Jesús R. Urbáez M.
SR QA Automation Engineer
Buenos Aires
Summary
Detail-oriented Quality Assurance Engineer with extensive experience in automation and software testing. Identifies and resolves issues to enhance performance and reliability. Collaborates effectively with teams to deliver results and adapt to changing requirements. Proficient in scripting, test frameworks, and continuous integration tools, driving process improvement and operational efficiency.
Overview
2
2
Languages
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr QA Automation Engineer
Upwork Inc.
01.2022 - 01.2026
- Use of artificial intelligence tools to optimize QA activities. (Cursor/Windsurf)
- Create a set of commands, skills, and sub-agents to accelerate repetitive tasks, standardize best practices, and strengthen test automation processes.
- Create a set of skills to support the migration from the Selenium framework to Playwright.
- Design of test plans based on technical documentation and product requirements.
- Automation and maintenance of E2E tests (Desktop/Mobile).
- Automation and maintenance of API tests.
- Responsible of QA cycle inside T&S Reputation and Credibility team.
Sr QA Automation Engineer
Santander Tecnología
01.2020 - 01.2024
- Design, develop and execute strategies for the automation of the different endpoints belonging to the Mutual Fund backend ‘Wealth Management.’
- Backend tests automation (Cypress/Mocha/Chai)
- FrontEnd tests automation (Cypress)
- JavaScript/Postman/PL-SQL/GitLab/Jenkins
Sr QA Automation Engineer
Secureauth Corporation
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Participation in the design phase of solutions to system requirements. Plan and design the manual and automated testing strategy of the backend of the internal product of the organization. Develop automated test scripts. Execution of manual and automated tests. Generation of reports based on results. Bug report and monitoring for subsequent verification.
- Backend test automation (PyTest/Postman)
- GRPC coding-testing/Jira/Git
QA Automation Engineer
Cognizant Softvision
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Design, develop, make and execute strategies to automate all functional/nonfunctional test suite (BE / FE) Hain Celestial Group project “Fountain of Truth” as well as its respective deploy, application, tracking and reporting on every environment.
- Backend and Frontend tests automation (Selenium Web Driver + Appium + Java/Rest Assured/Postman)
- Load/Stress Testing (JMeter)
- PenTesting (OWASP ZAP)
- JIRA/GIT/Log4j/Maven
QA Automation Engineer
S & C Systems
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Design, define, make and execute automated test suites to the web system of Acuityads.com
- Frontend test automation (Selenium Web Driver + Protractor + Angular JS)
- Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Trello)
- Test Rails/Git
QA Auditing Project Manager
Bancaribe
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Planned, organized, directed, and controlled QA internal and government projects.
- Defined resources and activities, planned and controlled processes, and presented results effectively.
- Utilized agile practices to improve team collaboration and project delivery.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive quality improvement initiatives, enhancing product reliability and customer satisfaction.
- Managed project timelines and deliverables for QA auditing, aligning team efforts with strategic business objectives.
- Resources and activities definition, planning, control and result presentation.
- Agile product management methodologies like SCRUM.
- Managed project timelines and deliverables for QA auditing, ensuring alignment of team efforts with strategic business objectives.
Education
Master Degree - Business Management
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Caracas01-2013
Computers Sciences Graduate - Network and Communications Technologies
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Caracas01-2011
Skills
AI Tools (1 Year)
Test automation (UI/API) 12 Years
Selenium (7 Years)
Cypress - Playwright (5 Years)
JavaScript (5 Years)
Performance testing (5 Years)
Postman (8 Years)
Python (1 Year)
GRPC testing (1 Year)
Load/Stress Testing (Jmeter/Artillery) (5 Years)
Agile methodologies/Tools (10 Years)
Java (5 Years)
Timeline
Sr QA Automation Engineer
Upwork Inc.
01.2022 - 01.2026
Sr QA Automation Engineer
Santander Tecnología
01.2020 - 01.2024
Sr QA Automation Engineer
Secureauth Corporation
01.2019 - 01.2020
QA Automation Engineer
Cognizant Softvision
01.2018 - 01.2019
QA Auditing Project Manager
Bancaribe
01.2016 - 01.2017
QA Automation Engineer
S & C Systems
01.2016 - 01.2017
Computers Sciences Graduate - Network and Communications Technologies
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Master Degree - Business Management
Universidad Central de Venezuela