Stephen Jones
Verified Expert in Engineering
Quality Assurance Developer
Stephen is a software quality assurance engineer with 10 years of experience working for clients in the health and wellness, commercial storage, education, biotech, sports, cryptocurrency, and real estate spaces. He focuses on web-based and native mobile applications in iOS and Android, including Bluetooth and NFC technologies. Stephen enjoys helping projects run efficiently, improving their success, and standardizing quality assurance and project practices across the business.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Windows 10, iOS, Android, Web UI, Jira, Manual QA, Quality Assurance (QA), Manual Testing, QA Testing, Crypto
The most amazing...
...project I've worked on involved testing Bluetooth and NFC technologies that went beyond the software application and into hardware.
Work Experience
Quality Assurance Lead
NDA
- Led a team of 4-6 manual quality assurance engineers with one automation engineer.
- Used TestCaseLab and Jira for managing test cases and reporting issues.
- Tested the web, native iOS, and Android applications.
- Used Bluetooth and NFC technologies to communicate with a medical device.
QA Engineer
Motorola Solutions - Openpath
- Tested a mobile app that uses BLE and NFC technology to grant access to secured areas.
- Conducted testing on entry, video, intercom, locks, entry management equipment, and the associated software components.
- Helped onboard new quality assurance resources and helped refine quality assurance processes.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Freelance
- Owned quality assurance for a team of 4-7 developers.
- Assisted in the creation of software development and quality assurance processes.
- Tested a Web3 cryptocurrency browser extension wallet on Ethereum and began testing on Polygon.
- Supported the Discord community with issues found by them.
Quality Assurance Lead
Soltech
- Contributed to multiple projects across numerous business vertices, including education, self storage, biotech, and medical laboratories.
- Tested multiple web applications and tools for various clients.
- Helped with the overall SDLC processes, mainly how software quality assurance integrates with that process.
- Set multiple policies and business rules to make quality assurance efficient and effective.
- Used multiple tools to test web applications, including TestRail, Jira, BrowserStack.
- Developed some test automation using Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, TestNG, and JMeter.
Contract Quality Assurance Analyst
Freelance
- Tested a small web application used to manage the due diligence process of investing in apartment complexes.
- Managed bug tracking, prioritization, and communication with Jira.
- Developed the test plan and test cases and ran manual and automation tests with Selenium IDE.
Experience
Sports App Used to Measure an Athlete's Glucose Level
This mobile technology used Bluetooth and NFC to communicate with the mobile application.
Skills
Paradigms
Software Testing, Manual Testing, Testing, Agile, Scrum
Other
Web UI, Manual Software Testing, Manual QA, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Quality Assurance (QA), QA Testing, Regression Testing, Windows 10, Mobile App Testing, Bluetooth, Near-field Communication (NFC), Waterfall Delivery, Crypto, Communication
Tools
Slack, Jira, TestRail, BrowserStack, Apache JMeter, Postman, GitHub
Languages
SQL
Frameworks
Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, Swagger
Platforms
iOS, Android
Certifications
Certified Tester Foundation Level
ISTQB
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