David Ward

• Spearheaded the development of comprehensive end-to-end (e2e) tests for a prominent enterprise React project using Cypress with Typescript, significantly bolstering the test coverage and ensuring the continued robustness of the client-facing software.
• Demonstrated expertise in Git code reviews by meticulously evaluating both Cypress automation code and the underlying codebase, actually running the code in our local Docker environment, offering invaluable insights from a quality engineering perspective to enhance overall software quality.
• Proactively monitored and resolved automation code failures, meticulously triaging issues to minimize false negatives and false positives, thereby safeguarding against potential disruptions to customer experience, for both React frontend and C# (and sometimes node.js) backends.
• Actively contributed to Agile ceremonies, including grooming sessions, playing a pivotal role in preemptively identifying and addressing potential bugs before the development phase, thereby optimizing software development lifecycle efficiency.

Technologies used:

Typescript, React.js, Cypress, C#, node.js, Docker, Git, TeamCity

• Developed and architected a new e2e testing framework with Webdriver.io in Javascript to test a large Magento PHP application with endless amounts of configuration.
• Reported on the results of the e2e testing framework using Allure which simplified e2e result triaging which resulted in faster development feedback loops
• Covered the e2e testing framework with unit tests with Mocha/Chai to ensure the custom configuration and data generation testing tools worked as expected, to reduce false positives/negatives
• Modified Python scripts to help with deployment tasks
• Reviewed feature code (in Typescript for React and PHP) to look for issues, as well as suggested and implemented changes to champion for quality across the organization
• Mentored test engineers new to test automation to help them get up to speed and further their career, and additionally talked with non-test engineers about best practices to help reduce churn and risk.

Technologies used:

Javascript, Webdriver.io, Cypress, React, Magento, PHP, Docker, Git, Gitlab

• Identified and reported on gaps in manual and automated test coverage to scope out a new plan for improving testing processes
• Wrote SQL queries to debug issues happening in Postgres databases
• Worked closely with team creating node.js internal tooling
• Created and architected a new automated end end-to-end testing project from scratch using Playwright and Typescript which tests an Electron application pointed to a local backend and React frontend to exercise various test scenarios.
• Implemented CICD in Gcloud for having e2e tests run on a schedule and triggered on pull requests to repositories
• Mentored both test engineers and non-testing department employees on proper testing techniques, reporting, documentation, and automation priorities.

Technologies used:

Javascript, Elixir, React, node.js, Playwright, Electron, Postgres, Git, Gcloud, Docker, Kubernetes

• Introduce and curate quality processes on one of many cross functional teams, which were later adopted by other teams
• Consult and construct new automated testing processes to help ensure search relevancy is accurate and performant
• Recommending new automated test tooling such as PITest for mutation testing and Cypress automation for UI testing in React application to be added and supported in CI/CD pipeline to speed up the development feedback loop.
• Implemented CICD in Azure for having Cypress e2e tests run on a schedule and triggered on pull requests opening on repositories
• Used Python to help replace some older Shell scripts in the deployment pipeline related to e2e testing

Technologies used:

Javascript, Typescript, Cypress, React, Java, Git, Azure Devops, Cosmos, Mongo, Docker, Kubernetes,

• Expanding Protractor automation suite using Typescript for a new React.js and node.js software project to reduce the number of regressions and notify when test failures occur via CICD in AWS
• Championing containerization and virtualization of all automation projects to easily scale and setup testing environments using Docker
• Created software to automate the experience of coordinating and organizing company wide testing sessions to allow for simple engagement with the legacy software within our own company via Google products
• Coordinated with other engineering teams to ensure proper test coverage for all (React, node, C#) releases were planned and accounted for, with proper test artifacts created
• Directly involved in the creation and prioritization of planning automation projects to ensure all tickets were created and no gaps were allowed, and to focus the team's involvement in a timely manner

Technologies used:

Javascript, node.js, Typescript, React, C#, Git, AWS, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Protractor, Docker, Teamcity

• Actively participated in the creation of quality processes in a company transforming from a startup to a business backed by a large multinational corporation.
• Worked on a high visibility and impact team around payments/data/reporting and successfully ensured zero issues were shipped to production.
• Introduced the idea of mobile e2e testing at the organization with a demo Appium project in Python, which helped to show the value of automated testing and future e2e projects were based on its success.
• Created automated API tests for a node.js backend using a custom built Javascript project to help shift manual testing focuses towards more exploratory testing of products and to lower our risk of regressions with a better feedback loop in Docker environment and live.
• Assisted in creating the Gherkin/Cucumber step definitions to guide mobile automation in its infancy.
• Mentored colleagues in our testing department to help push their testing careers forward as well as improve the quality of our software across multiple teams in the organization.

Technologies used:

Git, AWS, MySQL, Postgres, Redis, Javascript, node.js, Typescript, Cypress, Protractor, Cucumber, Appium, Docker

Helped in the creation and maintenance of multiple eCommerce websites, developed and supported Java software to ensure website stability and ease of use, managed temporary sales advertising, delivered orders to customers on a daily basis in a helpful and professional manner, and conducted multiple live chat systems.

Technologies used:

Java, Git, Wordpress, Woocommerce