MICHAEL PELEG

Senior QA Engineer & Team Lead

054******* ad48gr@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpeleg

SUMMARY

Senior QA Engineer & Team Lead Seasoned QA professional with over a decade of progressive experience in quality assurance, encompassing roles as a QA Engineer, Team Leader & Manager. Demonstrated expertise in driving quality initiatives, leading cross-functional teams, and implementing strategic QA processes across mobile, desktop, and web platforms. Known for pioneering innovative testing strategies and fostering a culture of continuous improvement, my leadership has consistently delivered products that meet the highest standards of excellence EXPERIENCE

QA & Release Manager 02/2023 - 01/2024

Surprise.com Israel

Company Business Profie : Gaming

Directed QA guild & team dynamics on day-to-day level, Managed recruitment, performance reviews, and resource allocation to optimize team efficiency and effectiveness, including hands-on (30%)

Promoted controlled utilization of AI tools to enhance QA processes Establishing Test and Bugs Review Processes for meticulous issue handling Influenced company-wide strategy and operational excellence through effective sprint planning, resource optimization, and QA task prioritization Managed end-to-end release processes for Google and Apple platforms Introduced a structured incident response process in collaboration with Support, Product & R&D teams and creating a comprehensive method for investigating field-reported bugs to drive product improvements and enhance cross-team knowledge sharing

Actively participated in executive leadership meetings and decision-making, shaping tactical and strategic directions of the company Senior QA Team Lead 12/2015 - 01/2023

Rakuten Viber Israel

Company Business Profie : Messaging App

Responsible for Viber Business Unit QA activities, specializing in B2B B2C products. Managed mobile, desktop, web, server-side, and automation testing teams (10 QA engineers, 1 developer) with operations in Israel and abroad Establishing off-shore (Belarus) testing activities, building a team from scratch Defined and adopted QA processes and quality management in a highly dynamic development environment, adhering to various Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and FDD

Contributed to building and supporting an efficient work-from-home model during the COVID-19 period

Successfully led the transition of QA processes to integrate manual and automated testing within sprints, optimizing resource allocation (80/20), and enhancing team efficiency

Responsible for QA department P&L, budget, strategy, and efficiency improvements

Re-establishing and restructuring QA organization after company transformation from Platform based activity to 'Unit' based and afterward into 'Squads' project- based activity (moving to full scrum)

Implemented knowledge preservation by establishing a QA team knowledge base, and facilitated regular sharing meetings to enhance team expertise and collaboration

Promoted to Manager role after leading the Server & Web teams for approximately 4.5 years (40% Hands-On)

STRENGTHS

Analytical Expertise

Analytically-minded with a

profound understanding of

development and testing

processes.

Leadership Excellence

Strong track record in hiring,

mentoring, and coaching team

members, fostering happy,

healthy, and high-performing

teams

ACHIEVEMENTS

Championed a shift in

organizational mindset

towards quality

Fostering a culture of

resilience, collaboration, and

excellence by "Shift Left &

Right".

Proud in achieving

improvements in key goals

such as Time to Market (TTM),

Resource Efficiency, and

Product Quality.

TESTING

METHODOLOGIES

Functional Testing

(Integration, Sanity,

Smoke, System,

Regression, Acceptance),

Non-functional Testing

(vulnerability,

compatibility, usability

and performance, load,

stress), my preferred

testing approach is “The

Risk Based”.

TRAINING / COURSES

QA Engineer ISTQB

Certificate

John Bryce Academy

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EXPERIENCE

Product Manager & UX-UI designer 06/2014 - 11/2015 MusicLab IMesh

Created prototypes, wireframes, flows, information architecture, and PRDS Developed both mobile and web products

Worked across departments including QA, design, and development Oversaw the entire project life cycle including research and BI analysis Managed project deliveries using Agile/Scrum methodologies while collaborating closely with R&D and marketing divisions

Main Projects included marketing products (extensions, websites), Torch Browser Control and implementation of improvements, and Torch Music Control and implementation of improvements

Worked with primary platforms and technologies such as mobile applications

(IOS, android) and Chrome/Firefox products (extensions etc.) Integrator & Validation QA Engineer 05/2013 - 06/2014 TabTale (Crazy Labs) Tel Aviv

Worked in a startup environment, Managed the acceptance tests and in charge on releasing more than 150+ apps

In charge of integrating store marketing into application and focusing tests on revenue drivers such as advertisements (Chartboost, Interstitials, etc.) Write STP, STD’s & guide’s with Testrail, Excel, GoogleDocs In charge on marketing app pages for Google Play, AppStore, Win, and Amazon Fixing bugs & debugging using XCode for iOS, Eclipse for Android QA Engineer 01/2012 - 04/2013

Tesnet Group Tel Aviv

Hot Mobile & Toto Winner Projects (Stage A & B)

Tested Web and Mobile applications (Functionality, Integration, Compatibility, Acceptance, GUI etc.)

Managed Tasks & Bugs distribution to the rest of the QA team Tested Financial & Risk Management systems

Worked closely with the customers, delivering presentations and administering training

EDUCATION

B.Sc in Management and Information

Systems

2013 - 2016

Ramat Gan Collage Location

Relevant Courses: Management, C#, Html, Java, DB, Development systems- based Web and more

TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS

Agile Testrail Android iOS AWS

Axure Azure CI/CD Confluence

Crashlytics(Firebase) Cucumber

Kibana Datadog Fiddler Figma

Firebug Github Gitlab Jenkins

JMeter MixPanel Linux MySQL

Putty Selenium Postman Stripe

Tableau VMWare Workday

Workable

LANGUAGES

Hebrew Native

English Proficient

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