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Quality Assurance Developer
Location
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania
Toptal Member Since
November 3, 2021
Cosmin is a highly-qualified software test engineer with 11+ years of experience in manual and automation testing and QA management. He has a strong knowledge of using multiple tools and frameworks on the API and UI level to design robust QA automation frameworks. Cosmin is keen on QA strategies and leading teams toward the best results on the product for all stakeholders.
Portfolio
Connatix
API Testing, Automated UI Testing, C#, JavaScript, Protractor, Selenium...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
API Testing, Automated UI Testing, C#, Leading Quality Assurance (LQA)...
Softvision
Automated UI Testing, C#, Ranorex, UI Testing, Leading Quality Assurance (LQA)...
Experience
Availability
Part-time
Preferred Environment
API Testing, Automated UI Testing, Selenium, Selenium WebDriver, Protractor, WebdriverIO
The most amazing...
...QA automation implementation I've performed was for an advertisement industry product—I owned the process from API and UI tests to the CI/CD pipelines set up.
Work Experience
Director of Quality Assurance
2018 - PRESENT
Connatix
- Developed automated tests for an advertisement project that was starting.
- Came up with suggestions and helped shape the project from scratch.
- Implemented automated API and UI tests that helped reduce the issues introduced as the project grew.
- Set up pipelines for building the automation projects to run them in a CI/CD fashion accordingly.
- Managed a team of QA engineers, both manual and automation, and defined QA strategies and approaches.
Technologies: API Testing, Automated UI Testing, C#, JavaScript, Protractor, Selenium, Selenium WebDriver, Testing, UI Testing, Regression Testing, Playwright, Quality Control (QC), QA Testing, Node.js, UX Testing, REST APIs, Scrum, QA Leadership, Quality Assurance (QA), Datadog, GitHub, Postman, Jira
Senior QA Automation Engineer
2016 - 2018
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Developed an automated suite of tests for a product providing backup and recovery for virtual machines on ESX, ESXi, and Hyper-V.
- Kept a close eye on new patches and upgrades for the ESXi and Hyper-V technologies to determine whether the existing product functionality was impacted.
- Oversaw releases to assure that customers using the latest versions would not be impacted.
- Implemented SonarQube static analysis and pushed for the developers to enforce the rules and refactor where needed.
- Led a team of three QA automation engineers to deliver the best quality work to customers.
- Hired, coached, and reviewed the performance of three QA automation engineers.
Technologies: API Testing, Automated UI Testing, C#, Leading Quality Assurance (LQA), Manual QA, Manual Testing, Manual Software Testing, Selenium, Quality Assurance (QA), Selenium WebDriver, UI Testing, Regression Testing, Quality Control (QC), QA Testing, Node.js, UX Testing, REST APIs, Scrum, QA Leadership, GitHub, Postman
Senior QA Automation Engineer
2011 - 2016
Softvision
- Developed automated tests using Ranorex and C# for an e-learning platform.
- Managed a team of 15 QA engineers working on both manual and automation tasks.
- Ensured constant communication with the QA manager on the client side.
- Spearheaded issues coming from the support team and made sure to add some coverage.
- Hired, coached, and reviewed the performance of additional QA engineers, both manual and automation, as needed in the scrum teams.
Technologies: Automated UI Testing, C#, Ranorex, UI Testing, Leading Quality Assurance (LQA), UI Automation, Quality Control (QC), QA Testing, UX Testing, Scrum, QA Leadership, eCommerce, Jira
QA Engineer
2010 - 2011
Quantic Lab
- Performed user acceptance testing for games on multiple platforms like Windows, Xbox, and Playstation.
- Tested acceptance for games submitted to the Xbox and Playstation stores.
- Created and installed a variety of packages for games.
- Installed, uninstalled, and cleaned up various files.
Technologies: Manual QA, Manual Testing, Manual Software Testing, Regression Testing, Testing, UI Testing, Games, QA Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Quality Control (QC), UX Testing, eCommerce
Experience
E-learning Platform
A subscription-based online learning website that contains thousands of courses taught by experts covering a wide variety of creative, technology, and business topics.
I was the QA automation lead in charge of creating automated UI tests using Ranorex and C# that helped the product advance without adding regressions to the existing functionality.
I was the QA automation lead in charge of creating automated UI tests using Ranorex and C# that helped the product advance without adding regressions to the existing functionality.
Backup and Recovery Application for ESXi and Hyper-V
A reliable backup solution offering fast VM and granular restore, replication, and verification of VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments.
I was the QA automation lead in charge of creating the automated API and UI tests using Visual Studio and C# that helped the product advance without adding regressions to the existing functionality.
A significant part of my work involved close collaboration with the developers, keeping up to speed with the latest patches, and upgrading from VMware and Microsoft for ESXi, vSphere, and Hyper-V.
I was the QA automation lead in charge of creating the automated API and UI tests using Visual Studio and C# that helped the product advance without adding regressions to the existing functionality.
A significant part of my work involved close collaboration with the developers, keeping up to speed with the latest patches, and upgrading from VMware and Microsoft for ESXi, vSphere, and Hyper-V.
Video Monetization Platform
A turn-key video monetization platform for publishers and advertisers to grow their business by delivering successful video experiences.
I am the director of quality assurance working on defining the QA strategies and architecture for QA-related topics.
As a hands-on, technical QA automation engineer, my responsibilities included architecting and writing automated tests that validate the product for the API and UI levels, setting up CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring that the product delivers flawless value to the customers.
I am the director of quality assurance working on defining the QA strategies and architecture for QA-related topics.
As a hands-on, technical QA automation engineer, my responsibilities included architecting and writing automated tests that validate the product for the API and UI levels, setting up CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring that the product delivers flawless value to the customers.
Education
2019 - 2021
Progress Toward a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science
Babes-Bolyai University - Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2003 - 2007
High School Diploma in Computer Science
Dragos Voda College - Cimpulung Moldovenesc, Suceava, Romania
Certifications
OCTOBER 2016 - PRESENT
ISTQB Certified Tester | Foundation Level
ISTQB
Skills
Frameworks
Selenium, Protractor, Ranorex
Libraries/APIs
Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, REST APIs, Puppeteer, Node.js
Tools
WebdriverIO, Cucumber, GitHub, Postman, Jira, Visual Studio
Paradigms
Testing, Manual Testing, Test Automation, Automated Testing, Scrum, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Other
API Testing, Automated UI Testing, UI Testing, Quality Assurance (QA), Leading Quality Assurance (LQA), Manual QA, Manual Software Testing, UI Automation, QA Automation, Regression Testing, QA Testing, Quality Control (QC), UX Testing, QA Leadership, eCommerce, Games
Languages
TypeScript, C#, JavaScript, Java, C#.NET
Storage
Datadog
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