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QA Automation Engineer

Mar 2026 - Current (8 months)

Taking on select consulting engagements to design and implement automation frameworks for web and mobile products. Focus on Playwright (TypeScript), CI/CD integration, and test strategy.

- Leveraging AI-assisted development with ●●Claude Code●● and ●●OpenAI Codex●● to accelerate test framework creation, generate boilerplate automation code, and explore AI-augmented QA workflows
- Applying AI tooling to speed up test data generation, script scaffolding, and documentation — keeping pace with the emerging role of AI in modern SDET work

SDET

Zemoga - Monks.Flow Inc

May 2024 - Mar 2026 (1 year 11 months)

Embedded SDET on a high-visibility Apple project, responsible for both automation engineering and test strategy in an Agile environment.

- Contributed to the migration of the automation framework from Selenium (Java) to Playwright (TypeScript), improving test reliability and maintainability
- Built and integrated automated test suites into Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous quality feedback
- Designed and executed performance tests using Gatling (Java) to validate system scalability under load
- Performed thorough REST API testing — validating payloads, status codes, and edge cases across backend services
- Collaborated closely with developers during regression cycles and defect triage, reducing esca

Lead QA Engineer

Taringa!

Mar 2020 - Mar 2024 (4 years 1 month)

Led QA end-to-end for a major social platform (knowledge sharing, news, opinions) with millions of users. Owned team management, process design, automation, and stakeholder alignment.

- Managed and mentored a team of 5 QA engineers, setting quality standards and growth paths
- Built and improved QA methodologies from scratch, increasing test coverage and reducing time-to-release
- Introduced mobile automation using Appium and Maestro, covering iOS and Android at scale
- Implemented web automation with Selenium and Cypress; managed pipelines in Jenkins across multiple environments
- Worked directly with the Product Owner and product team to align QA efforts with business priorities
- Drove QA for blockchai

QA Lead

IOV Labs

Mar 2020 - Feb 2024 (4 years)

IOV Labs is the company behind RSK and the RIF Protocol — one of Latin America's most significant blockchain infrastructure projects, building a smart contract layer on top of Bitcoin.

As a QA Blockchain Engineer, I was responsible for testing distributed systems where bugs have direct financial impact — demanding a high level of precision, deep understanding of blockchain protocols, and strong cross-functional collaboration with core developers.

- Validated blockchain node behavior, protocol interactions, and smart contract execution using JSON-RPC (jRPC) calls
- Designed and executed test strategies for decentralized infrastructure, including regression testing across protocol upgrades
- Collaborated

QA Automation

Belatrix

Apr 2019 - Mar 2020 (1 year)

QA engineer supporting multiple financial institution clients, focused on API and mobile testing.

- Automated mobile test scenarios using Appium in an Agile/Scrum delivery model
- Validated REST APIs using RestAssured, ensuring integrity of financial data flows
- Participated in peer code reviews for Selenium automation projects, ensuring reusable, readable, and maintainable test code.

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ISTQB instructor

Jan 2017 - Current (9 years 10 months)

Designed and deliver the ISTQB Foundation Level certification preparation course. Achieved ISTQB Latin America Partner status for the organization. Also facilitated workshops in Bolivia on software testing best practices and tools.

QA Senior / Automation

Avantica

Nov 2013 - May 2018 (4 years 7 months)

QA consultant across a portfolio of projects in fintech, retail, and enterprise software.

- ●●Belcorp (2017–2018):●● Led functional testing and automation of the Somos Belcorp portal; acted as Scrum Master facilitating sprint ceremonies and unblocking the dev team
- ●●Belcorp Sales Force (2016):●● Introduced Scrum and Kanban to a client with no prior agile experience; owned full QA lifecycle — test planning, execution, defect management, and reporting
- ●●GKN / Paykii / Paysafe (2015–2016):●● Provided consultancy on software development processes and test case design
- ●●NICE Texas (2014–2015):●● End-to-end QA across a complex enterprise system
-Conducted peer reviews of automation code, contributing to framew

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QA Analyst

CSC Innovacción Grupo ACP

Jan 2012 - Jan 2013 (1 year 1 month)

Company dedicated to computer services supporting the companies of the "Bank" group. During this time I participated in the following projects:
• Project: Certification Area (2013) Course for taking the ISTQB foundation level Main tasks executed in the project: − Carry out the complete work of a test cycle. (Estimation, planning, execution, closing and reporting). − Coordination with users and development staff in order to take proper care of the project − Cooperation in the improvement of functional proposals.

QA Analyst

IBM

Jan 2012

The testing factory service was provided where tests were performed on the bank's proprietary tools. During part of my participation in the project I had a small team under my charge, which I managed

During this time I participated in the following projects:
• Project: Interbank Testing Factory (2012-2013) Course for taking the ISTQB foundation level Main tasks executed in the project: − Carry out the complete work of a test cycle (estimation, planning, execution and closing activities). − My biggest contribution to this project was having an excellent interaction with the client and team management Technologies: IBM Rational and IBM Clear Quest.

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