David Huertas Mendez
Verified Expert in Engineering
Manual QA Engineer | Developer
Zürich, Switzerland
Toptal member since August 8, 2022
David is a quality assurance developer and a highly analytical professional with a keen eye and a passion for resource optimization. He has over eight years of experience in IT across different industry domains, such as finance, banking, eCommerce, and telecommunications. Currently working on a software testing project for Germany's largest savings bank, David is willing to leverage his experience in new projects and start delivering value and results.
Portfolio
Experience
- Quality Assurance (QA) - 10 years
- Mobile Apps - 8 years
- iOS - 7 years
- Scrum - 5 years
- ISTQB - 5 years
- HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) - 5 years
- Testpad - 3 years
- Management - 3 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Rocket.Chat, MacOS, iOS, Amazon Alexa, Big Data
The most amazing...
...project I've run brought the QA process from an eCommerce company present in over 20 countries, from startup to unicorn company standards.
Work Experience
Test Manager
Akros Ag
- Handled data migration from two different software solutions for Zurich's traffic department.
- Managed and coordinated tasks for a team of eight people.
- Contributed to a successful cut-off delivery after three and a half years.
- Modified and updated current test plans according to the client's needs.
Senior Software Tester
Finanz Informatik (Sparkasse)
- Planned and executed automatic test cases on HP ALM.
- Created test documentation using the collaborative tool Confluence.
- Took responsibility for bug creation and retesting using Jira.
- Handled database testing with SQL queries as part of my role.
Senior Software Tester
Deutsche Telekom
- Took responsibility for the test matrix design for mobile devices.
- Handled regression tests on the customer's mobile apps for iOS and Android.
- Reported the results of the story test to the stakeholders and product owners.
- Managed the test effort estimation based on the Fibonacci numbers.
- Performed tests in simulators as well as in real devices.
Quality Assurance Manager
ABOUT YOU
- Controlled the test activities of the migration of the app from React Native to Flutter and of the further development of a mobile website.
- Transformed all testing activities from startup behavior to a unicorn mentality.
- Achieved a hotfix reduction of over 75% and overall quality improvement.
- Created test conception and documentation for independent implementation of country-specific test measures for 15 countries.
Test Manager
Daimler Financial Services
- Implemented functionality, usability, integration, and system tests for the Mercedes-Benz site's credit calculation and credit submission for new cars on stock.
- Implemented country-specific test measures for five countries.
- Created test conception and documentation for the project.
- Took responsibility for defect management on the part of the financial services.
Software Tester
Amazon
- Planned and implemented function, usability, acceptance, and regression tests for Amazon Echo for the German market.
- Managed English and German recognition tests with the device.
- Made compatibility tests with different device types and apps.
- Executed technical connectivity tests, for example, different router connections.
Experience
About You | Mobile Website
http://m.aboutyou.deEducation
Master's Degree in Big Data and Business Analytics
National Distance Education University - Madrid, Spain
Bachelor's Degree in Economics
National Distance Education University - Madrid, Spain
Certifications
Learn Generative AI for Software Testing
Udemy
Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)
ISC2
Leading SAFe 6.0 Course
SAFe
ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM)
ISTQB
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
ISTQB
SAP FI Foundation Level
SAP
Skills
Tools
HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Bamboo, Jenkins, Google Analytics, Atlassian
Paradigms
Manual Testing, Scrum, Management, Extreme Programming, Agile UX, E2E Testing, Automation
Platforms
MacOS, iOS, Android, Safari, Firefox, Rocket.Chat, CARTO, Gephi, Oracle Database, New Relic, Windows, Amazon Alexa
Frameworks
Chrome, Hadoop, Spark, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Selenium
Languages
SQL, R, Python 3
Storage
Cassandra, IBM Db2, SAFE Network
Other
Professionalism, Testpad, Quality Assurance (QA), Mobile Apps, Manual QA, Economics, Statistics, ISTQB, Localization Testing, User Experience (UX), Graphical User Interface (GUI), Regression Testing, QA Leadership, QA Test Plan Management, Finance, Econometrics, Predictive Analytics, Supervised Machine Learning, Data Governance, IT Business Analysis, Deep Learning, Big Data, Text Mining, Open Data, Data Protection, jEdit, GitKraken, Localytics, V-Model, SAP FI, Amazon Echo, QA Testing, QA Automation, Manual Software Testing, Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft Azure, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity Operations
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