Qa Engineer Quality Assurance
Resume:
Baojian Li
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OBJECTIVE To seek a QA Engineer / SDET position
QUALIFICATIONS
●10+ years of expert-level proficiency in SDLC, QA methodologies, and test automation, specializing in functional, regression, end-to-end, and performance testing for complex, cloud-based software products.
●Strong hands-on experience with REST API, GraphQL API, and web service testing using tools like Postman, Swagger, SoupUI, Insomnia, and frameworks with Playwright, Rest Assured, Pytest, PactumJS, and NodeJS (Fetch/Supertest/Jest).
●Extensive hands-on expertise in test UI automation with Selenium WebDriver, WebdriverIO, Playwright, Cypress, JUnit, TestNG, and Pytest frameworks.
● Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Python for scripting, debugging, and framework development.
●Hands-on experience in mobile testing for both IOS and Android devices.
●Solid experience in CI/CD pipelines and Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
●Expertise in SQL/NoSQL databases (Oracle, MSSQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB), and Strong hands-on experience using SQL queries for results validation and data mining.
●Familiarity with performance testing tools like JMeter or LoadRunner to evaluate system scalability and efficiency
●Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies, with experience in test documentation, defect tracking, and reporting using tools like Jira, X-Ray, Zephyr, Bugzilla, or TestRail.
●Proficient in modern software practices such as TDD, BDD, and DevOps, with hands-on experience in test data setup, and API mocking.
●Strong working knowledge of Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac operating systems
●Excellent communication and collaboration skills for cross-team coordination.
●Expertise in debugging, log analysis, and troubleshooting.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior QA Engineer/SDET
05/2019- 04/2025, MotorTrend Group, El Segundo, CA
●Led end-to-end testing for MotorTrend’s digital platforms (mtod.com, motortrend.com) and Buyers Guide upgrades, ensuring seamless API and UI functionality across features and releases.
●Designed and built backend API automation frameworks (RESTful, GraphQL) using NodeJS, Node-fetch, Jasmine, and TypeScript, boosting test coverage to 95% and cutting release cycles to half a day.
●Performed end-to-end data validation across UI, API, and databases using manual and automated SQL queries to ensure data integrity.
●Executed UI and mobile regression testing using Playwright for MTG app releases across iOS, Android, and web platforms, ensuring seamless functionality with each API deployment.
●Built a custom multi-threaded NodeJS tool for sitemap validation, cutting release time from two days to under three hours.
●Enhanced UI automation framework with NodeJS, WebDriverIO, and TypeScript, boosting test coverage to 80%.
●Developed performance and security test scripts with JMeter, identifying vulnerabilities and improving production quality.
●Integrated API tests into CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, enforcing quality gates.
●Automated over 300 test cases into API automation testing framework (me + 2 offshore automation engineers).
●Collaborated with Scrum teams on API releases by delivering detailed test plans, test cases, and risk assessments—achieving three consecutive years of zero rollbacks.
●Proficient in testing both client-server and serverless architectures, including AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3-based cloud services.
●Conducted consumer-driven contract testing using Swagger to validate microservices interactions and ensure API contract integrity.
●Validated data integrity during content migration and transformation projects, ensuring accurate synchronization between SQL/NoSQL databases and Elastic Search.
Senior QA Engineer / SDET
Fandango Inc., Los Angeles, CA April 2006 – May 2019
●Worked on Fandango Google WebAction application, performing both manual and automation for UI and backend API testing by Mocha NodeJS and WebDriverIO.
●Participated in three times Fandango online application upgrading and redesign. Duties included designing/executing test plans, test procedures, and test cases, and making automation scripts for most Fandango websites by Selenium and WebDriver.
●Participated in Fandango FRDI API testing, and implemented all automation scripts by Java/URL/Restful API. Greatly improved all testing quality and saved time.
●Participated in Fandango Discovery API and Services testing. Performed all phases of QA testing, including manual and automation testing. Made all automation scripts for all API testing.
●Involved in a lot of Fandango backend Data validation testing, including system migration and database variations. Made and performed QA automation testing for most SPs changes, Data house migration, and system changes, like MS SQL Server to Couchbase migration.
●Performed a lot of load and performance testing against Fandango's different applications by JMeter.
●Did a lot of backend messages and zipped text/XML/JSON data bulk load testing.
Java Developer / QA Tester
Safeco, Tustin, CA January 2006 – April 2006
●Designed and executed test cases for Java-based applications, ensuring cross-platform compatibility.
Java Developer / QA Tester
FileNet, Costa Mesa, CA July 2005 – December 2005
●Tested FileNet’s Daphne Java API, focusing on search and query functionalities.
SW QA Tester
NetStar Solutions Ltd., Toronto, ON August 2003 – August 2004.
●Participated in BMO Procure2Pay QA testing. Duties included: designing test plans, test procedures, and test cases, executing test cases for functional, integration, regression, and UAT testing, tracking application defects and finding the cause of defects, if possible, creating trouble tickets to report bugs in detail, completed the test report
C Programmer/QA Tester
Thermal Power Research Institute, China June 1992 - June 1999
●Designed and implemented several applications in C and participated in all the QA testing, including data collection and test data process.
●Completed a few performance tests in different power plants.
●Participated in some CCS and DEH adjustment commissioning in different power plants
Education & Certifications
●Bachelor of Computer Science, York University, 2003
●Master of Thermal Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1992
●Bachelor of Thermal Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 1989
Additional Information
●Work Authorization: Eligible to work in the U.S.
●Availability: Open to relocation as per company requirements.
●Remote Work Setup: Private workspace with high-speed internet for remote collaboration.
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