Professional Resume Template for
Automation Test Engineer
Clara M. Sterling
San Jose, CA
(408) 555-0142
clara.sterling@email.com
linkedin.com/in/clara-sterling | github.com/clarasterling | clarasterling.dev
Professional Summary
Pragmatic Automation Test Engineer with 5 years of experience designing and executing automated testing strategies for high-throughput SaaS applications. Proven track record of architecting scalable test suites that reduced regression cycle times by 35% and increased test coverage from 68% to 92%. Expert in building robust page-object frameworks utilizing Playwright and Selenium. Proficient in integrating automated scripts into CI/CD pipelines to achieve shift-left testing. Skilled in TypeScript, Python, SQL, Jenkins, and Docker.
Work Experience
QA Automation Engineer — CoreVantage Technologies
San Jose, CA | June 2023 – Present
- Architected a hybrid test automation framework using Playwright and TypeScript, reducing execution time for 1,200 regression test cases by 42% over a 6-month period.
- Designed and implemented end-to-end testing pipelines in Jenkins, cutting deployment blockers by 28% and preventing critical defects from reaching production environments.
- Partnered with development teams to implement testing strategies that expanded overall coverage of backend REST APIs from 65% to 95%, ensuring secure data exchange.
- Organized mock-data generation scripts using Python and SQL to populate test environments, saving quality assurance team members 15 hours of manual work per week.
QA Engineer — Aether Analytics
San Francisco, CA | June 2021 – May 2023
- Maintained a Selenium WebDriver test suite with 800+ test cases, increasing sprint automation execution efficiency by 24% and decreasing UI test maintenance costs.
- Executed cross-browser testing for 5 major cloud web applications, identifying and logging over 140 software bugs to improve system stability prior to weekly production releases.
- Collaborated with product teams to design behavior-driven development scripts using Cucumber and Java, decreasing user story refinement time by 18% during planning.
- Monitored test execution results in Jira and documented test execution protocols, reducing onboarding times for new quality assurance hires by 35% over 12 months.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
San Jose State University · San Jose, CA · 2021
Skills
Test automation, Framework design, REST API testing, CI/CD pipeline integration, Regression testing, Page Object Model (POM), Playwright, Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, TypeScript, Python, Java, SQL, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Postman, Jira, Agile
Projects
API Test Framework Modernization
Role: Lead Test Automation Engineer
Tools: Playwright, TypeScript, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Built a TypeScript-based API test suite that automated validation for 120 endpoints, decreasing delivery pipeline execution time by 32% and capturing 15 key regression bugs.
Distributed Grid Execution Setup
Role: Automation Test Engineer
Tools: Selenium, Docker, AWS, Jenkins
Deployed a containerized Selenium Grid in AWS, enabling parallel testing across 8 browser environments, which cut overnight test execution times from 6 hours to 45 minutes.
Certifications
- ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) (2021)
- ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Automation Engineering (CTAL-TAE) (2024)
Additional information
- Languages: English (Native), Vietnamese (Conversational)
- Volunteer Work: Technical mentor for local coding bootcamp graduates (2023–Present)
- Availability: Immediate
Job Market Insights
Market data and opportunities for
Automation Test Engineer
Job Market Insights
$85,000
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$135,000
Avg:
$110,000
Growth Outlook:
The demand for Automation Test Engineers in the United States remains exceptionally strong, driven by the acceleration of cloud-native development and continuous integration/continuous delivery practices. As organizations adopt shift-left testing methodologies, the necessity for robust automated test frameworks is critical to maintaining release speed and software quality. Modern QA roles increasingly merge with software development, creating a strong trajectory for engineers skilled in programming, framework architecture, and CI/CD tools. Employment in software QA and testing is projected to grow by 15% from 2024 to 2034.
15% growth over 10 years
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