I'm Gian Paulo Austria, a Senior Quality Engineer with over 8 years of experience ensuring the structural integrity and user-centric reliability of high-availability financial systems. I specialize in risk-based testing, shift-left methodologies, and adversarial scenarios to validate critical business processes and ensure quality from Day 1. I’m passionate about leveraging AI-augmented QA, prompt engineering, and LLM-driven guardrails to accelerate testing and improve product outcomes. Throughout my career I’ve led large teams and initiatives, enabled go-to-market QA strategies, and driven complex data migrations with minimal disruption. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentoring peers, and delivering robust test coverage across functional, API, and security domains.

Gian Paulo Añonuevo Austria

I'm Gian Paulo Austria, a Senior Quality Engineer with over 8 years of experience ensuring the structural integrity and user-centric reliability of high-availability financial systems. I specialize in risk-based testing, shift-left methodologies, and adversarial scenarios to validate critical business processes and ensure quality from Day 1. I’m passionate about leveraging AI-augmented QA, prompt engineering, and LLM-driven guardrails to accelerate testing and improve product outcomes. Throughout my career I’ve led large teams and initiatives, enabled go-to-market QA strategies, and driven complex data migrations with minimal disruption. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentoring peers, and delivering robust test coverage across functional, API, and security domains.

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I’m Gian Paulo Austria, a Senior Quality Engineer with over 8 years of experience ensuring the structural integrity and user-centric reliability of high-availability financial systems. I specialize in risk-based testing, shift-left methodologies, and adversarial scenarios to validate critical business processes and ensure quality from Day 1. I’m passionate about leveraging AI-augmented QA, prompt engineering, and LLM-driven guardrails to accelerate testing and improve product outcomes.

Throughout my career I’ve led large teams and initiatives, enabled go-to-market QA strategies, and driven complex data migrations with minimal disruption. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentoring peers, and delivering robust test coverage across functional, API, and security domains.

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Experience Level

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Software Engineer at Verinon Technologies Sdn Bhd (TechTiera Corporation)
April 1, 2025 - Present
Designed FSDs, participated in requirement meetings, and created/executed test cases. Defined requirements via exploratory/adversarial scenarios to minimize creep, and developed/executed test plans for functional testing including limited debit/credit card flows with acquirer/issuer interfacing. Implemented semi-automated macros to accelerate debugging and test data setup.
Analyst Programmer at iTAC MSc Outsourcing Sdn Bhd
March 1, 2024 - December 1, 2024
Developed and executed test plans after each code release; simulated logged issues on Polisy/400 UAT environment; identified/tracked defects using HCL Notes and communicated root causes/workarounds to end-users.
QA Specialist (UAT Tester, Production Tester) at GoTyme Bank
November 1, 2022 - March 1, 2024
Contributed to Quality Engineering Strategy through standardization of testing processes, best practices, and artifact management. Performed KYC testing, developed automated tests via Selenium/Appium, and coordinated debit card testing with Bancnet; tracked defects using JIRA and maintained defect-escape rate under 10%.
QA Engineer / Tester (UAT Tester) at CIMB Bank Philippines
January 1, 2021 - November 1, 2022
Contributed to standardization of testing processes, performed KYC testing, and executed functional, regression, API, and security testing. Provided insights to identify risks and gaps, prepared test plans for SMR/CR, mapped requirements to RTM, and tracked defects in JIRA.
QA Analyst (SIT Tester, UAT Tester) at ARB Call Facilities
January 1, 2020 - July 1, 2020
Developed and executed API testing for card transactions and tracked defects; collaborated with development to implement workarounds.
Systems Analyst at Seven Seven Global Services Inc
July 1, 2019 - November 1, 2019
Drove requirement gathering and designed/maintained mainframe COBOL/CICS/JCL applications for banking domains; improved code readability by 70% through optimization.
Application Development Associate (with UAT Tester) at Accenture
January 1, 2016 - March 1, 2019
Designed, developed, and maintained COBOL-based mainframe applications; performed UAT; focused on deposits, cards, loans, and payments; improved error handling and code optimization.

Education

ISTQB – Foundation Level (CTFL) at AT*SQA
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
Prompt Engineering Specialization at Vanderbilt University (sponsored by Coursera)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
IBM AI Foundations for Business Specialization at IBM (sponsored by Coursera)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering at Mapúa University, Manila, Philippines
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2015

Qualifications

ISTQB – Foundation Level (CTFL)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
Prompt Engineering Specialization
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
IBM AI Foundations for Business Specialization
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services