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Hi, I’m Xavier Gonzalez-Arriola, a QA Automation Engineer based in Barcelona with a background in physics and engineering. I design robust automated testing strategies, build scalable frameworks with Cypress, Playwright, JavaScript, and Python, and collaborate across product and engineering teams to deliver quality software. I enjoy translating complex requirements into automated tests and using AI-assisted testing to improve coverage and speed. I have led QA initiatives for FX platforms and enterprise software, with hands-on experience in back-end and front-end testing, CI/CD, Jira/Confluence, and cross-country validation. I’m passionate about continuous learning and mentoring teams in best practices, test design, and automation architecture.…Hi, I’m Xavier Gonzalez-Arriola, a QA Automation Engineer based in Barcelona with a background in physics and engineering. I design robust automated testing strategies, build scalable frameworks with Cypress, Playwright, JavaScript, and Python, and collaborate across product and engineering teams to deliver quality software. I enjoy translating complex requirements into automated tests and using AI-assisted testing to improve coverage and speed. I have led QA initiatives for FX platforms and enterprise software, with hands-on experience in back-end and front-end testing, CI/CD, Jira/Confluence, and cross-country validation. I’m passionate about continuous learning and mentoring teams in best practices, test design, and automation architecture.

Xavier Gonzalez-Arriola

QA Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, +1

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Hi, I’m Xavier Gonzalez-Arriola, a QA Automation Engineer based in Barcelona with a background in physics and engineering. I design robust automated testing strategies, build scalable frameworks with Cypress, Playwright, JavaScript, and Python, and collaborate across product and engineering teams to deliver quality software. I enjoy translating complex requirements into automated tests and using AI-assisted testing to improve coverage and speed. I have led QA initiatives for FX platforms and enterprise software, with hands-on experience in back-end and front-end testing, CI/CD, Jira/Confluence, and cross-country validation. I’m passionate about continuous learning and mentoring teams in best practices, test design, and automation architecture.…Hi, I’m Xavier Gonzalez-Arriola, a QA Automation Engineer based in Barcelona with a background in physics and engineering. I design robust automated testing strategies, build scalable frameworks with Cypress, Playwright, JavaScript, and Python, and collaborate across product and engineering teams to deliver quality software. I enjoy translating complex requirements into automated tests and using AI-assisted testing to improve coverage and speed. I have led QA initiatives for FX platforms and enterprise software, with hands-on experience in back-end and front-end testing, CI/CD, Jira/Confluence, and cross-country validation. I’m passionate about continuous learning and mentoring teams in best practices, test design, and automation architecture.

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Hi, I’m Xavier Gonzalez-Arriola, a QA Automation Engineer based in Barcelona with a background in physics and engineering. I design robust automated testing strategies, build scalable frameworks with Cypress, Playwright, JavaScript, and Python, and collaborate across product and engineering teams to deliver quality software. I enjoy translating complex requirements into automated tests and using AI-assisted testing to improve coverage and speed.

I have led QA initiatives for FX platforms and enterprise software, with hands-on experience in back-end and front-end testing, CI/CD, Jira/Confluence, and cross-country validation. I’m passionate about continuous learning and mentoring teams in best practices, test design, and automation architecture.

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English

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Spanish; Castilian

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French

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Work Experience

QA Automation Senior Engineer at KANTOX

March 20, 2023 - March 20, 2024

Automated testing of the entire FX workflow platform; tested new/updated features according to predefined test plans, using JavaScript with Cypress and Playwright, and wrote/ran tests prior to coding. Reported results in TestRail and tracked issues with Jira and Confluence.

QA Engineer at SITA

June 20, 2022 - February 20, 2023

QA for the Dispatch application (airline ground control); performed end-to-end and automated testing for back-end and front-end, across multiple markets using Bamboo, Jira, Confluence, and SQL; worked with AWS and CI/CD practices.

QA Test Analyst at SAGE (Sage X3)

May 20, 2017 - August 20, 2021

Test analyst for Sage X3; developed and executed automated tests using Bamboo, Jira, Confluence, SQL, and AWS; performed front-end and back-end validation across Europe and other regions.

QA Engineer at ITK Engineering

January 20, 2015 - January 20, 2017

Reviewed requirements and tests for Airbus A400s software units; followed DO-178B; inspected requirements with DOORS and wrote Python-based test scripts for automated validation.

Research Engineer at UPC – INTE (Institute of Energistic Techniques), UPC

January 20, 2008 - December 20, 2012

Microcontroller programming (TI/TMS MSP430 family; data acquisition via RS-485 or Ethernet, LabVIEW displays, MATLAB analysis); contributed to test stands and hardware-in-the-loop validation.