Projects detail

I’ve worked on many projects with BJSS, covering different industries and technologies. This page gives more details about that experience.

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), Executive Agency

03/24 – Now

SDET for various projects of an executive agency.

Project 1: Audit & Logging

Test engineering, “shift left” consultancy, testable design, and performance testing.

Technologies used: Ruby, TypeScript, Artillery, AWS, Drone, Jest, Kinesis, Lambda, OpenSearch (ElasticSearch), React Testing Library, Selenium (Capybara), Serverless Framework

Project 2: Data Migration

Data exploration, ETL automation in testing, performance/stability testing.

Technologies used: Java, Ruby, Aruba, Cucumber, Docker, FactoryBot, Faker, Flyway, Spring Boot, SQL, Hibernate

Project 3: Mainframe Modernisation

Automation in testing for a legacy mainframe application’s journey to the cloud.

Technologies used: Natural (SoftwareAG), Ruby, Cucumber, Docker, FactoryBot, Faker, XSL Transformations (XSLT)

SDET, Global Airline

10/24 – 10/24

SDET for the release hardening activities of a global airline.

Short-term engagement to ensure the delivery of a key account milestone.

Technologies used: JavaScript, TypeScript, Argo, DataDog, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Wiremock

SDET, Statutory Corporation

10/23 – 03/24

SDET for the Application Beta Delivery of a Statutory Corporation. Test engineering, buddy mentoring, etc.

Technologies used: C#, Groovy, TypeScript, BrowserStack, ESLint, Jest, JMeter, MSTest, Next.js, Ninject, React, RestSharp, Selenium, Stryker Mutator, Wiremock, Zustand

SDET, Global Airline

10/23 – 11/23

SDET for the release hardening activities of a Global Airline. Short-term engagement to ensure the delivery of a key account milestone.

Technologies used: JavaScript, TypeScript, Argo, DataDog, GitHub Actions, Playwright, Wiremock

Test Lead, Betting and Gaming Company

03/22 – 10/23

Test Lead across multiple projects of a betting and gaming company. Primary point of contact for Test & Assurance within the account.

Projects: Back Office Members, Cashout Services, Italian Mapping, Payment Systems Rewrite, Real Time Data, Responsible Gambling, Search Engine Optimisation, Test Automation Team Augmentation

Strategic leadership, building communities of practice, resourcing, buddy mentoring, peer reviewing, test architecture, and relationship management with senior client stakeholders.

Technologies used: C#, GoLang, Groovy, TypeScript, Cypress, GitLab Pipelines, GoDog, JMeter, Kafka, Resty, Selenium

SDET, Building Materials Comany

11/21 – 03/22

SDET for the Tools Platform project of a Building Materials Company.

Development, testing, and release of a new, global application. Refactoring existing components into a unified library to benefit future development.

Technologies used: C#, TypeScript, Azure Pipelines, Cypress, Enzyme, React, React Testing Library, Selenium, Specflow, Playwright

Consultant SDET, Building Society

02/21 – 12/21

Consultant SDET for the Test Enablement project of a Building Society.

Good practice consultancy, development of reporting and integration pipeline infrastructure, coaching incumbent team, test engineering, and testability architect.

Technologies used: C#, Groovy, ASP.NET, Azure Pipelines, JMeter, Mule, RestSharp, Selenium

SDET, Financial Services Comparison Provider

09/20 – 02/21

SDET for the lift and shift of a financial services comparison provider’s MLOps capability.

Testing across the entire machine learning pipeline, from data exploration to model integration. Automation support and coaching for the current QA team.

Technologies used: Python (Anaconda), Apache Spark (PySpark), Azure Pipelines, Databricks, Databricks Connect, Pandas, Pytest, SQL Management Studio

SDET, Non-Departmental Public Body

11/19 – 09/20

SDET for the agile project delivery of a non-departmental public body.

Testing GDS frontend and REST API middleware, consultancy and training to incumbent QA team, and performance testing backend SaaS configuration.

Technologies used: TypeScript, Groovy, Cucumber, Azure Pipelines, Enzyme, JAX-RS, Jest, JMeter, JSForce, React, Request, Selenium

SDET, Government Agency

07/17 – 10/19

SDET for the digital transformation programme of a large government agency.

Tech leadership, buddy mentoring, and path to live architect. Performance testing secure enterprise workflow platform with a hybrid microservices architecture, including third-party endpoints.

Technologies used: Java, JavaScript, Scala, Activiti, Cucumber, Enzyme, Gatling, JAX-RS, Jest, Jenkins, React, Rest Assured, Selenium, Spring


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