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Vienna, Austria

- Prioritized, planned and coordinated quality testing activities- Performed grey box testing which involved both UI and backend testing (databases, API's, cron jobs) when needed- Designed and implemented a data and image comparison tool to provide difference comparison between items on different parameters which saved up to a week of manual testing- Used QA best practices and procedures to reduce gaps in functionality coverage, and to ensure the most efficient use of automation… Show more - Prioritized, planned and coordinated quality testing activities- Performed grey box testing which involved both UI and backend testing (databases, API's, cron jobs) when needed- Designed and implemented a data and image comparison tool to provide difference comparison between items on different parameters which saved up to a week of manual testing- Used QA best practices and procedures to reduce gaps in functionality coverage, and to ensure the most efficient use of automation resources- Integrated end-to-end automated tests reporting into Slack in order to automatically receive notifications on test failures, allowing engineering staff to fix errors and rebuild promptly- Debugged and reported defects that were found during testing on various test environments and locales and confirmed defect fixes- Collaborated with developers as needed to isolate root cause of defects- Provided QA input, with early involvement in design, implementation, and development phases- Developed application specific GraphQL queries, mutations and subscriptions to triage and verify application functionality- Participated in weekly User Story Grooming sessions, Stand-up meetings and Iteration Planning meetings with Product Owners and Agile Team members- Conducting interviews, mentoring new hires and coached the team members to develop their competencies- Maintained multiple end-to-end automation frameworks Show less

- Debugged and reported defects that were found during testing on various test environments and locales and confirmed defect fixes- Collaborated with developers as needed to isolate root cause of defects- Provided QA input, with early involvement in design, implementation, and development phases- Provided project metrics for software product defects, test progress and testing results- Created tests for API using Postman requests and programming the pre-request conditions and… Show more - Debugged and reported defects that were found during testing on various test environments and locales and confirmed defect fixes- Collaborated with developers as needed to isolate root cause of defects- Provided QA input, with early involvement in design, implementation, and development phases- Provided project metrics for software product defects, test progress and testing results- Created tests for API using Postman requests and programming the pre-request conditions and post-request assertionsPostman- Instituted base line, developed and maintained automated scripts for load testing, stress testing and performance testing using K6- Instituted base line for automation testing framework on frontend using Cypress (javascript)- Instituted base line, developed and maintained automation testing framework for backend with nodeJS, jest, typescript, frisby- Lead a team of test engineers in on-remote location whilst making them grow on professional side Show less

- Instituted base line, developed and maintained the frontend automation testing framework for Magento projects using PHP / Codeception- Instituted base line, developed and maintained automated scripts for load testing, stress testing and performance testing using JMeter- Estimated the time and effort of the project testing and of new features using the metrics-based technique- Prioritized, planned and coordinated quality testing activities- Setup and built a containerized test… Show more - Instituted base line, developed and maintained the frontend automation testing framework for Magento projects using PHP / Codeception- Instituted base line, developed and maintained automated scripts for load testing, stress testing and performance testing using JMeter- Estimated the time and effort of the project testing and of new features using the metrics-based technique- Prioritized, planned and coordinated quality testing activities- Setup and built a containerized test development environment for the UI automated tests using Docker / docker-compose- Debugged and reported defects that were found during testing on various test environments and locales and confirmed defect fixes- Collaborated with developers as needed to isolate root cause of defects Show less

- Created test plans, user stories and test cases based on customers requirements- Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix after the completion of the test plan- Generated high quality deliverables by establishing testing methodologies and techniques- Led and mentored junior QA engineers (manual & automation)- Used QA best practices and procedures to reduce gaps in functionality coverage, and to ensure the most efficient use of automation resources- Developed application… Show more - Created test plans, user stories and test cases based on customers requirements- Prepared Requirement Traceability Matrix after the completion of the test plan- Generated high quality deliverables by establishing testing methodologies and techniques- Led and mentored junior QA engineers (manual & automation)- Used QA best practices and procedures to reduce gaps in functionality coverage, and to ensure the most efficient use of automation resources- Developed application specific SQL queries and/or stored procedures to triage and verify application functionality- Accomplished testing goals on time and within budget throughout various testing phases- Configured test environments and deployed builds that needed to be tested on staging environments- Instituted base line, developed and maintained the frontend automation testing framework with PHP / Codeception- Instituted base line, developed and maintained automated scripts for load testing, stress testing and performance testing using JMeter- Maintained and implemented new scenarios on a frontend automation framework on Java using Maven / TestNG / Cucumber / Selenium Show less

- Estimated the time and effort of testing the project and new features using the metrics-based technique- Prioritized, planned and coordinated quality testing activities- Debugged and reported defects that were found during testing on various test environments and locales and confirmed defect fixes- Provided QA input, with early involvement in design, implementation, and development phases- Developed application specific SQL queries and/or stored procedures to triage and verify… Show more - Estimated the time and effort of testing the project and new features using the metrics-based technique- Prioritized, planned and coordinated quality testing activities- Debugged and reported defects that were found during testing on various test environments and locales and confirmed defect fixes- Provided QA input, with early involvement in design, implementation, and development phases- Developed application specific SQL queries and/or stored procedures to triage and verify application functionality- Instituted base line, developed and maintained the first frontend test automation framework with Ruby / Selenium WebDriver / Watir- Conducted Web Application Quality Assurance duties in an Waterfall Development Environment- Created specific test data prior usage in manual test execution Show less

Informatics

Specialist Tehnician, Analyst Programmer

High School Diploma