About

Rajesh Jayakumar is a highly motivated and skilled technical professional with more than 23 years of experience in the software industry. As a Software Quality Leader at Amazon, he has demonstrated his ability to lead and manage teams in a global environment. Rajesh has a high level of understanding of business needs with a customer focus in priority, good technical propensity, and a systematic approach to succeed at work. Rajesh has collaborated with different cross-functional teams to achieve project goals and has developed innovative strategies and streamlined processes with development activities leading to a 45% efficiency gain across multiple projects. He has a strong execution focus to deliver faster releases with high quality. Rajesh has forecasted, trained, mentored, and built up teams to work and grow as successful leaders. He has hired, mentored, and grown passionate individuals who work together well. Rajesh is an expert in technically mentoring, project/people management skills, and is a strong leader capable of motivating the very best managers and engineers, as well as gaining their respect. He has excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt to a fast-paced business environment. Rajesh has mastered the techniques of Software Development Life Cycle and Agile - SCRUM methodologies. Before joining Amazon, Rajesh worked as a Sr Project Lead at McAfee and as a Software Engineer at L&T Infotech Ltd. He has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology. Rajesh also holds a Higher Secondary Education degree in Computer Science from Bishop Corrie Anglo Indian School. Rajesh has a diverse tech stack that includes QA, Software Engineering, and Testing. He has extensive experience in working with virtual, global teams operating in diverse cultural environments. Rajesh is passionate about building cross-geo relationships and managing cross-geo teams.