Quality Assurance Software Development

DUSTIN DAILY

Wahpeton, ND ***** *********@*****.*** 701-***-****

SUMMARY

Accomplished Software Developer Engineer in Test (SDET) and QA Management with 9+ years of dedicated experience ensuring the highest levels of software quality and process efficiency. Proficient in devising and implementing comprehensive quality assurance strategies, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and adept at leading cross-functional development teams. Seeking a challenging role to leverage my expertise in optimizing quality systems, reducing defects, delivering superior products, and contributing significantly to organizational excellence.

PROFICIENCIES

Programming Languages: C#, Typescript, JavaScript, C++ Methodologies: Test Driven Development, Agile, SCRUM, Behavior Driven Development Test Automation: Cypress, Playwright, Selenium Webdriver, Provar Salesforce Testing, Postman, K6, Cucumber

CI/CD: Jenkins, CircleCI, and Github Actions

Tools: Github, Gitlab, VS Code, Azure, Kafka, Postgres, SQL, Jira, Xray, TestRails, Groovy Certifications: Provar Salesforce Testing, UX Design, Mastering React PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Manager / Lead Automation Engineer – CapitalOne – McLean, VA – 10/2023 – Current

● Created a Load Testing suite for our entire organization in K6 to provide 24/7 prod-like traffic to our stage environment.

● Successfully lead performance and load testing sessions with development leadership to reduce critical issues to our infrastructure that would have had financial impact in our shopping season that generates millions of dollars in revenue.

● Mentored and supported 5 quality engineers in everyday tasks while growing skill sets.

● Researched and architectured Browser Extension Testing using Playwright.

● Developed an automation roadmap to help improve quality throughout the organization.

● Engaged with teams in various quality initiatives and training. Staff Automation Engineer – Dispatch Health – Denver, CO – 06/2022 – 09/2023

● Developed and maintained the Cypress Framework, increasing software test coverage by 50%.

● Designed and implemented test automation to cover integration and end-to-end test cases.

● Led cross-functional discussions to create transparent test plans and track progress in JIRA.

● Mentored and trained 8 Automation Engineers transitioning to automation from manual testing. Practice Manager / Senior QE Consultant – Unify Consulting – Seattle, WA – 12/2019 – 06/2022

● As Practice Manager, connected with clients to assess QA/QE needs.

● Created and led a Sub-Practice around the specialization of Salesforce Testing using Provar.

● Established hiring standards and led technical interviews for QE candidates.

● Implemented a mentorship program to train college graduates as effective QAs and QEs. QE Lead (Contractor) – PixelBerry

● Created Test Cases and Test Plans for Sprint stories.

● Used React Testing Library and JEST for Unit, Functional, and Integration testing.

● Implemented Cypress for End-to-End testing.

● Worked with DevOps to implement pipeline testing and CI/CD.

● Created a JIRA dashboard to communicate current bugs and risk to clients for future deployments. Sr. QA Lead (Contractor) – Airbnb

● Helped to create a scripting and testing standard using BDD with efforts to create a more Agile environment.

● Created test documentation, test plans, test executions, and test scripts to support and test features for two separate departments.

● Enforced testing standards to keep products free of production bugs. These standards included Bug Triaging, Bug Scrubs, Bug Bash, Regression Testing, Stand Up, and Stakeholder Meetings.

● Work with Product Owner and Development Manager to create sprints for both development projects as well as released products.

● Lead team of QA Engineers who I mentored to have better QA standards, frequent communication, and bring out the best in them so they can grow into Lead positions themselves. SDET/Lead SDET (Contractor) – Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield

● Establishing a coding and testing standard using BDD and Gherkin/Cucumber.

● Able to successfully have organization and order by using Azure DevOps test automation and test plans.

● Worked heavily with Apache Kafka messaging service and created automation tests for this service.

● My other responsibilities on my project include reviewing Push Releases, pairing with developers using Test Driven Development, and providing knowledge transfer to other teams about components my team developed.

Web Developer – American Crystal Sugar Co. – Moorhead, MN – 08/2018 – 12/2019

● I designed, created, and maintained internal employee web-based applications for American Crystal Sugar Co that had significant impact toward increased employee productivity.

● I provided support to all existing systems created before my involvement with the company.

● A dynamic that I was involved in with my department is creating coding, source control, and documentation standards for future and current developers to follow. C#.NET Developer – Red River Software – Fargo, ND – 04/2017 – 08/2018

● Designed and created software applications using C# .NET environment with a SQL database.

● Enhanced handheld scanner software to include Real-Time Wi-Fi data transfer.

● Designed and developed new software packages for customers to purchase and utilize in their stores.

● Designed custom projects to the software based on Statement of Work contracts provided by customers. EDUCATION

Minnesota State University Moorhead

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

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