Professional Resume Template for
Software Test Engineer
Liam C. Halloway
Seattle, WA
(206) 555-0184
liam.halloway@email.com
linkedin.com/in/liam-halloway | github.com/liamhalloway | liamhalloway.dev
Professional Summary
Methodical Software Test Engineer with 5 years of experience designing and scaling automated test suites for cloud-based enterprise platforms. Expertise includes architecting Python-based PyTest and Selenium frameworks, constructing regression test suites, and integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines. Successfully reduced post-release production defects by 32% and cut automated pipeline execution times by 26% over 18 months. Highly skilled in collaborating with cross-functional squads to define clear acceptance criteria and verify API integrations. Proficient with Selenium, PyTest, Playwright, Postman, Jenkins, and Jira.
Work Experience
Software Test Engineer II — CloudVibe Technologies
Seattle, WA | March 2024 – Present
- Designed and implemented a parallelized Playwright and Python automation framework from scratch, reducing nightly regression test suite execution time by 42% (from 4 hours to 2.3 hours).
- Integrated automated API validation tests via Postman and Newman into the GitLab CI/CD pipeline, preventing 18 critical regression bugs from reaching production across 14 releases.
- Collaborated with a cross-functional squad of 8 developers to achieve 88% unit and integration test coverage on 6 microservices, decreasing customer-reported bugs by 35% in 2025.
- Led exploratory testing of a payment gateway, verifying 120+ user flows and identifying 9 edge-case vulnerabilities, ensuring zero transactional errors during a major release.
Software Test Engineer — Aether Health Solutions
Denver, CO | June 2021 – February 2024
- Built and maintained 150+ automated UI test cases using Selenium WebDriver and Java, improving test suite reliability and reducing manual validation time by 12 hours per sprint.
- Discovered and documented 140+ functional defects in Jira with detailed logs, steps, and network requests, speeding up developer resolution times by 28%.
- Authored 12 master test plans and 45 test matrices for web and mobile platforms, aligning QA strategies across 3 software product lines and improving release predictability by 15%.
- Executed monthly load and stress testing using JMeter on 4 critical API endpoints, identifying memory leaks and helping database administrators decrease query latency by 18%.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021
Skills
Test automation, API testing, Regression testing, Load testing, CI/CD pipeline integration, Python, Java, JavaScript, Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, PyTest, Postman, JMeter, Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Scrum
Projects
Playwright Migration Initiative
Role: Lead Automation Tester
Tools: TypeScript, Playwright, GitHub Actions, Docker
Migrated legacy Selenium suite of 300+ tests to Playwright, reducing average test run execution time by 52% and cutting flaky test occurrences from 14% to under 1%.
Performance Benchmarking Framework
Role: Performance Engineer
Tools: Python, JMeter, Grafana, InfluxDB, AWS
Architected a load testing environment simulating 5,000 concurrent users, identifying a server bottleneck and increasing throughput capacity by 34%.
Certifications
- ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) (2021)
- ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Automation Engineer (CTAL-TAE) (2024)
Additional information
- Languages: English (Native), German (Conversational)
- Volunteer Work: Technical Mentor for Seattle CoderDojo, teaching basic coding skills to 40+ middle school students (2022–Present)
- Availability: 2 weeks notice
Job Market Insights
Market data and opportunities for
Software Test Engineer
Job Market Insights
$85,000
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$140,000
Avg:
$112,000
Growth Outlook:
The employment of software quality assurance analysts and testers is projected to grow 15% from 2024 to 2034, which is much faster than the average for all occupations. This growth is driven by the rapid expansion of digital platforms, cloud computing, cybersecurity threats, and artificial intelligence integration across all sectors. Organizations are continuously scaling their software engineering teams and modernizing legacy infrastructures, creating a strong and steady demand for testers who can automate validation processes and bridge the gap between development and release.
15% growth over 10 years (2024–2034)
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