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I'm Filiz Dargin, a QA Engineer based in New York with over eight years of experience in manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and CI/CD pipeline integration. I thrive in fast-paced settings and consistently deliver high-quality results across web and SaaS products.\n\nI am proficient in Agile Scrum, skilled at analyzing requirements and using automation to drive product efficiency. I take ownership of product testing from concept to deployment and bring a collaborative, empathetic approach when working with cross-functional teams.…I'm Filiz Dargin, a QA Engineer based in New York with over eight years of experience in manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and CI/CD pipeline integration. I thrive in fast-paced settings and consistently deliver high-quality results across web and SaaS products.\n\nI am proficient in Agile Scrum, skilled at analyzing requirements and using automation to drive product efficiency. I take ownership of product testing from concept to deployment and bring a collaborative, empathetic approach when working with cross-functional teams.

Filiz Dargin

QA Engineer, Web Developer, UI Designer, +5

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I'm Filiz Dargin, a QA Engineer based in New York with over eight years of experience in manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and CI/CD pipeline integration. I thrive in fast-paced settings and consistently deliver high-quality results across web and SaaS products.\n\nI am proficient in Agile Scrum, skilled at analyzing requirements and using automation to drive product efficiency. I take ownership of product testing from concept to deployment and bring a collaborative, empathetic approach when working with cross-functional teams.…I'm Filiz Dargin, a QA Engineer based in New York with over eight years of experience in manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and CI/CD pipeline integration. I thrive in fast-paced settings and consistently deliver high-quality results across web and SaaS products.\n\nI am proficient in Agile Scrum, skilled at analyzing requirements and using automation to drive product efficiency. I take ownership of product testing from concept to deployment and bring a collaborative, empathetic approach when working with cross-functional teams.

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I’m Filiz Dargin, a QA Engineer based in New York with over eight years of experience in manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and CI/CD pipeline integration. I thrive in fast-paced settings and consistently deliver high-quality results across web and SaaS products.\n\nI am proficient in Agile Scrum, skilled at analyzing requirements and using automation to drive product efficiency. I take ownership of product testing from concept to deployment and bring a collaborative, empathetic approach when working with cross-functional teams.

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Turkish

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Work Experience

QA Engineer at Edtech / E-Commerce / SaaS (B2C)

March 20, 2021 - November 20, 2024

Delivered features with Agile squads on 2-week iterations, surpassing 90% sprint completion. Developed and executed over 400 regression tests and more than 150 end-to-end scenarios, targeting critical user paths. Created 30+ test plans, produced 50 QA assets, and built 300+ automated UI tests using Robot Framework (Selenium), reducing manual effort by ~40%. Implemented Playwright-based automation, learned and applied Playwright frameworks, contributed to BDD with Cucumber and Gherkin, and managed 100+ GitHub PRs. Set up 15+ Jenkins jobs for pipeline testing and deployment. Executed 500+ functional, integration, and regression tests across releases; validated 150+ REST APIs (Postman) and 150+ GraphQL APIs. Authored 200+ SQL queries to verify data integrity. Streamlined onboarding for 10+ teammates, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure quality. Familiar with DataDog, PagerDuty, and Magento for e-commerce tasks. Coached QA analysts in UI/API automation and best practices

QA Engineer in Test (SDET) at Deutsche Bank

September 20, 2018 - February 1, 2021

Participated in 30+ Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives) and ensured alignment with team goals and timelines. Executed 200+ functional, regression, smoke, and GUI tests across browsers and devices. Validated 200+ REST APIs with Postman (GET, PUT, POST, DELETE), addressing API-related issues. Reduced manual testing by contributing to automation with TestNG, Selenium, and Rest Assured. Improved data accuracy with backend testing on Oracle DB; authored 50+ SQL queries for UI and data integrity. Designed 300+ test cases and tracked 100+ issues in Jira, ensuring quality across 15+ releases. Defined test scope for 10+ major features/projects, ensuring comprehensive coverage.

SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) at Progyny

April 20, 2016 - August 20, 2018

Excelled in Agile-Scrum environments, utilized product requirements to conduct comprehensive functional, smoke, regression, end-to-end, and exploratory testing. Implemented manual and automated test cases with Postman, Swagger, Java, Rest Assured, Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, Gherkin, Maven, Git, GitHub, and Jenkins. Managed defect lifecycle using Jira for reporting and tracking, ensuring timely bug fixes and status updates. Maintained close collaboration with the development team to support product quality.

QA Analyst at Noom

January 20, 2015 - March 20, 2016

Actively participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies, demonstrating strong teamwork and adaptability. Developed and executed test cases for both UI and API, verifying results against expected outcomes. Contributed to UI/API automation by creating feature files with Jira and Gherkin, and performed manual testing with clear defect documentation in Jira.

QA Engineer in Test (SDET) at Edtech

March 1, 2021 - November 1, 2024

Delivered features with Agile squads in 2-week iterations; developed and executed over 400+ regression and 150+ end-to-end scenarios; drafted 30+ test plans; produced and managed 50 QA assets; built 300+ automated UI tests using Selenium and Playwright; completed Playwright framework course and implemented automated tests; contributed to BDD framework with Cucumber and Gherkin; managed 100+ PRs in GitHub; set up 15+ Jenkins jobs; executed 500+ functional, integration, and regression tests across releases; validated 150+ REST APIs with Postman; authored 200+ SQL queries to verify DB integrity; logged and tracked 200+ defects; streamlined onboarding for 10+ teammates; familiar with DataDog logs, PagerDuty on-call, and Magento tasks; mentored QA analysts.

SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) at Deutsche Bank

September 1, 2018 - February 1, 2021

Participated in over 30 Agile ceremonies; conducted over 200 functional, regression, smoke, and GUI tests across browsers and devices; validated more than 200 RESTful APIs using Postman; reduced manual testing by contributing to automation with TestNG, Selenium, and Rest Assured; enhanced data accuracy through backend testing on Oracle databases and crafted 50+ SQL queries; designed over 300 test cases and tracked 100+ issues in JIRA; delivered high-quality results across 15 releases; defined test scope for over 10 major features and projects; collaborated with cross-functional teams.

QA Analyst at Noom US

January 1, 2015 - March 1, 2016

Active in Agile (SCRUM) ceremonies; developed and executed tests for both UI and API; automated tests using Postman, Swagger, Java, Rest Assured, Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin, Maven, Git, Jenkins; performed manual testing and documented defects and procedures in JIRA; collaborated closely with the development team to ensure timely bug fixes.