Anastasios Iliadis

Greater Glasgow

Summary

Performance-driven Software QA Engineer with over 5 years of commercial experience delivering premium mobile and web applications for UK retailers, supplemented by hands-on test automation development. Expert in building and maintaining Selenium automation suites, executing API validation, and leading end-to-end manual, automated, and exploratory testing across diverse web and mobile platforms. Proven track record of operating within both large-scale enterprise environments and lean, agile teams to guarantee defect-free software releases.

Overview

years of professional experience

years of post-secondary education

Certification

Work history

Automation QA Engineer

Freelance

, Remote

03.2026 - 05.2026

Multi-Platform Testing: Collaborated within a lean, agile team to conduct rigorous automated and manual QA across multiple web applications and native mobile apps, ensuring seamless cross-platform functionality.
Automation Frameworks: Built, scaled, and maintained automated regression testing suites using Selenium, optimizing test execution times and expanding automation coverage across diverse web pages.
Script Development: Converted complex manual test cases into robust, reusable automated scripts, significantly increasing overall test coverage and reducing manual overhead for the team.
Defect Management: Identified, documented, and tracked multi-platform defects in Jira, collaborating closely with developers to perform root-cause analysis and validate fixes.
Code Maintenance: Maintained automation codebase stability by debugging flaky tests and handling dynamic web elements effectively.

Software QA Engineer

VML

London (Remote), United Kingdom

12.2020 - 01.2026

Mobile QA Ownership: Led end-to-end QA for high-traffic commerce applications for premier UK brands including Harrods, Selfridges, Dunelm, Eurocarparts (ECP), Iceland, Lakeland, River Island, Dobbies, and Wolseley.
Release Excellence: Maintained a sub-1% post-release defect rate across 10+ major release cycles, ensuring seamless user experiences for millions of retail customers.
QA Leadership: Managed testing workstreams, coordinated cross-functional team efforts, and acted as the primary QA point of contact for enterprise clients to gather requirements and define acceptance criteria.
Test Strategy & Design: Authored 500+ comprehensive test cases in TestRail and Testpad, increasing regression coverage by 40% and ensuring platform stability across legacy and "greenfield" projects.
API Validation: Executed robust backend verification using Postman to validate RESTful endpoints and data integrity, successfully preventing front-end breaking changes.
Defect Optimization: Streamlined Jira workflows by providing high-fidelity bug reports with clear reproduction steps, logs, and environmental details, accelerating developer resolution times.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computing and IT:

The Open University

United Kingdom

10.2015 - 06.2020

Skills

Automation & Tools: Selenium, Test Automation Frameworks
API & Backend Testing: Postman, API Validation, RESTful Endpoints
Testing Methodologies: Manual, Functional, Regression, Exploratory, Smoke, Sanity, UAT, End-to-End (E2E)

Defect & Test Management: Jira, TestRail, Testpad
Platforms & Environments: iOS, Android, Web (Responsive Design), Multi-platform Testing, Agile / Scrum