Beschreibung

I am a Quality Engineering and Test Automation leader with 22+ years of experience in software development, QA automation, and test strategy. I help companies build reliable, scalable, and maintainable test automation frameworks for web, API, and mobile applications.

My core expertise includes Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, API testing, CI/CD integration, Zephyr Scale, Allure Reports, and modern Quality Engineering practices. I have led central test automation and QE transformation initiatives, coached teams, improved automation maturity, and supported product teams in delivering higher quality software faster.

I am especially strong in setting up automation from scratch, improving existing test frameworks, defining test strategies, integrating automated tests into pipelines, and helping teams move from manual QA towards SDET/Quality Engineering practices.

I am available for freelance projects in test automation, QA leadership, Playwright/Cypress migration, CI/CD test reporting, test strategy, and quality engineering coaching.

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Englisch
Muttersprachlich oder zweisprachig
Deutsch
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Vor Ort möglich

Hamburg (bis zu 50 km)

Serrala GmbH
Director Quality Engineering
Juni 2022 - Heute (4 Jahre)
Hamburg, Germany
Leading enterprise-wide Quality Engineering strategy across 10+ product lines spanning four solution domains within a global product organization. Key Contributions & Leadership Impact
• • Defined and executed an AI-driven Quality Engineering strategy, aligned with enterprise product roadmaps and regulatory constraints.
• • Evaluated and introduced emerging AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., AI code assistants and autonomous agents) to improve developer productivity, test generation, and defect analysis across engineering teams.
• • Led mobile testing and QA coordination for Android/iOS applications, combining manual testing, Appium-based automation, Zephyr Scale/Jira-based test management, and GitLab/GitHub CI workflows.
• • Increased automation coverage from 25% to 70% across critical regression suites within 18 months
• • Reduced production defect leakage by 30%, improving overall release stability and customer satisfaction
• • Shortened regression execution cycle time by more than 50%, enabling faster and more predictable release cadences
• • Standardized UI and API automation frameworks across the product portfolio, improving cross-team reusability and governance
• • Implemented enterprise-level quality dashboards providing executive visibility into automation coverage, defect trends, and release readiness
• • Introduced AI-driven test case generation initiatives, improving test design efficiency by approximately 35%
• • Strengthened CI/CD quality gates, reducing post-release incidents by 25%
Cypress Playwright Selenium Data Quality Test Strategy
CGI Hamburg, Client HSDG
Test Automation Architect
März 2017 - Februar 2022 (4 Jahre und 11 Monate)
Led enterprise test automation architecture and strategy within a large-scale logistics product landscape, partnering with product and engineering teams to standardize automation practices across multiple applications.
Key Impact
• • Owned end-to-end automation solution design, defining frameworks, tooling strategy, and long-term automation roadmap across product teams
• • Architected standardized automation framework supporting Functional, API, Mobile, and Database testing across distributed teams
• • Increased automation coverage from approximately 0% to 90% across core business modules
• • Reduced manual regression effort by 70%, significantly improving release cycle efficiency
• • Established Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices across teams, enhancing collaboration between business and engineering
• • Evaluated and introduced modern automation tools and methodologies to improve productivity and scalability
• • Integrated automation into CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated quality gates within release workflows
Oracle India
Principal Test Engineer
Mai 2015 - Februar 2017 (1 Jahr und 9 Monate)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Led automation strategy and capability development within enterprise construction management solutions, supporting complex product modules in a global delivery environment.
Key Contributions & Impact
• • Defined automation strategy aligned with product complexity, scalability, and long-term maintainability
• • Established and scaled automation team from the ground up, defining roles, standards, and best practices
• • Increased automation coverage across critical modules, improving regression efficiency and release reliability
• • Standardized framework design and reusable components to enhance cross-team productivity
• • Collaborated with global engineering stakeholders to align automation roadmap with product evolution
• • Strengthened automation governance and quality standards across distributed development teams