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Hi, I’m Harold Olotu, a QA Test Engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience designing and executing automated tests for web UI, API, and backend services. I excel at building robust automation frameworks, validating complex microservices, and driving quality early in Agile environments to deliver stable, reliable products. I’m proficient with Playwright, Selenium, C#, Postman, RestSharp, and Azure DevOps, and I enjoy mentoring junior QA engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improving testing strategies to reduce execution time and shift-left testing. I thrive in fast-paced environments, consistently delivering well-structured test strategies, clear defect communication, and high-quality releases. My approach combines strong technical skills with collaborative problem-solving to ensure product quality and team success.…Hi, I’m Harold Olotu, a QA Test Engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience designing and executing automated tests for web UI, API, and backend services. I excel at building robust automation frameworks, validating complex microservices, and driving quality early in Agile environments to deliver stable, reliable products. I’m proficient with Playwright, Selenium, C#, Postman, RestSharp, and Azure DevOps, and I enjoy mentoring junior QA engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improving testing strategies to reduce execution time and shift-left testing. I thrive in fast-paced environments, consistently delivering well-structured test strategies, clear defect communication, and high-quality releases. My approach combines strong technical skills with collaborative problem-solving to ensure product quality and team success.

Harold Olotu

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Hi, I’m Harold Olotu, a QA Test Engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience designing and executing automated tests for web UI, API, and backend services. I excel at building robust automation frameworks, validating complex microservices, and driving quality early in Agile environments to deliver stable, reliable products. I’m proficient with Playwright, Selenium, C#, Postman, RestSharp, and Azure DevOps, and I enjoy mentoring junior QA engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improving testing strategies to reduce execution time and shift-left testing. I thrive in fast-paced environments, consistently delivering well-structured test strategies, clear defect communication, and high-quality releases. My approach combines strong technical skills with collaborative problem-solving to ensure product quality and team success.…Hi, I’m Harold Olotu, a QA Test Engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience designing and executing automated tests for web UI, API, and backend services. I excel at building robust automation frameworks, validating complex microservices, and driving quality early in Agile environments to deliver stable, reliable products. I’m proficient with Playwright, Selenium, C#, Postman, RestSharp, and Azure DevOps, and I enjoy mentoring junior QA engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improving testing strategies to reduce execution time and shift-left testing. I thrive in fast-paced environments, consistently delivering well-structured test strategies, clear defect communication, and high-quality releases. My approach combines strong technical skills with collaborative problem-solving to ensure product quality and team success.

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Hi, I’m Harold Olotu, a QA Test Engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience designing and executing automated tests for web UI, API, and backend services. I excel at building robust automation frameworks, validating complex microservices, and driving quality early in Agile environments to deliver stable, reliable products. I’m proficient with Playwright, Selenium, C#, Postman, RestSharp, and Azure DevOps, and I enjoy mentoring junior QA engineers, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and continuously improving testing strategies to reduce execution time and shift-left testing.

I thrive in fast-paced environments, consistently delivering well-structured test strategies, clear defect communication, and high-quality releases. My approach combines strong technical skills with collaborative problem-solving to ensure product quality and team success.

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Work Experience

QA Test Engineer at Reteicons - BlueSky Citadel

January 1, 2024 - Present

Designed, developed, and executed manual exploratory, smoke, functional, SIT, end-to-end, and regression testing for complete UI validation and product reliability. Contributed to test strategies, test plan, and effort estimates to ensure comprehensive test coverage. Conducted API testing using Swagger, validating REST services across endpoints. Logged defects, collaborated with developers and PO to ensure timely resolution, re-testing and regression testing. Developed automated test cases using Selenium (migrating to Playwright) with C# that eliminated flaky tests and exception handling errors. Performed geolocation testing to validate location-based workflows and ensure correct behaviour across regions and location scenarios. Performed cross-browser testing across major browsers, ensuring application consistency across browsers and platforms, improving test and product quality. Executed mobile-friendly and responsive UI tests across devices and screen sizes, ensuring consistent user

QA Test Engineer at Planit, Specsavers, Reading

August 1, 2022 - December 1, 2023

Project: An Agile Kanban Data Migration Project from Specsavers. Collaborated with the cross-functional teams to understand data migration requirements, Specsavers migration rules, for complete data validation and quality of data. Developed and executed manual test scripts for data using qTest integrated with Jira. Executed and maintained SQL data scripts in Databricks integrated with Apache Spark and Great Expectations, reducing manual validation efforts significantly. Identified and improved the quality of data by profiling and analysing data, ensuring accurate and quality data are migrated from the source to the target system. Developed and maintained data smoke test suite and data regression test suite using the qTest management tool for execution during release cycles for data quality. Identified, logged the defect, and collaborated with the product owner and the developers for quick resolution. Participated in sprint planning, daily-ups, and triage sessions, ensuring continuous i

QA Test Engineer at Giftrete, London

January 1, 2020 - August 1, 2022

Agile Scrum upgrade and enhancements of a Charity platform application. Worked with business analyst and developer to improve test coverage and quality of the application. Developed and maintained manual and automation test scripts using C#, Selenium and Specflow, covering Exploratory, Functional, Regression, and End-to-End tests. Executed comprehensive tests across Smoke, Functional, System Integration, and End-to-End phases, before UAT, improving application stability and reliability. Conducted API testing using Postman, ensuring robust integrations among various components of the charity platform. Logged, tracked defects, and coordinated with Dev team for quick resolutions, for test quality and successful completion of sprint cycles. Engaged in Agile/Scrum ceremonies, collaborated on user stories and acceptance criteria, provided useful feedback, ensured better collaboration, and tests quality. Collaborated with Test Team and developed automation framework using C#, Specflow, Seleni

QA Test Engineer at Arriel Solutions, Manchester

October 1, 2016 - December 1, 2019

Agile Scrum Business as usual digital transformation project. Designed and developed test scenarios, test cases for complete test coverage of the application under test. Performed Smoke, Functional, system integration, and end-to-end testing, ensuring the quality and stability of core features. Performed exploratory testing to uncover unexpected behaviour and ensured the application met user expectations using the Azure DevOps Board and Jira. Performed end-to-end test execution to verify that new changes or enhancements did not impact already working features of the application. Identified and raised defects in the Azure DevOps Board with reproducible steps and worked with developers for quick resolution and test quality. Participated in Agile/Scrum meetings, contributed to test quality and process improvement ideas that positively impacted the overall quality of the application.

Logistic Officer at Material in Motion

October 1, 2013 - September 1, 2016

Pursued QA training and software testing certifications, to shift into quality assurance testing endeavours. Supported packaging and labelling QA checks, ensuring products met export and safety requirements. Conducted receiving inspections for all incoming goods, identifying defects and verifying products compliance with quality specifications.