I am a quality-driven automation leader with a track record of building scalable test frameworks and transforming QA practices across healthcare, financial services, and enterprise domains. I specialize in Java/Cucumber and Python/Playwright, with hands-on experience in AWS cloud testing, CI/CD integration, and agile methodologies. I enjoy coaching distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, and driving quality throughout the software development lifecycle to accelerate release cycles and reduce licensing costs. Over the years I have led QA transformations for NHS digital programs, financial platforms, and media/entertainment projects. I have published open-source automation projects integrating Claude AI with Playwright, and I’m passionate about AI-assisted testing and continuous improvement in quality engineering.

Giuseppe Torchia

I am a quality-driven automation leader with a track record of building scalable test frameworks and transforming QA practices across healthcare, financial services, and enterprise domains. I specialize in Java/Cucumber and Python/Playwright, with hands-on experience in AWS cloud testing, CI/CD integration, and agile methodologies. I enjoy coaching distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, and driving quality throughout the software development lifecycle to accelerate release cycles and reduce licensing costs. Over the years I have led QA transformations for NHS digital programs, financial platforms, and media/entertainment projects. I have published open-source automation projects integrating Claude AI with Playwright, and I’m passionate about AI-assisted testing and continuous improvement in quality engineering.

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I am a quality-driven automation leader with a track record of building scalable test frameworks and transforming QA practices across healthcare, financial services, and enterprise domains. I specialize in Java/Cucumber and Python/Playwright, with hands-on experience in AWS cloud testing, CI/CD integration, and agile methodologies. I enjoy coaching distributed teams, embedding shift-left practices, and driving quality throughout the software development lifecycle to accelerate release cycles and reduce licensing costs.

Over the years I have led QA transformations for NHS digital programs, financial platforms, and media/entertainment projects. I have published open-source automation projects integrating Claude AI with Playwright, and I’m passionate about AI-assisted testing and continuous improvement in quality engineering.

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Work Experience

Test Analyst at AireLogic Ltd
September 30, 2025 - September 30, 2025
Delivered end-to-end quality engineering across NHS digital transformation initiatives and internal product development, including cloud migration, healthcare data management, and tooling modernization. Key achievements include building a test harness using infrastructure as code for the NHS Summary Care Record cloud migration, developing a Postman/Newman test suite for NHS Spine FHIR API interactions, modernizing legacy tests to Playwright/TypeScript/Docker to cut test execution time, automating EDIFACT protocol message generation for NHS MeshClient integration, leading production defect reduction on AireCentre modules, mentoring junior QA engineers, and publishing open-source automation projects integrating Claude AI with MCP/Playwright.
Engineer II - Senior Quality Engineer at S&P Global (Markit Group Limited)
August 31, 2023 - August 31, 2023
Senior Quality Engineer supporting ILevel platform migration from VBA/Excel-based workflows to Office 365. Improved automated test suites with the EPAM Unicorn TAF framework, expanded regression coverage for desktop/web workflows, built a parallelized smoke test framework, and optimized test execution through multi-threading in Report Portal. Coordinated testing across distributed teams and managed bug lifecycles in Azure DevOps, while acting as Scrum Master to facilitate sprint delivery.
Senior Automation Lead at Lloyds Banking Group
February 28, 2023 - February 28, 2023
Directed quality engineering strategy for a health pension transformation program migrating customer-facing platforms to Google Cloud Platform. Built a cross-browser testing framework with Python/Selenium/Applitools for visual regression across 15+ devices, coordinated consumer-driven contract testing with Pactflow, automated end-to-end testing workflows, and established automation standards while leading on/offshore teams and defining KPIs for the Testing Excellence Center.
Senior Automation Tester & Line Manager at Sky Digital
February 28, 2022 - February 28, 2022
Led quality engineering within the Identity Platform squad. Migrated a Java-based framework to Gauge BDD/Rest Assured for OAuth2.0/SAML authentication across 20+ applications, achieving high code reuse. Built API test suites covering 200+ REST endpoints, integrated into CI/CD, and mentored 5 testers while coordinating with an offshore team.
Senior Test Consultant at BJSS Ltd
September 30, 2020 - September 30, 2020
Delivered transformational QA across NHS Digital and Thomson Reuters, driving automation maturity, shift-left practices, and cost optimization. Notable contributions include eliminating licensing costs via framework modernization, automating 450+ tests across NHS products, reducing manual regression cycles, and mentoring teams while advancing testing practices.

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science (Specialization: Artificial Intelligence) at University of Bari
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025

Qualifications

Software Testing Fundamentals (Capgemini)
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
Campaign Insight (EPIPHANY / Infor)
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
Campaign Management (EPIPHANY / Infor)
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
Sales Force Automation (EPIPHANY / Infor)
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
AWS Certifications
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025
Python Basic Certification
January 11, 2030 - November 27, 2025

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Government, Professional Services