Andres Diaz
Verified Expert in Engineering
QA Engineer and Developer
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Toptal member since May 5, 2021
Andres is an experienced QA engineer with a strong customer focus. With his varied working experience, in both startups and big corporations, Andres will not only improve the quality and confidence on your releases but also choose the best solution according to your needs. Andres works also as a back-end developer where he leads the QA strategy and integrates it into the team in a more distributed and flattened manner.
Portfolio
Experience
- QA Automation - 5 years
- Software QA - 5 years
- Jira - 4 years
- Python 3 - 4 years
- Tavern - 4 years
- Docker - 4 years
- Jira Xray - 2 years
- Cypress - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
Linux, Docker, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Git, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, Python 3
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed is the automated testing and reporting system for the largest electric vehicle charging network in the world.
Work Experience
Software Engineer
Smartlane
- Led and designed the quality assurance (QA) strategy.
- Designed the architecture and frameworks to be used for the automated-tested system.
- Integrated the strategy into the development team and built a collaborative environment in which each member of the team contributes to the quality of the product.
- Continuously improved and optimized the testing system with the latest features.
- Developed a back end that optimizes the vehicle routing problem for the fleets of some of the biggest logistics companies in Germany.
QA Consultant
Jember
- Designed and implemented the QA automated environment for the largest electric vehicle network in the world.
- Played a key role in the rollout and acceptance tests of the product for some of the biggest automotive corporations.
- Integrated our QA concept into several Scrum teams.
- Developed an automated reporting system integrated in Jira and Confluence so that the status of each release could be checked by the stakeholders.
Software Engineer
TechOnRails
- Developed a Rail9000 Control Center (Siemens); worked as part of the Siemens Scrum team, participating in the development of several features.
- Performed system tests of the Rail9000 for different releases.
- Prepared the technical documentation, e.g., UML diagrams, sequence diagrams, and class diagrams.
FTTH Engineer
LPS Ingeniería
- Designed the trace for a fiber cable installation.
- Performed a technical analysis of the construction elements to ensure the correct installation of the fiber cable.
- Elaborated the technical documentation for the technicians to carry out the installation.
Project Manager Support
Emerson Electric
- Provided the project management for UPS systems for power stations.
- Interfaced between clients and the factory to ensure the coverage of the correct development of the project and client satisfaction.
- Prepared technical documentation, drawings, BOM, and manuals.
Experience
QA Automation System
The project involved the design and implementation of all the tests covering the contractual requirements for several important automotive clients. A fully automated reporting system integrated with Jira, for the stakeholders to monitor continuously the state of their releases.
Education
Master's Degree in Mechatronics Engineering
Technical University of Madrid - Madrid, Spain
Engineer's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
University of Malaga - Malaga, Spain
Skills
Libraries/APIs
SQLAlchemy, REST APIs, Google Maps SDK
Tools
Jira, Pytest, Bitbucket, Jira Xray, PyCharm, Git, Android Studio, IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC), Confluence, HERE
Languages
Python 3, C++, Java 8, UML
Paradigms
Automated Testing, Azure DevOps, Scrum, Testing
Frameworks
Cypress, Android SDK, Flask, Selenium
Platforms
Linux, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Storage
PostgreSQL, PostGIS
Industry Expertise
Project Management
Other
Software QA, QA Automation, Tavern, Challenge-based Learning, TinyDB, FTTH, Electric Vehicles, Argo CD
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