I am a Systems Testing Engineer with 18 years of experience performing manual and automated software testing for US companies in the Financial Services and Global industries. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and refine product requirements, develop robust test plans, and improve testing metrology and production support. I am passionate about delivering high-quality software through automation, careful troubleshooting, and clear documentation.

Andres Varga

I am a Systems Testing Engineer with 18 years of experience performing manual and automated software testing for US companies in the Financial Services and Global industries. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and refine product requirements, develop robust test plans, and improve testing metrology and production support. I am passionate about delivering high-quality software through automation, careful troubleshooting, and clear documentation.

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I am a Systems Testing Engineer with 18 years of experience performing manual and automated software testing for US companies in the Financial Services and Global industries.

I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to define and refine product requirements, develop robust test plans, and improve testing metrology and production support. I am passionate about delivering high-quality software through automation, careful troubleshooting, and clear documentation.

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Work Experience

System Developer Engineer in Testing at TradeStation Groupe Inc.
January 1, 2017 - Present
Supports QA and Production environments; Automation Platform for Test Plans (Selenium WebDriver, JavaScript, WebDriverIO, PostMan, JMeter, Artillery, TestRail, Playwright, Katalon Studio). Develops QA procedures and test plans for manual and automation testing; coordinates ITIL standards; develops testing theory and training documentation; debugs software online and offline; creates developer tests that verify product requirements and contributes to refining those requirements; works to improve the overall test and metrology capability of the organization; participates in design failure mode analysis to identify high-risk areas for testing; keeps TestRail test plans up to date; conducts mobile testing on iOS and Android.
Quality Software Engineer at Can Capital
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2016
Production Gate Keeper. Provides provisional access to QA specialists during scheduled releases; supports during release, backup and rollback; Production, QA and Development Environments; manages hosts of Virtual Machines; templates of Virtual Machines; maintains Business Continuity Plan and standards procedures for production support; oversees release production support procedures; service desk rights and roles management; procedures for versioning and end-to-end release processes; documentation of QA procedures and standards.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Systems Engineering at Universidad Tecnológica Costarricense
January 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015
Bachelor in Enterprise Computer Science at Universidad de Costa Rica
January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2004

Qualifications

PostMan - Software Test Application and API Certification
January 1, 2022 - November 30, 2025
Testing and Quality Assurance – Certification
January 1, 2021 - November 30, 2025
Windows Server Administration Fundamentals
January 1, 2018 - November 30, 2025
Fundamentals of Software Testing
January 1, 2017 - November 30, 2025
Software Testing Foundations: Static, Dynamic, Black-box, and White-box Testing
January 1, 2017 - November 30, 2025
Creating Software Tests
January 1, 2016 - November 30, 2025
Software Test Management
January 1, 2016 - November 30, 2025

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Professional Services

Experience Level

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Intermediate
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