Shawn Laasch
Verified Expert in Engineering
Quality Assurance Engineer and Software Developer
Jacksonville, United States
Toptal member since May 5, 2023
Shawn has extensive and proven technology experience in PHP, Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL. He has hands-on business-to-business and business-to-customer technical development experience and experience in a wide variety of industries, including chemical, communications, manufacturing, retail, and utilities.
Portfolio
Experience
- PHP - 20 years
- SQL - 20 years
- JavaScript - 20 years
- HTML - 20 years
- Linux - 10 years
- Jira - 10 years
- Bash Script - 4 years
- Python 3 - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Git, PHP, Python 3, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, MySQL, JSON
The most amazing...
...thing I've developed was workflow automation for deployment and testing code.
Work Experience
Quality Engineer II
Fanatics
- Automated test order generation, individual manufacturing process and inventory management steps, and end-to-end test scripts. These scripts were a valuable part of regression testing and system testing in the production environment.
- Collaborated closely with the product owner, project manager, and development team to estimate testing requirements, develop test plans and test cases, and provide input during Agile planning and scrum sessions.
- Created and executed test plans for functional, performance, and regression testing, as well as managing the UAT process. Additionally, I validated data in the MySQL database as required.
- Assisted in setting up TestRail to manage test plans and cases, provide reports and artifacts for audits, and integrate with automated regression tests. Worked with the selection team in choosing TestRail and in connecting it to Jira.
- Automated and managed the deployment process, including deployment tests, to ensure QC and production systems were restored to full functionality following the deployment. Achieved this using Python, Kubernetes, GitHub, GitLab, and bash scripting.
Software Development Manager
NASCENT Technology
- Managed and contributed to the conversion of back-end automation from Perl to Node.js.
- Assisted the project manager to break stories into tasks for developers as part of the Agile process.
- Collaborated with the product owner to design new features. This included assessing risks and timelines.
Web Developer
Intuitive Reason
- Implemented an interactive regional sales map for a client in the chemical industry.
- Developed a world-wide countdown clock for a client's recurring livestream event.
- Created email templates used for marketing and reporting solutions.
Software Engineer
Fanatics
- Served as scrum master and took on many project management tasks, including meeting with the steering committee.
- Added UI enhancements to several internal tools, including drag-and-drop file uploading, data table sorting, search filters, and pagination.
- Assisted in the process of starting up a new facility, ensured that all systems were online as expected, and confirmed functionality and production within parameters.
Experience
readyAGS
Education
Associate's Degree in Computer Science
Tallahassee Community College - Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Skills
Libraries/APIs
jQuery, Node.js
Tools
Postman, Git, Jira, Confluence
Languages
HTML, JavaScript, Bash, Bash Script, PHP, SQL, Pascal, Python 3, CSS
Paradigms
Test Automation, Agile Software Development, Scrum
Platforms
Linux, Visual Studio Code (VS Code), Kubernetes
Storage
MySQL, JSON
Frameworks
Selenium
Other
Agile Software Testing, API Testing, QA Automation, Quality Assurance (QA), QA Testing, Integration Testing, Agile Sprints
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