation, enterprise integrations, cloud-hosted applications, and Agile delivery.
Sai has extensive experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks using Playwright, TypeScript, JavaScript, Selenium, and TestNG, as well as validating REST and SOAP APIs and performing SQL-based backend testing. He has integrated automated testing into Jenkins and GitHub CI/CD pipelines and supported applications deployed across Azure and Google Cloud Platform.
In his current role as a lead software automation engineer supporting Daimler Trucks, Sai leads quality engineering initiatives for enterprise applications within the DTNA Excelerator platform. His responsibilities include automation architecture, UI and API testing, integration validation, quality strategy, release readiness, framework governance, and mentoring engineers. He has also introduced AI-assisted testing and GitHub Copilot practices to improve engineering productivity.
Previously, Sai worked on large-scale transportation and logistics systems at XPO Logistics, where he supported shipment tracking, warehouse and dock operations, handheld devices, ERP integrations, and enterprise reporting. His background also includes NetSuite consulting and ERP implementation work involving NetSuite, Oracle EBS, Celigo, TIBCO, Coupa, and enterprise banking integrations.
Throughout his career, Sai has collaborated with developers, architects, product owners, business stakeholders, and leadership teams to improve software quality, strengthen automation coverage, and support reliable delivery of business-critical enterprise platforms.