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Marco Tahat, Freelance automation Programmer for Hire.

Marco Tahat

Verified Expert in Engineering
14 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Marco is a QA engineer enthusiastic about creating the next generation of automated frameworks to test web, mobile, and API. With over 13 years of experience in object-oriented development and automation using the latest technologies, leading project teams to adopt continuous integration and test automation, and extensive interest in and knowledge of automation, Android, and DevOps, he will be an excellent addition to your team.

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Ankit Laddha, automation Coder.

Ankit Laddha

Verified Expert in Engineering
11 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Ankit is a testing advocate with 15+ years of experience who has streamlined and set up testing and agile processes as well as test automation frameworks (web/mobile/api/performance). He is a great mentor and coach with experience helping team members align on quality definitions. Industry-wise, he has mostly worked in banking, insurance, and retail, but he brings a user-focused, end-to-end perspective to any project.

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Sreeram Kartheek Vennapusa, automation Engineer.

Sreeram Kartheek Vennapusa

Verified Expert in Engineering
14 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Sreeram is an automation lead with 12 years of experience designing, developing, testing, and maintaining eCommerce, CRM, and web apps. He has a solid background in working in fast-paced environments, understanding business requirements, and automating accordingly. Sreeram analyzed software architecture documents (SAD) and use case documents and developed test strategy documents. He has hands-on knowledge of continuous integration tools like Jenkins, Git, AWS, and Docker.

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James Wu, automation Coder.

James Wu

Verified Expert in Engineering
8 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

James is an automation expert specializing in containerization, GitOps, release automation (CI/CD), and IaC. He consistently delivers efficient solutions to the most challenging technical problems, leveraging his comprehensive knowledge of both software and infrastructure systems. James currently embeds with teams responsible for operating the James Webb Space Telescope as a principal technologist to consult on DevOps best practices.

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Petr Smital, Expert automation Programmer for Hire.

Petr Smital

Verified Expert in Engineering
18 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Petr is a freelance IT developer and startup co-founder with 15+ years of experience in software automation, cloud services, artificial intelligence, and management consulting. He has worked with large companies and small startups and knows how to save time and costs by building things right the first time, reliably, and securely. Petr prefers innovative projects with high personal responsibility, especially in web services, automation, and new tech.

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Karl Mielnicki, automation Freelancer.

Karl Mielnicki

Verified Expert in Engineering
9 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Karl is both an expert and fanatic in robotic process automation (RPA) with over five years of IT experience working for consulting companies and software houses. His platform of choice is UiPath; however, he is also an accredited Blue Prism developer. In 2017, Karl discovered robotic process automation and fell in love! Karl has been delivering high-end RPA projects ever since.

AutomationRPAUiPath
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Luis Sánchez, Senior automation Programmer and Consultant.

Luis Sánchez

Verified Expert in Engineering
20 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Luis is a cloud solutions architect for Azure and Google Cloud Platform. He's keen on providing IT solutions focused on software development in DevOps adoption, agile development, systems and platform integration, process automation, business development and optimization, and algorithm analysis. Luis is passionate about designing and creating solutions to spread knowledge to new generations and learning from them. There's always a solution, an answer, and the potential to innovate.

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Fernando Scheinkman, Freelance automation Engineer.

Fernando Scheinkman

Verified Expert in Engineering
10 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Fernando, an RPA expert, was part of a team that developed an Automation Anywhere solution for a major retail company in Argentina. He also builds VBA solutions and is proficient with .NET. Fernando is a good communicator and has worked in both small and large teams.

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Sargis Sargsyan, automation Engineer.

Sargis Sargsyan

Verified Expert in Engineering
13 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Sargis is a QA engineer and currently a director of quality engineering with 13 years of experience and deep expertise in test automation. He has worked with companies specializing in mobile, web, SaaS, and enterprise applications. Sargis has been an excellent asset to distributed international teams, he is an advocate for the Agile methodology, and a skilled practitioner of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban.

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Anil Kumar Mohanlal, Freelance automation Developer for Hire.

Anil Kumar Mohanlal

Verified Expert in Engineering
19 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Anil is a certified UiPath RPA Solution Architect and Developer specializing in Agentic AI, UiPath, Make, n8n, Microsoft Power Platform, Python automation, and API integrations. He develops AI-powered workflows for document processing, data extraction, human-in-the-loop review, and business automation. Skilled in building scalable, business-focused solutions, Anil combines technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to deliver reliable, high-ROI automation and AI systems.

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Attila Pápai, Freelance automation Programmer for Hire.

Attila Pápai

Verified Expert in Engineering
14 Years of Experience

Automation Engineer

Attila is a Red Hat-certified engineer with 16+ years of experience in the IT industry. He focuses on Linux administration, server automation with Git, Terraform, and Ansible, and command-line and shell programming with Bash and Python. He is experienced with Amazon cloud products such as EC2, RDS, IAM, and ECS and server-side technologies such as Apache and NGINX. Attila enjoys solving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and working effectively within a team with minimal supervision.

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