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Hi, I'm Maria Jose Mendez Jaimes, a QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience leading end-to-end quality assurance in fast-paced, fully remote Agile startup environments. I specialize in modern test automation (Playwright, Cypress) integrated into CI/CD pipelines, and I have hands-on experience with AI-assisted testing workflows using Claude and Cursor to accelerate test creation and focus manual effort on complex, business-critical scenarios. I've collaborated across distributed teams in the US, LatAm, and Europe to ship high-quality releases. I hold ISTQB Foundation, and I'm pursuing CT-AI certification. I'm passionate about turning tricky quality problems into reliable, scalable tests and helping teams deliver value faster.…Hi, I'm Maria Jose Mendez Jaimes, a QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience leading end-to-end quality assurance in fast-paced, fully remote Agile startup environments. I specialize in modern test automation (Playwright, Cypress) integrated into CI/CD pipelines, and I have hands-on experience with AI-assisted testing workflows using Claude and Cursor to accelerate test creation and focus manual effort on complex, business-critical scenarios. I've collaborated across distributed teams in the US, LatAm, and Europe to ship high-quality releases. I hold ISTQB Foundation, and I'm pursuing CT-AI certification. I'm passionate about turning tricky quality problems into reliable, scalable tests and helping teams deliver value faster.

Maria Jose Mendez Jaimes

QA Engineer, AI Engineer, Data Scientist, +2

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Hi, I'm Maria Jose Mendez Jaimes, a QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience leading end-to-end quality assurance in fast-paced, fully remote Agile startup environments. I specialize in modern test automation (Playwright, Cypress) integrated into CI/CD pipelines, and I have hands-on experience with AI-assisted testing workflows using Claude and Cursor to accelerate test creation and focus manual effort on complex, business-critical scenarios. I've collaborated across distributed teams in the US, LatAm, and Europe to ship high-quality releases. I hold ISTQB Foundation, and I'm pursuing CT-AI certification. I'm passionate about turning tricky quality problems into reliable, scalable tests and helping teams deliver value faster.…Hi, I'm Maria Jose Mendez Jaimes, a QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience leading end-to-end quality assurance in fast-paced, fully remote Agile startup environments. I specialize in modern test automation (Playwright, Cypress) integrated into CI/CD pipelines, and I have hands-on experience with AI-assisted testing workflows using Claude and Cursor to accelerate test creation and focus manual effort on complex, business-critical scenarios. I've collaborated across distributed teams in the US, LatAm, and Europe to ship high-quality releases. I hold ISTQB Foundation, and I'm pursuing CT-AI certification. I'm passionate about turning tricky quality problems into reliable, scalable tests and helping teams deliver value faster.

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Hi, I’m Maria Jose Mendez Jaimes, a QA Engineer with 6+ years of experience leading end-to-end quality assurance in fast-paced, fully remote Agile startup environments. I specialize in modern test automation (Playwright, Cypress) integrated into CI/CD pipelines, and I have hands-on experience with AI-assisted testing workflows using Claude and Cursor to accelerate test creation and focus manual effort on complex, business-critical scenarios.

I’ve collaborated across distributed teams in the US, LatAm, and Europe to ship high-quality releases. I hold ISTQB Foundation, and I’m pursuing CT-AI certification. I’m passionate about turning tricky quality problems into reliable, scalable tests and helping teams deliver value faster.

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Expert

Expert

Expert

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Intermediate

Language

English

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Spanish; Castilian

Fluent

Work Experience

QA Engineer at Remotely Works, Inc.

May 1, 2024 - Present

Own end-to-end QA across the platform, combining exploratory manual testing with automated scripting to safeguard high-quality, rapid releases. Built and maintained end-to-end automated test suites with Playwright and Cypress, integrated into CI/CD pipelines; designed, executed, and maintained test plans, test cases, and automation scripts focused on high-risk, business-critical flows. Led regression and release testing cycles; leveraged AI-assisted tools (Claude, Cursor) to accelerate test creation and redirect manual effort to complex edge cases. Performed database testing with SQL via DataGrip; logged and tracked defects in Jira; communicated results and risk to product managers and stakeholders; optimized test coverage and team efficiency with Testiny and TestRail; collaborated cross-functionally within Agile Scrum teams and supported CI/CD via GitHub.

QA Automation Engineer at Howdy.com, Inc.

January 1, 2024 - August 1, 2024

Designed and implemented automated testing frameworks using Cypress and TypeScript to validate end-to-end flows; automated cross-browser and mobile tests with Percy, BrowserStack, and Cypress; created, executed, and maintained test cases; reported and verified defects against requirements; tracked end-user activity with LogRocket to identify real-world issues and production paths.

QA Automation Engineer at DEPT®

April 1, 2022 - July 1, 2024

Designed and implemented automated test scripts using Cypress (Page Object Model) and TypeScript across enterprise client projects; performed API testing with Postman; built automated health checks with AWS Canaries; planned and executed regression, release, and end-to-end testing strategies; created, executed, and maintained test cases and plans in Jira and Rally; ran QA deployment and data extraction jobs in Jenkins; collaborated within Agile Scrum teams to ensure high-quality deliveries.

QA Delivery Analyst at Accenture Argentina

December 1, 2020 - November 30, 2022

Created, developed, and maintained test scripts for both automated and manual testing using Cypress and Node.js, applying Page Object Model; performed API testing for REST web services; owned regression testing with SauceLabs to enable parallel test execution and faster feedback; performed database testing using SQL and MongoDB; reported defects using Rally and Jira; created and executed test cases in TestLink; collaborated within Agile/Scrum teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Tech Architecture Delivery Analyst at Accenture Argentina

September 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020

Monitored health of AWS instances and managed dashboards and alerts via Datadog; executed API calls using Control-M and Postman for workflow management; performed queries and data analysis using SQL Server Management Studio; managed URL vulnerabilities and implemented remediation strategies; coordinated with vendors and clients for escalation and resolution of incidents.