Faisel K. Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London Area, United Kingdom

I manage 14 software engineers ensuring they have the necessary resources and support to perform their duties effectively.I conduct performance reviews for my team to assess their progress towards their goals, provide constructive feedback, and plan for their personal development.I hold regular 1-1 meetings with my direct reports to discuss their progress, provide guidance and support, and address any concerns they may have.I support my direct line reports' personal and professional development by providing coaching, mentoring, and training opportunities, and helping them set and achieve their career goals.I am a strong partner to the Product Managers, Agile Coaches, Principal Engineers, and other key stakeholders to create and deliver company goals.I communicate engineering team strategy and vision to the engineering organisation.I consult on a regular basis with leadership to align expectations and deliverables.I work cross-functionally across multiple teams and departments, identifying any hurdles to progress, and improving internal and cross-functional communications and processes.I advocate for and protect the wellbeing of our engineering team.I coach, up-skill and help to define individual goals.I Foster a team culture of continuous improvement through collective reflection, adaptation and measured iteration.

London, England, United Kingdom

I managed a number of engineers.I worked closely with the engineering leadership team to document, propose and implement processes, methodologies, practices and innovation across the Engineering team.I supported Engineers with technical QA guidance, coaching and mentoring them toexcel at their work and grow within the team.I was responsible for growing the engineering team, ensuring we hired people whoreflect our core values.I worked with engineering leadership and our recruitment team to scale up and improveour interview process. As a result, I attracted a diverse talent pool and built out a repeatable interview framework to support the hiring of engineers across the business.I was responsible for coordinating my teams, ensuring smooth execution of projects and overcoming obstacles. I also partnered with my teams and the Product function to deliver project planning and resource allocation.

London, England, United Kingdom

LeadershipManaged and coached engineers at all levels and supported their growth and development.Actively listened to disagreements in my team, encouraged healthy discussions, highlighted impact conflicts were having on team dynamics and performance.Took ownership of decisions made by my team, and ensured accountability was practiced.Worked to broaden the capabilities of my team by delegating problems of increasingcomplexity, and pairing with engineers regularly to provide guidance.Involved with diversity projects to help build a diverse and inclusive culture.Partnered with Talent Acquisition Managers to help attract, interview and improve theoverall candidate experience. CommunicationCommunicated across a number of teams and stakeholders and built cross-team relationships.Encouraged teams to collaborate and share information openly between themselves, across teams and stakeholders.Asked feedback from my fellow peers on my work, reflected on feedback, identifiedopportunities for improvement areas and used this as a tool for learning and growth.Delivered timely praise and constructive feedback to team members.Contributed to the delivery of constructive feedback on interview candidates to supporthiring decisions.Held 1:1 catch-ups with my peers to understand issues and concerns.ProcessHelped my team to break down large complex projects into well-defined milestones andtimeframes.Collaborated with other teams to share experiences and alignment on team practices andprocesses.Knew when to cut back without compromising quality in time pressured situations.Go-to person for advice and guidance on relevant testing specialism.Reviewed test packs across multiple projects and domains.Investigated new testing technology.KnowledgeAssessed testing needs of projects and made appropriate decisions about testing scenarios.Identified gaps in test coverage and provided feedback.Shared testing experiences and promoted best practices across teams.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I worked across different software teams on various projects in the same office as well as other locations and collaborated with Lead Software Engineers, Software Engineers, Software Test Engineers, Project Managers and Product Owners to deliver high quality software for our clients within tight budgets and timescales. I took an automation-first approach to the QA process and made use of some of the latest automation tools and frameworks to build pipelines which supported continuous testing.I developed bespoke testing frameworks. For UI automation I wrote test scripts using Selenium Webdriver with C# programming language in Visual Studios. For integration tests I wrote basic API automation tests using Postman and RestSharp.I used Bitbucket/GitHub for version control and management of my automation tests.I used Browserstack for cross-browser testing and agile test management using tools such as Jira and ConfluenceI also took an active role in mentoring and supporting development of junior team members.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I worked within a team of Front and Backend Developers, Business Analysts, a Product Owner and a Scrum Master.I participated in daily stand-ups and work in sprint periods of two weeks.I understood and analysed testing requirements, worked with colleagues to plan and manage the work to perform and monitored testing.I produced documentation detailing the approach to test planning and execution as part of a Test Strategy.I developed bespoke testing frameworks. For UI automation I wrote test scripts using Selenium Webdriver with Java programming language in Intellij with Maven dependencies. For integration tests I wrote basic API automation tests using Postman and REST assured.Part of my time was working with both senior business and technical stakeholders not only within our office but also across numerous other offices around the UK and abroad.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I worked within an Agile team with Software Developers and Test Engineers and took the lead on testing for design and development of work.I led and coached other engineers where required.I carried out system, user acceptance, regression and exploratory testing manually on bespoke web applications written in Java and PHP across a wide range of browsers and mobile devices.I wrote automation test scripts using Selenium Webdriver with Java programming language in Intellij with Maven dependencies.I worked with my team to create acceptance criteria by analysing features and requirements.I analysed quality and continually assessed risk to ensure that high quality solutions were delivered.I collaborated with my team and others to deliver high quality solutions.I used JIRA management tool to check team performance in terms of bugs fixed against outstanding bugs.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I was the Test Lead for all test activity throughout the end to end software delivery life-cycle across all projects covering large enterprise level software sites down to WordPress sites.I verified websites were logical, usable and met the client expectations.I carried out system, user acceptance, regression and exploratory testing manually on bespoke web applications written in C# / .NET (ASP.NET) and PHP across a wide range of browsers and mobile devices.I used Selenium IDE and Ghost Inspector tools to carry out automation testing.I used BrowserStack testing tool along with actual devices to perform cross browser and cross platform compatibility tests.I was responsible for Test Analysts and provided peer-to-peer testing reviews. I attended client facing meetings, reviews and retrospectives. I led investigations into issues and problems. Worked closely with the Development Team to identify the root cause. Reported on findings and made appropriate recommendations for improvements.I strove to improve the performance of junior Test Analysts through observations, positive feedback and formal mentoring.I raised and managed issues through our defect-tracking system (JIRA).

Bradford, United Kingdom

Carried out system, user acceptance, regression and exploratory testing manually on bespoke web applications written in C# / .NET (ASP.NET) across a wide range of browsers and mobile devices.Was responsible for Test Analysts and provided peer-to-peer testing reviews.Provided testing on all delivered functionality. Provided quality assurance against acceptance criteria and business requirements.Worked with internal, consultant and contract staff during the software development lifecycle. Attended meetings as required by the Project Manager. Was the primary point of contact within the Testing Team responding to queries or issues that rose on a daily basis.Identified and championed process improvements across the team. Mentored and coached other Junior TestersUsed JIRA management tool to check team performance in terms of bugs fixed against outstanding bugs.Used Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) for scripting test cases.Wrote basic SQL queries for use in interrogating data.Worked in an environment where we had to adhere to ISO9001 quality standards.

Manchester, United Kingdom

Carried out black box, usability, user acceptance, regression and exploratory testing manually on bespoke web applications written in C# / .NET (ASP.NET) as well as on a variety of mobile devices. Worked collaboratively with Developers, Product Owners and BAs maintaining the security, integrity and confidentiality of data and information to which I was provided access with.Wrote Gherkin test cases which were converted to automation test scripts using Behat, Selenium and Visual Studio.Worked in an environment where we had to adhere to ISO9001 quality standards.Used both Trello and JIRA to track and monitor software bugs and modifications.Led daily stand up/scrum meetings with the software development team as part of our fortnightly sprints.

Manchester, United Kingdom

I manually tested our bespoke web software written in PHP coding language.I wrote the Gherkin test cases which were converted to automation test scripts using Behat and Selenium.I am familiar with both approaches to test automation , Code-Driven and Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing.I worked in an environment where we have to adhere to ISO9001 quality standards.I used JIRA and confluence to track and monitor software bugs and modifications.

Manchester, United Kingdom