Stephen Jones
Verified Expert in Engineering
Quality Assurance Developer
Cumming, GA, United States
Toptal member since March 31, 2022
Stephen is a software quality assurance engineer with 10 years of experience working for clients in the health and wellness, commercial storage, education, biotech, sports, cryptocurrency, and real estate spaces. He focuses on web-based and native mobile applications in iOS and Android, including Bluetooth and NFC technologies. Stephen enjoys helping projects run efficiently, improving their success, and standardizing quality assurance and project practices across the business.
Portfolio
Experience
- Manual QA - 10 years
- Manual Software Testing - 7 years
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) - 7 years
- SQL - 7 years
- Web UI - 7 years
- Software Testing - 7 years
- Leading Quality Assurance (LQA) - 5 years
- Mobile App Testing - 2 years
Work Experience
Quality Assurance Lead
Supersapiens
- Led a team of four to six manual quality assurance engineers with one automation engineer.
- Used TestCaseLab and Jira to manage test cases and report issues.
- Tested web, native iOS, and Android applications.
- Used Bluetooth and NFC technologies to communicate with a medical device.
QA Engineer
Motorola Solutions - Openpath
- Tested a mobile app that uses BLE and NFC technology to grant access to secured areas.
- Conducted testing on entry, video, intercom, locks, entry management equipment, and the associated software components.
- Helped onboard new quality assurance resources and helped refine quality assurance processes.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Freelance
- Owned quality assurance for a team of 4-7 developers.
- Assisted in the creation of software development and quality assurance processes.
- Tested a Web3 cryptocurrency browser extension wallet on Ethereum and began testing on Polygon.
- Supported the Discord community with issues found by them.
Quality Assurance Lead
Soltech
- Contributed to multiple projects across numerous business vertices, including education, self storage, biotech, and medical laboratories.
- Tested multiple web applications and tools for various clients.
- Helped with the overall SDLC processes, mainly how software quality assurance integrates with that process.
- Set multiple policies and business rules to make quality assurance efficient and effective.
- Used multiple tools to test web applications, including TestRail, Jira, BrowserStack.
- Developed some test automation using Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, TestNG, and JMeter.
Contract Quality Assurance Analyst
Freelance
- Tested a small web application used to manage the due diligence process of investing in apartment complexes.
- Managed bug tracking, prioritization, and communication with Jira.
- Developed the test plan and test cases and ran manual and automation tests with Selenium IDE.
Project History
Sports App Used to Measure an Athlete's Glucose Level
This mobile technology used Bluetooth and NFC to communicate with the mobile application.
Certifications
Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB
Skills
Libraries/APIs
HealthKit, REST APIs
Tools
Slack, Jira, TestRail, BrowserStack, Claude, Apache JMeter, Postman, GitHub
Paradigms
Software Testing, Manual Testing, Testing, E2E Testing, Functional Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Agile, Scrum, Automated Testing, Test Automation
Platforms
Android, Mobile, iOS, Apple, Oracle
Storage
Data Validation
Frameworks
React Native, Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Swagger
Languages
SQL, Python
Other
Web UI, Manual Software Testing, Manual QA, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Quality Assurance (QA), QA Testing, Regression Testing, Leading Quality Assurance (LQA), Mobile Apps, Wearables, User Interface (UI), UI Testing, Integration Testing, Bug Discovery & Tracking, Test Case Creation, Test Case Execution, Test Management, Test Cases, Test Planning, Business Analysis, Windows 10, Mobile App Testing, Bluetooth, Near-field Communication (NFC), Waterfall Delivery, iPhone, Subscriptions, AI QA, Crypto, Communication, API Integration, API Testing, QA Automation, Automation Testing, Test Automation Frameworks
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