Summary

Expertise

Project Highlights

Education

Agency

SM

English:

Upper Intermediate

Santiago M.

vetted by Youteam

Vetted by YouTeam

Venezuela

UTC -04:30

America/Caracas

English:

Upper Intermediate

QA Automation Engineer

• Developed robust end-to-end tests using Cypress for Virgin Media • Created an automation framework from scratch using TestCafe at NHS England & Improvement • Improved Selenium WebDriver framework efficiency by 20% at PricewaterhouseCoopers • Integrated SpecFlow for BDD, enhancing communication with non-technical stakeholders • Led a QA team at the New York Stock Exchange, receiving exceptional client feedback

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Expertise

Years of commercial development experience

12 years of experience

Core technologies

Cypress 3 years
Selenium 7 years
JavaScript 3 years
Java 5 years
QA 12 years
Postman 4 years

Other technologies

Agile
Azure
Database Developer
JIRA
DevOps
Functional testing
Git
Regression testing
Smoke Testing

Project Highlights

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QA Automation Engineer

Virgin Media O2 Digital transformation

Mar `19 - Apr `20

1 year

Virgin Media

At Virgin Media, I developed and maintained end-to-end Cypress tests, implemented Xray for test management, and built performance tests using Blazemeter. I conducted code reviews, created API tests with Postman integrated into CI pipelines, led Browserstack integration for cross-browser testing, contributed to a dynamic dashboard using Sorry Cypress, and used Gitlab for version control and teamwork.

Responsibilities & achievements

- Refactoring of existing Selenium framework. - Pipeline integration. - Manual testing and automation test creation.

JIRA
Selenium
Azure DevOps Server
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QA Automation Engineer

Internal app development

Oct `13 - Jan `18

4 years

Hub International

-Executed automation testing using Selenium WebDriver (C#/Java) and Automation Center Tool. - Ensured cross-browser testing capabilities, using Selenium Grid for comprehensive browser coverage. - Defined comprehensive automation suites, covering regression, smoke, integration, and end-to end testing. - Implemented a data-driven testing strategy with JSON and Excel for dynamic test data handling. - Assisted in the configuration of Jenkins for Continuous Integration (CI) gaining valuable experience in automation pipeline setup. - Integrated SpecFlow to facilitate Behavior-Driven Development, enabling clear communication with non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities & achievements

- Manual testing and Automation test creation (smoke regression, integration and end to end)

Selenium
Automated Testing
Jenkins
GitLab
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QA Automation Engineer

Internal applications development

Apr `13 - Oct `13

6 months

Deloitte USA

- Developed test cases based on requirement specifications, managing successful integration with third-party systems. - Identified design gaps, collaborated with the development team, and reported defects using TFS and Quality Center. - Played a key role in manual, ad-hoc, smoke, and regression testing.

Responsibilities & achievements

Manual testing

JIRA
Postman
TFS
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QA Lead

NYSE

Jan `12 - Apr `13

1 year

New York stock Exchange

- Led a team of six testers, providing technical leadership and managing assignments. – - Created a knowledge base wiki for troubleshooting and documentation. - Ensured effective communication of defects and requirement variances to the development team. - Conducted Test Cases Review, managed test deliverables, and played a role in QA interviews and training. Led User Acceptance Testing (UAT), established regression test cases, and performed smoke testing. Received exceptional performance feedback from clients.

Responsibilities & achievements

- Test case creation. - Team lead. - Reports writing. - QA documentation. - Interview and training. - Test case review.

JIRA
Postman

Education

Higher education in Computer Science

Agency

IT services agency #2470

10-50

GMT-4

Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, United States

Core Expertise

Agile
Ajax
AngularJS
Apache
Apex
ASP.NET
ASP.NET MVC
CakePHP
CSS
Django
Ember.js
Flask
HTML5
Ionic
JavaScript
jQuery
MongoDB
MySQL
.NET
NetSuite
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Python
React.js
React Native
SQL Server
Symfony
TypeScript
WordPress
Amazon Web Services
Apache administration
ASP
Bootstrap
CSS3
Go
HTML
Ionic Framework
JQuery Mobile
Laravel Framework
Mocha
NetSuite Development
Product management
Project Scheduling
Swift
Transact-SQL
Unit Testing
Wordpress Plugin
User Experience Design
Angular 2x
Project management
DynamoDB
ASP.NET Web API
Project Manager
Electron
Vue.js
Cypress

Industries

E-Commerce & Retail, Mapping & Navigation, Sports & Fitness, Branding, design, web development, ERP

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