Alexandru – Java, Selenium, Cucumber

Media Investment provides media planning and buying services along with several other specialised services that bring added value to their campaigns.

• Developed and implemented a comprehensive test automation framework for both UI and API testing.
• Utilised RestAssured for GraphQL API testing and Playwright with Java for UI test automation.
• Integrated automated tests into the GitLab CI/CD pipeline, ensuring test execution after every development pull request merge.
• Focused on integration API testing, enabling fast test execution and early defect detection.
• Ensured regression-free releases by detecting issues promptly before deployment to higher environments.
• Performed manual testing of user stories within each sprint to validate functionality and user experience.

The client, one of the leading banks in Austria, Central and Eastern Europe, is replacing outdated systems used for customer onboarding and account reviews. The client is committed to enhancing operational efficiency and improving the customer experience through digital transformation.

• Defined and implemented a comprehensive test automation strategy before starting development.
• Designed and built a robust test automation framework from scratch for both frontend and backend testing, achieving over 90% automation of manual regression test cases.
• Integrated automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline, enabling faster and more reliable feedback on application stability.
• Reduced regression testing time by over 400% compared to manual execution, significantly improving efficiency.
• Implemented clear and actionable test reporting solutions, ensuring visibility and accessibility for stakeholders.
• Actively contributed to Scrum ceremonies and applied a shift-left testing approach to enhance early defect detection and overall software quality.

The platform supercharges marketing analytics and insight for some of the world’s biggest brands and their agencies via streamlined, real-time, objective marketing intelligence.

• Implemented reliable, easy-to-maintain test automation framework, from scratch;
• Automated more than 300 test cases;
• Reduced the execution time of the manual regression testing from a couple of days to a few hours, with the help of the automated tests, in less than 6 months;
• Integrated the automated regression suite into the CI/CD pipeline;
• Actively contributed to improving the Agile process used (helping to create Definition of Done/Definition of Ready, QA process, etc.);
• Manually tested stories from Sprint, helping the manual QA team, to ensure everything was ready for release to Production.

Through this product, small companies will be able to change their current natural gas supplier online. The customers would get an offer and would be able to sign the new contracts online. They will have access to a Dashboard app, where they will be able to manage their invoices and consumption for all their consumption points.

• Built test automation framework from scratch, with more than 100 scenarios,
• Maintained the framework during sprints,
• Executed the test suites on AWS machines through Jenkins,
• Examined the reports
• Reported discovered issues.
• Did load test.

It is a tenanted & leased pub company, which has more than 1000 pubs across the UK. The application has information about all the available pubs and the users are able to book a table.

• Created and maintained a test automation framework, with more than 150 scenarios
• Executed scenarios in Bitbucket Pipelines after every release
• Created automated visual UI testing suite using Percy

Application from the UK health sector, built for labs to order tests for rare diseases and cancer. The main purpose of the application was for all labs to use the same format of ordering tests and to make it digital throughout the UK.

• Developed and maintained the automation testing framework
• Executed tests in parallel in Docker containers, set up in Openshift, using selenium grid
• Wrote automated visual tests using Percy with Cypress
• In parallel, carried out the manual testing for the completed user stories during the sprint
• Was involved in all ceremonies (refinement, Many amigos sessions) required to define the acceptance criteria for the stories

E-commerce application, fashion industry.

• Was QA engineer leading a small QA team for the manual testing part
• In parallel built an automation framework