Experienced Software QA Professional

DAN ALMEDA

SAN BRUNO, CA *****

Mobile 650-***-**** adummn@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielalmeda

Professional Experience

META PLATFORMS, INC., SAN BRUNO, CA (REMOTE)

SEPTEMBER 2021 – PRESENT

AR/VR APP REVIEW POLICY SPECIALIST

• Examines and approves or request developer changes for App Lab and Rift application’s Data Use Check-up, Meta Data update, Audit and Escalation queues for the Meta Quest’s AR/VR platforms; both on Quest(Oculus) and Rift headsets. Enforces Quest store, content and brand policy guidelines.

Recommends and collaborate with stakeholders in establishing new app review standards, enforcement guidelines, app reviewer workflow, internal tooling and documentation.

Manages ‘Special Requests’ queue for managed applications. (ex. Expedited review, app delisting, app rejection, etc.)

Train new App Reviewers in the team and assists in Vendor Management. APPLE INC., SAN BRUNO, CA (REMOTE)

FEBRUARY 2021 – JUNE 2021

QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD

Leads QA activities for incoming projects/defects in the pipeline for Apple Online Store (www.apple.com) both web and mobile browser.

Responsible for Apple Card Monthly Installment Regression testing.

Working closely with offshore team, project managers, developers and business teams. BANK OF AMERICA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA March 2018 – February 2021 QUALITY ASSURANCE LEAD

Lead QA activities for incoming projects in the pipeline for BofA mobile consumer application.

Responsible for QA delivery for new feature/projects by testing and managing end-to-end test efforts.

Analyzes, Identifies and mitigates risk involved in the project from QA perspective during PI / sprint planning.

Creates and determines QA strategy, test plan and test scripts review.

Working closely with stakeholders, project managers, scrum masters and developers for a successful delivery.

Manages Off-shore QA team to meet on-time completion of test scripts, defect tracking and report status. CAPITAL ONE, CORP., SAN FRANCISCO, CA FEBRUARY 2013 – JANUARY 2018 TEST ENGINEER

Lead manual regression testing and final sign off of all release builds for Google Play and App Store submission.

Worked closely with developers, UX designers, scrum master, project owner, back-end, dev-ops teams and third –party vendors to understand release priorities and enhancement requests.

Lead mobile QA efforts on different huge projects such as, roam and apriva gateway migration, mixpanel integration and retrofit code refactoring.

Managed modules, created, updated and executed all functional test scripts for Spark Pay mobile apps both for Android and iOS using ATDD automation framework on Ruby. (1 year experience) VERIFONE, INC., SAN FRANCISCO, CA JANUARY 2012 – FEBRUARY 2013 QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSOCIATE

Created, maintained and executed initial QA test plans, test scripts, test cases, for SAIL mobile and web application.

Lead QA efforts between the third party mobile app developers, web/backend team and the gateway team during daily QA update calls; focused on monitoring bug fixes, assigning milestones and providing front-end feedback on major implementation issues.

Responsible for signing off mobile release candidate builds to the App Store and Google Play Store.

Tested ADA compliance for Sail Pay iOS application.

* SAIL was acquired by Capital One

CHARGESMART, INC., SAN FRANCISCO, CA AUGUST 2011 – JANUARY 2012 QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST

Lead functional and regression testing for mobile and web application, including daily conference calls with off-shore Development team.

Managed defect tracking and enhancements in the internal tracking system. (Trac)

Assisted in (UX) user experience design, as well as revising wireframes and documentation procedures.

Recommended and contributed in establishing standards and procedures for use case and product development materials.

Worked closely with developers and project lead to understand priorities, enhancement requests, defects and issue resolution.

* SAIL by ChargeSmart was acquired by Verifone

ABS-CBN INTERNATIONAL, REDWOOD CITY, CA MAY 2011 – AUGUST 2011 CUSTOMER SUPPORT ASSOCIATE

Owned retail product specific escalated cases. and provided 2nd level support across various businesses worldwide by helping the call center team achieve its technical and logistics key performance indicators. (KPI’s) SAPIEN, LLC, MORRISTOWN, NJ / SAN BRUNO, CA

MAY 2008 – APRIL 2011

QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST

Managed QA testing cycle, including defect tracking and issue resolution, functional and regression testing for new or modified HRMS modules; verified that program functions according to client requirements and conforms to business rules.

Responsible for all QA strategies and testing on conduits and interfaces for HR payroll and benefits.

Developed and revised system test scripts for different test scenarios covering all aspects of project functionality.

Analyzed business and functional requirements to design UAT test cases.

Worked closely with developers, project managers, and client relationship managers to resolve issues and provide status reports.

Skills and Tools Used

Web and Mobile app manual testing. API testing: cURL, Postman-REST Client. Automation: Appium, Cucumber, Xcode, Ruby. Database: My SQL Work Bench. CI: Jenkins. IDE: Rubymine, Eclipse, Android Studio. Data Analytics: Mixpanel, New Relic, Crittercism. Issue Tracking and Code Repository: Jira, VersionOne, Github, ALM, Rally. Education

De La Salle University – College of St. Benilde, Manila Philippines, 1999 Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources Management

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