Esther Okafor
Salford, Manchester
Summary
Seasoned Quality Assurance Engineer with a proven track record of five years. Worked at leading multinational and unicorn companies across Africa and Europe. Instrumental in driving excellence and innovation in the tech space. Tested and worked on products at Flutterwave, resulting in significant revenue growth, enhanced customer satisfaction, and widespread adoption of digital payment solutions. Currently, playing a pivotal role at Storyblok in ensuring the quality and reliability of the headless CMS platform that powers over 80,000 projects worldwide.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Engineer
STORYBLOK
08.2022 - Current
- Led the development and CI integration of an accessibility testing strategy using Playwright, ensuring the application is usable by all, including users with disabilities.
- Spearheaded Cypress visual testing implementation, boosting conversion rates by 20% and reducing UI performance issues by 30%.
- Optimized API testing with Postman, cutting testing time by 40% and API-related issues by 25%.
- Authored and maintained 100+ automated UI and API tests, enhancing test coverage across key user journeys.
- Developed test plans with Jira- Xray, slashing critical production defects by 50%.
Quality Control Analyst
FLUTTERWAVE
04.2022 - 02.2023
- Conducted proficient testing on Middleware application services, with a particular focus on POS merchant profiling, ensuring the reliability and accuracy of critical functionalities
- Engineered customer-centric testing strategies, fostering seamless coordination across teams and aligning testing efforts with customer needs and expectations
- Collaborated on cross-team testing methodologies, facilitating the exchange of insights and best practices, ultimately enhancing the overall product quality and user experience
- Identified potential issues proactively and communicated improvement strategies effectively, contributing to the continual enhancement of product performance and customer satisfaction
Mobile QA Engineer
RENMONEY/MFB
09.2021 - 04.2022
- Led mobile test automation initiatives utilising Appium and Katalon, resulting in a remarkable 50% reduction in testing duration
- Designed and executed a comprehensive test automation strategy for end-to-end loan service testing, leading to a notable 30% decrease in processing times
- Monitored resolution of bugs, tested fixes, and helped developers tackle ongoing problems by providing QA perspective.
QA Engineer
Venture Garden Group
09.2020 - 09.2021
- Developed comprehensive automation testing plans, ensuring meticulous coverage of essential activities across all testing phases
- Utilised tools like Postman and Cypress to execute efficient API testing and implement robust test automation strategies
- Effectively managed test automation activities across multiple concurrent project delivery streams, demonstrating adept coordination skills in a dynamic environment
- Showcased expertise in leveraging continuous integration frameworks like Jenkins, streamlining testing processes, and seamlessly integrating them within the development lifecycle
Education
HND - mass communication
YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Lagos State, Nigeria12-2018
OND - mass communication
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OKO
Anambra State, Nigeria01.2014
Skills
- Functional testing
- Regression testing
- User acceptance testing
- Technical documentation
- Continuous integration
- Usability testing
- Quality assurance processes
- Defect tracking
- Data validation
- Test planning
- Performance testing
- Stress testing
Personal Information
Title: QA Engineer
Tools
Postman, Cypress, Playwright, Github, Github Actions, Browserstack, Jmeter, Jenkins, Jira, Testrail, Javascript and Typescript.
Certification
ISTQB - Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)
Mentoring
- DevCareer
- She Code Africa
- The Bug Detective
Timeline
QA Engineer
STORYBLOK
08.2022 - Current
Quality Control Analyst
FLUTTERWAVE
04.2022 - 02.2023
Mobile QA Engineer
RENMONEY/MFB
09.2021 - 04.2022
QA Engineer
Venture Garden Group
09.2020 - 09.2021
HND - mass communication
YABA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
OND - mass communication
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC OKO
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