Hello! I’m Maria Jose Ruiz Imbert, a QA-focused software tester with over a decade of experience across manual and automated testing, UAT, and test automation tooling. I’ve collaborated with customers across the US and China, led QA teams, and worked closely with product managers to refine user stories and ensure high-quality releases. I’m fluent in English and Spanish, passionate about quality and agile practices, and enjoy translating complex requirements into clear test strategies and practical test plans. I also bring a solid background in software development, cloud platforms, and technical writing to help teams deliver reliable software.

Maria Jose Ruiz Imbert

Hello! I’m Maria Jose Ruiz Imbert, a QA-focused software tester with over a decade of experience across manual and automated testing, UAT, and test automation tooling. I’ve collaborated with customers across the US and China, led QA teams, and worked closely with product managers to refine user stories and ensure high-quality releases. I’m fluent in English and Spanish, passionate about quality and agile practices, and enjoy translating complex requirements into clear test strategies and practical test plans. I also bring a solid background in software development, cloud platforms, and technical writing to help teams deliver reliable software.

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Hello! I’m Maria Jose Ruiz Imbert, a QA-focused software tester with over a decade of experience across manual and automated testing, UAT, and test automation tooling. I’ve collaborated with customers across the US and China, led QA teams, and worked closely with product managers to refine user stories and ensure high-quality releases.

I’m fluent in English and Spanish, passionate about quality and agile practices, and enjoy translating complex requirements into clear test strategies and practical test plans. I also bring a solid background in software development, cloud platforms, and technical writing to help teams deliver reliable software.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

Prompt Engineer at Outlier.ai
April 1, 2025 - Present
Helping AI learning by reviewing and creating prompts.
Senior Software Tester at Freelance
January 1, 2022 - Present
Functional manual testing for mobile apps and web pages; boundary testing; unit testing; component testing; testing web pages and mobile applications for small retail online stores and restaurants; testing for a university project to predict solar flares.
Senior Software Tester II at TRADESTATION
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2022
Managed multiple projects over 9 years in manual and automated testing; test planning/design/execution throughout the SDLC; customer support and troubleshooting (on-site and on-call); planning, design, and execution of UAT during production releases; AWS servers monitoring; requirements gathering; user stories refinement; acted as Product Owner representative for customers in China; trained customer test teams; technical writer of test plans, test cases, and test procedures; performed various testing types.
Software Engineer at CRITECH RESEARCH LIMITED
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2013
Reverse engineering projects for embedded medical devices; created software design and architecture documents based on requirements; used V&V processes under supervision of the Quality Manager.
QA Testing Engineer (Contractor) at DEVOX ENTERPRISES
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2011
Team Lead and Manager of the QA department; responsible for design and execution of functional manual tests and process planning for security applications across multiple platforms (mobile devices, desktop, and web); desktop/web-admin module functionalities.
QA Testing Engineer at ISTHMUSIT
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2011
Functional manual tester; requirements elicitation, project test effort and resource estimation, test strategy and documentation design (Test Plan, Project Management Breakdown, Test Cases, reports); test effort monitoring and management; metrics reporting for upper management; waterfall SDLC.
QA Testing Engineer at APG ENTERPRISES
January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2007
Functional grey box testing for poker and casino applications, administrative applications, web pages, and mailing campaigns.

Education

Bachelor of Science – Cybersecurity Degree at Bellevue University
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
Bachelor’s in software engineering at UCenfotec
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025

Qualifications

SPOCE Scrum Product Owner Certified Expert
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
SMCE – Scrum Master Certified Expert
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
AUSC – Agile User Stories Certified
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
KCA – Kanban Certified Associate
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025
SFC – Scrum Fundamentals Certified
January 11, 2030 - December 8, 2025

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Retail