I am a self-motivated and skilled Software Developer in Test, with experience in Manual and Automation Testing. I have worked in Start-ups, Fintech, and e-commerce. I have led test automation initiatives across multiple projects, mentored juniors, and contributed to CI/CD pipelines, cloud testing with AWS, and AI-assisted testing strategies to boost quality.

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I am a self-motivated and skilled Software Developer in Test, with experience in Manual and Automation Testing. I have worked in Start-ups, Fintech, and e-commerce. I have led test automation initiatives across multiple projects, mentored juniors, and contributed to CI/CD pipelines, cloud testing with AWS, and AI-assisted testing strategies to boost quality.

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I am a self-motivated and skilled Software Developer in Test, with experience in Manual and Automation Testing. I have worked in Start-ups, Fintech, and e-commerce.

I have led test automation initiatives across multiple projects, mentored juniors, and contributed to CI/CD pipelines, cloud testing with AWS, and AI-assisted testing strategies to boost quality.

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Language

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Work Experience

Software Developer in Test at BBC (via SPYROSOFT)
March 1, 2024 - Present
Led end-to-end testing for BBC Weather on Android and iOS native apps. Built iOS Swift/XCUITest and Android Kotlin/TestNG/Appium frameworks; performed API, performance, and UI testing; used SauceLabs/BrowserStack; mentored junior testers; contributed to CI/CD and AWS.
Software Developer in Test at Legal and General (via HCL)
March 1, 2023 - March 1, 2024
Created Jest/Playwright automation from scratch with TypeScript; end-to-end integration testing; frontend automation in Jest/Playwright/JavaScript; wrote Cypress test cases; mobile testing with Xcode/XCUITest and Android Kotlin; API/Performance testing; CI/CD with GitHub; AWS; working with Monorepo and data ETL.
Software Developer in Test at ITV (via Tata Elxsi)
April 1, 2022 - February 1, 2023
Analysed new requirements and sprint backlog; implemented CI/CD with GitHub; mobile app testing with Appium on iOS/Android; Docker and BrowserStack; BDD Behave with Pytest; end-to-end tests with Python; Monorepo using mockServer with Jest/Playwright; tested on real devices for video content; AWS data verification.
Software Developer in Test at Public Health England
May 1, 2021 - March 1, 2022
Covid-19 project; wrote test cases in C#/SpecFlow with Selenium and Java/Serenity; mobile testing with BrowserStack; Azure data migration; AWS S3 uploads; CI/CD with Jenkins; JMeter performance testing; data migration to Azure/Oracle.
QA Test Engineer at Virgin Money Bank App (via Mastek)
July 1, 2020 - April 1, 2021
National and international money transfer project for iOS/Android; tested end-to-end flows; tested local and international accounts and interest rates; wrote automation in Appium/BrowserStack; Docker/Kubernetes; AWS.
QA Engineer at Fixter Ltd
March 1, 2019 - June 1, 2020
Agile Kanban test planning with Jira/Confluence; automation suite from scratch with Cypress JavaScript, C# SpecFlow; Selenium WebDriver; API testing and Oracle systems; Docker/Kubernetes and AWS.
QA Engineer at Analytics Financial
May 1, 2016 - March 1, 2019
Automation framework from scratch with Ruby and Capybara; performance testing with JMeter; SQL/ETL/BigQuery; data analytics; experience with SSIS/SSAS/SSRS; used Ruby, Capybara, Selenium; BigQuery data analysis.

Education

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Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts in Economics
January 11, 2030 - April 29, 2026
ISTQB Certified
January 11, 2030 - April 29, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Government