I am Viet Le, a QA Lead and Staff SDET with 5 years in fintech, delivering robust automation solutions and shaping quality strategy across complex platforms. I have led automation efforts, scaled test frameworks, and driven shift-left testing to reduce defects early in delivery. I took time away to build a personal booking platform, explore product design and full SDLC ownership, and recently returned from extended travel across Asia and Latin America. This journey gave me a global perspective, adaptability, and renewed focus on integrating AI technologies into software quality practices. I am excited to apply AI-assisted testing to improve efficiency, smarter testing, and higher quality in my next role.

Viet Le

I am Viet Le, a QA Lead and Staff SDET with 5 years in fintech, delivering robust automation solutions and shaping quality strategy across complex platforms. I have led automation efforts, scaled test frameworks, and driven shift-left testing to reduce defects early in delivery. I took time away to build a personal booking platform, explore product design and full SDLC ownership, and recently returned from extended travel across Asia and Latin America. This journey gave me a global perspective, adaptability, and renewed focus on integrating AI technologies into software quality practices. I am excited to apply AI-assisted testing to improve efficiency, smarter testing, and higher quality in my next role.

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I am Viet Le, a QA Lead and Staff SDET with 5 years in fintech, delivering robust automation solutions and shaping quality strategy across complex platforms. I have led automation efforts, scaled test frameworks, and driven shift-left testing to reduce defects early in delivery.

I took time away to build a personal booking platform, explore product design and full SDLC ownership, and recently returned from extended travel across Asia and Latin America. This journey gave me a global perspective, adaptability, and renewed focus on integrating AI technologies into software quality practices. I am excited to apply AI-assisted testing to improve efficiency, smarter testing, and higher quality in my next role.

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Work Experience

QA Lead at Freemarket
September 1, 2024 - October 8, 2025
Directed the QA function, managing a team of 4 to ensure high-quality software delivery; resolved flaky tests, improving test reliability and efficiency; transitioned automation testing tools to developer-friendly solutions, enhancing collaboration and productivity; developed and implemented a strategic QA roadmap, aligning quality goals with business objectives.
Staff Software Developer in Test at Checkout
December 31, 2023 - October 8, 2025
A fintech company valued at £40bn+ disrupting the payment industry with major clients such as Netflix and Klarna. Key driver of the Facebook initiative, operating across all of Checkout as the QA lead; conducted technical interviews contributing towards the scaling of the QA org from 10+ to 40+; provided tactical support on business-critical deliverables with rapid timelines to meet Brexit policies; Subject Matter Expert on fraud and risk product facilitating all cross functional testing; collaborated directly with key stakeholders at various levels of leadership; worked directly with the VP of QA to design a robust E2E test strategy to increase business confidence on all releases; worked on a side project with a small team where the goal was to have load tests running across Checkout’s domain determining the SLAs; built scheduled cross team E2E tests with notifications and alerts for faster recovery times.
QA Engineer at Festicket
December 31, 2019 - October 8, 2025
Leading ongoing workshops to up-skill the QA function; Lead QA in the payment team; Manage releases.
QA Lead at Freemarket
September 1, 2024 - October 8, 2025
Directed the QA function, managing a team of 4 to ensure high-quality software delivery; resolved flaky tests, improving test reliability and efficiency; transitioned automation testing tools to developer-friendly solutions; developed and implemented a strategic QA roadmap, aligning quality goals with business objectives.
Staff Software Developer in Test at Checkout
January 1, 2023 - October 8, 2025
Key driver of the Facebook initiative, operating across all of Checkout as the QA lead; conducted technical interviews contributing to scaling the QA org from 10+ to 40+; provided tactical support on business-critical deliverables with rapid timelines to meet Brexit policies; Subject Matter Expert on fraud and risk product facilitating cross-functional testing; collaborated with leadership and the VP of QA to design a robust E2E test strategy; led load testing across Checkout’s domain to determine SLAs; built scheduled cross-team E2E tests with notifications and alerts for faster recovery times.
QA Engineer at Festicket
January 1, 2019 - October 8, 2025
Leading ongoing workshops to up-skill the QA function; Lead QA in the payment team; Manage releases.
Staff Software Developer in Test at Checkout
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2023
Joined a high-growth fintech valued at £40bn+, supporting global payment processing for major clients. Acted as QA Lead for the Facebook payments initiative, embedding quality from the POC stage and coordinating cross-team testing to ensure platform readiness for large-scale integrations. Helped scale the QA organisation from 10+ to 40+ engineers and contributed to cross-functional quality standards, including end-to-end testing across product, engineering, and compliance. Served as Subject Matter Expert for fraud and risk systems, owning end-to-end quality strategy and facilitating cross-functional testing. Partnered closely with senior stakeholders, including the VP of QA, to improve release confidence and reduce production risk. Led performance testing initiatives to define SLAs and resilience thresholds.
QA Engineer at Festicket
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019
Led QA for the payments team, owning test strategy for transaction-critical features and ensuring reliability across booking and checkout experiences. Delivered and facilitated regular QA workshops, up-skilling engineers and improving testing practices. Managed release quality and coordination, overseeing test cycles, sign-offs, and deployment readiness in collaboration with product and engineering.

Education

BSc in Mathematics at University of Sussex
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
A Levels at Prendergast Hilly Fields Sixth Form
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2013
GCSEs at Trinity
January 11, 2030 - October 8, 2025
BSc in Mathematics at University of Sussex
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
BSc in Mathematics at University of Sussex
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Travel & Hospitality