Remote QA Engineer

Remote QA Engineer II — Vaporware Tech Solutions

Seattle, WA (Remote) | October 2023 – Present

• Designed and maintained an end-to-end automation test suite using Playwright and TypeScript, expanding test coverage by 40% and preventing approximately 15 critical bugs from reaching production monthly.
• Integrated regression test runs into GitLab CI/CD pipelines, which decreased deployment-blocking pipeline delays by 35% and accelerated developer feedback loops.
• Refactored legacy Cypress automation frameworks for 5 internal web applications, reducing test suite flakiness by 22% and saving the engineering team 8 hours of troubleshooting weekly.
• Collaborated with 3 product managers to define clear acceptance criteria and QA parameters, reducing the overall post-release defect rate by 28% over a 12-month period.

QA Engineer — Apex Commerce Solutions

Portland, OR | June 2021 – September 2023

• Developed over 250 automated API test scripts using Postman and JavaScript, achieving 92% test coverage for critical payment and checkout microservices and reducing manual API verification time by 15 hours per week.
• Authored and executed manual test cases for 12 major e-commerce web releases, documenting over 300 bugs in Jira and reducing post-release customer complaints by 20% in the first year.
• Automated cross-browser UI testing using Selenium WebDriver and Java, which cut the weekly regression test execution time from 6 hours down to 45 minutes and sped up release cycles.
• Partnered with 8 developers to resolve critical security and performance bottlenecks, contributing to a 14% improvement in mobile application load times during peak shopping traffic.

Software Quality Assurance, QA Automation, Playwright, Cypress, Selenium WebDriver, Postman, API Testing, Regression Testing, GitLab CI/CD, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, SQL, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Git, Agile/Scrum, Cross-Browser Testing, Test Case Design, Bug Tracking

CI/CD Test Suite Automation

Role: QA Automation Engineer

Tools: Playwright, TypeScript, GitLab CI/CD, Slack

Built and deployed a containerized automated test suite, integrating it into the CI/CD pipeline to run tests on every commit, decreasing post-release defects by 34%.

E-Commerce API Test Framework

Role: QA Engineer

Tools: Postman, JavaScript, Newman, Jira

Designed a script-based API testing framework covering 250+ endpoints, which reduced payment verification test times by 90% and resolved 40+ blockages.

• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) (2021)
• ISTQB Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer (CT-TAE) (2023)
• Certified Selenium WebDriver Developer (2022)

• Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Mentored aspiring software QA professionals through regional non-profit code bootcamps (2022–present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice