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I'm Darragh Wallnutt, a results-driven QA engineer currently based in Amsterdam. I specialize in end-to-end testing, automation strategy, and building reliable release processes that keep software stable and teams productive. Over the years I've led QA initiatives across fintech, gaming, and insurance platforms, introduced Playwright migration, improved automation coverage, and helped teams ship high-quality products on tight deadlines. In my free time I enjoy painting, 3D printing, gaming, and stay active with exercise and kickboxing.…I'm Darragh Wallnutt, a results-driven QA engineer currently based in Amsterdam. I specialize in end-to-end testing, automation strategy, and building reliable release processes that keep software stable and teams productive. Over the years I've led QA initiatives across fintech, gaming, and insurance platforms, introduced Playwright migration, improved automation coverage, and helped teams ship high-quality products on tight deadlines. In my free time I enjoy painting, 3D printing, gaming, and stay active with exercise and kickboxing.

Darragh Wallnutt

QA Engineer, Back-End Developer, Front-End Developer, +3

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I'm Darragh Wallnutt, a results-driven QA engineer currently based in Amsterdam. I specialize in end-to-end testing, automation strategy, and building reliable release processes that keep software stable and teams productive. Over the years I've led QA initiatives across fintech, gaming, and insurance platforms, introduced Playwright migration, improved automation coverage, and helped teams ship high-quality products on tight deadlines. In my free time I enjoy painting, 3D printing, gaming, and stay active with exercise and kickboxing.…I'm Darragh Wallnutt, a results-driven QA engineer currently based in Amsterdam. I specialize in end-to-end testing, automation strategy, and building reliable release processes that keep software stable and teams productive. Over the years I've led QA initiatives across fintech, gaming, and insurance platforms, introduced Playwright migration, improved automation coverage, and helped teams ship high-quality products on tight deadlines. In my free time I enjoy painting, 3D printing, gaming, and stay active with exercise and kickboxing.

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I’m Darragh Wallnutt, a results-driven QA engineer currently based in Amsterdam. I specialize in end-to-end testing, automation strategy, and building reliable release processes that keep software stable and teams productive.

Over the years I’ve led QA initiatives across fintech, gaming, and insurance platforms, introduced Playwright migration, improved automation coverage, and helped teams ship high-quality products on tight deadlines. In my free time I enjoy painting, 3D printing, gaming, and stay active with exercise and kickboxing.

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Expert

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Expert

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English

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Work Experience

Quality Assurance Engineer at An Post

August 1, 2020 - March 1, 2023

Quality Assurance Engineer at An Post. Completed testing under tight deadlines, helping the company avoid substantial government fines (est. €500k+). Led multiple products to live state with defects eliminated. Maintained 0% bug report rate in live environments. Reported bugs promptly with actionable details. Performed integration, end-to-end, functional, API, unit and acceptance testing within a manual scope.

Server Administrator at TAW

January 1, 2018 - February 28, 2022

Server Administrator on four live service game servers over four years, ensuring smooth operation of mission-critical functions. Maintained missions, mods, settings and configurations for at least two weekly events. Conducted functional, regression, load/stress, integration, usability and acceptance testing. Reported issues and provided recommendations to leadership. Performed weekly system upgrades and code version control to add content and functionality.

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at TLX Technology

April 1, 2023 - Present

Sole QA engineer responsible for defining testing practices, automation direction, and release quality standards across the engineering organisation. Created a staging environment and structured release process enabling frontend+backend validation prior to deployment, transitioning to a stable weekly release cycle. Expanded automated coverage with end-to-end testing, reducing regression issues. Led migration from Cypress to Playwright, cutting test execution time from ~22 minutes to under 7 minutes and reducing CI runners from five to one. Established QA documentation and standards to support onboarding as the team grew.