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Thiago Secomandi Galdino

Verified Expert in Engineering

Quality Assurance Developer

Curitiba - State of Paraná, Brazil

Toptal member since October 16, 2019

Expertise

Quality Assurance Engineering Test Automation Selenium Git Python Agile Development Android JSON Jira .NET Java JUnit iOS API

Bio

Thiago is a QA engineer with 12+ years of experience who's proficient in functional and regression testing using C#/Java and Selenium for UI testing and RestSharp (C#)/RestAssured (Java) for API testing. He's worked with several application types, is able to build a strong background, and communicates well with both business and development ends of the team. His will to solve problems is one of the keys to his success.

Portfolio

Savecash

Python, Robot Framework, Selenium, API Testing, Test Automation, Git, Python 3

Paraná Banco

Robot Framework, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, Python, C#, Test Automation, Git...

UHG Brasil

Azure, SQL, JSON, RestSharp, Selenium, C#, Test Automation, Git

Experience

Test Automation - 15 years
Python 3 - 7 years
Agile - 6 years
JSON - 5 years
Selenium - 4 years
Java - 2 years
Azure - 2 years
C#.NET - 2 years

Preferred Environment

Robot Framework, Python, Java, C#, Git, Eclipse, Visual Studio, Windows

The most amazing...

...project I've worked on was building a framework that allowed a team of seven people to automate UI and API tests with ease and follow the same code pattern.

Work Experience

Lead QE

2020 - 2020

Savecash

Developed the automation test project for APIs and UI from scratch, using Python and Selenium.
Supported the launch of the first version of the app.
Implemented a QA process and shared the automation project with developers to leverage it for local test runs.

Technologies: Python, Robot Framework, Selenium, API Testing, Test Automation, Git, Python 3

Senior QA Engineer

2019 - 2020

Paraná Banco

Pioneered, together with my colleague, in the use of Robot Framework to test both API and UI of the bank's newly developed apps.
Used TFS to report bugs and report progress in activities.
Worked in an Agile environment, using Scrum and Kanban to manage the squad's activities.
Built a temporary solution that is still active, using Selenium and Python, to obtain data from a website that didn't have a public API system.

Technologies: Robot Framework, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, Python, C#, Test Automation, Git, Python 3

Senior QA Analyst

2017 - 2019

UHG Brasil

Built a test framework to deal with both UI and API testing and providing a code pattern to all squads.
Led the improvement of the continuous integration process from a QA perspective.
Provided support for the first release of the customer portals that are used by over 100,000 users every day.
Spread knowledge and guided newcomers on how to use the developed framework.
Reported test case results to the team leadership.
Collected and analyzed test results from automated test runs.
Worked in an Agile environment, using basically Scrum and Kanban to manage the team's efforts.

Technologies: Azure, SQL, JSON, RestSharp, Selenium, C#, Test Automation, Git

Senior Test Analyst

2013 - 2017

HSBC/Scopus

Planned, wrote, and executed manual test cases for web applications.
Automated UI test cases using Selenium and Java.
Performed API testing with SoapUI.
Researched and developed proof of concept projects for mobile automation.
Led the efforts of the automation cell to improve the process and start a continuous integration environment across all projects.

Technologies: Jenkins, SQL, Groovy, User Interface (UI), SOAP, Selenium, Java, Test Automation, Git

Test Analyst

2007 - 2013

IBM

Estimated, planned, wrote, and executed manual tests for web and batch applications.
Performed static testing over the applications' requirements.
Managed defects.
Provided support during releases.
Started practicing with test automation.

Technologies: IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM), IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT), SQL, Java

Experience

One of the first Brazilian fully digital banking companies; it is now used by 550,000 customers countrywide.

Amil Portals

Huge project to update the visual identity and usability of the old customer portals used by Amil (the largest healthcare company in Brazil, owned by UnitedHealth Group). The portals are used by over 100,000 clients on a daily basis and are the main channel for them to perform some actions like requesting reimbursement, generating payment bills and managing enterprise contracts.

The link provided will take you to the main portal, in Portuguese.

Paraná Banco

QA responsible for planning and automating test cases in an Agile environment. Our squad had an outstanding performance and grew into one of the most competent in the whole company.
I was mainly focused on API testing when I had a partner to work with, but by the end of my journey there, I took care of both back and front end testing for the applications we were developing.

Education

2006 - 2011

Bachelor's Degree in Technology in Data Processing

FATEC - Americana, SP, Brazil

Skills

Tools

Git, RestSharp, Jira, Visual Studio, IBM Rational Functional Tester (RFT), IBM Rational Quality Manager (RQM), Jenkins, RabbitMQ, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), xUnit, MSTest

Languages

XPath, Python 3, C#.NET, C#, Python, Java, Groovy, SQL

Frameworks

Selenium, JUnit, Robot Framework

Paradigms

Test Automation, Manual Testing, Agile, Scrum, Kanban

Platforms

Android, Azure, Windows, Eclipse, iOS

Storage

JSON

Other

QA Automation, Software QA, Quality Assurance (QA), CI/CD Pipelines, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), SOAP, User Interface (UI), Azure Service Bus, API Testing

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