Femi Odusole
Bracknell
Summary
Accomplished Senior QA Engineer with years of experience working on web and desktop applications as well as mobile applications across multiple Industries . Also an expert in championing Shift-Left testing and building robust automation frameworks from scratch using well known automation tools, and also safely integrating Artificial Intelligence into the Testing Process where possible and applicable. A proven leader with mentorship success and optimization of QA processes, while leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software. The aim is to leverage technical and leadership skills in a QA/Testing position.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Tester
The Kingsborough Church
04.2024 - Current
- Orchestrated end-to-end testing process for digital transformation applications supporting nursery, mainline church, and food bank branches, pioneering shift-left QA, and slashing critical bugs by 35%
- Developed and incorporated a test strategy and plan with critical stakeholders.
- Pioneered Shift-Left testing practices, integrating QA early in the development lifecycle.
- Constructed and maintained an automated test suite using Cypress, integrated into CI/CD pipeline.
- Owned the defect triage process, ensuring efficient resolution and communication.
- Orchestrated the creation of stable and efficient test environments with WSL, IntelliJ, and Bitbucket, decreasing build failure rates by 15% and accelerating continuous integration processes.
Test Engineer
Lendscape
04.2023 - 01.2025
- Worked on a ReactJS/JAVA web-based Asset Finance application.
- Advocated Shift-Left; converted requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Automated E2E and API tests using Cypress & Cucumber, covering new and existing functionalities as part of the CI/CD process.
- Designed and maintained test environments on local machines and AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda).
- Mentored junior test engineers through best practices and advanced testing techniques.
- Engineered and executed end-to-end API testing strategies using GraphQL, validating data integrity and system reliability across 15+ microservices; reduced integration errors by 22% in 6 months.
QA Analyst
Distribind
12.2022 - 02.2023
- Responsible for the functional regression and performance testing of the complex data processing system.
- Automated test cases using Cypress & Cucumber and managed the entire CI/CD process.
- Specializing in Bordereaux conversion and testing data manipulation in Azure environments (ADF-Dremio).
- Orchestrated the creation of stable and efficient test environments with WSL, IntelliJ, and Bitbucket, decreasing build failure rates by 15% and accelerating continuous integration processes.
Lead Test Analyst
Sabre Insurance
05.2019 - 11.2022
- Led testing for .NET-based desktop applications for the insurance process (Claims and Underwriting)
- Managed the full test process regarding high priority projects e.g. migration from .NET-to-.NET Core and email migration.
- Design, execution and implementation of API testing strategies for REST APIs using Postman to validate e.g. on the MIB claims portal project.
- Conducted comprehensive data testing, including EDI, source-to-target mapping, ETL, as well T-SQL querying.
- Established a bug reporting template with detailed steps and expected results, increasing the quality of bug reports and the tool is now used by over 20 engineers.
- Created, updated and handled a comprehensive regression pack, which reduced regression issues in releases by 90%
- Supported and contributed to automation framework using C# and ASP.NET.
Test Analyst
Adit Consulting
06.2017 - 05.2019
- Delivered QA processed from scratch as a Test Lead, for the implementation of eCommerce websites/Mobile Applications for UK and International clients.
- Analysis of user stories and acceptance criteria to build detailed test plans, achieving 100% requirement coverage.
- Created an automation framework from scratch using Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, and Cucumber (BDD).
- Training on best practices in QA delivered to new members of the team contributing to the overall team capability.
Test Analyst
Aviva Insurance
07.2015 - 06.2017
- Accrued experience in upgrading a web-based premium and policy generation system.
- Creation of manual and automated test scripts that test functional and regression purposes.
- Cross-browser testing along with database validation using SQL on MySQL.
- Actively participated in Agile ceremonies including daily scrums, sprint planning, and retrospectives.
Education
Diploma - Computer Science with Business Informatics
University of Plymouth
01.2012
Skills
- Automation & Tools: Selenium WebDriver, Cypress, Cucumber(BDD), TestNG, JUnit, Postman, Swagger VSCode, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Cursor
- Languages & Scripting: JavaScript, Java, C#, T-SQL, SQL, XML
- Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS), Azure (ADF, DevOps, ADLS), Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Bamboo, GIT
- Platforms & Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, V-Model, CI/CD, GraphQL, Linux (WSL)
- Testing Expertise: Shift-Left, Test Strategy & Planning, API Testing, Performance & Security Testing, Data Migration Testing, EDI
Certification
ISTQB Foundation Tester | ISEB/ISTQB
Timeline
QA Tester
The Kingsborough Church
04.2024 - Current
Test Engineer
Lendscape
04.2023 - 01.2025
QA Analyst
Distribind
12.2022 - 02.2023
Lead Test Analyst
Sabre Insurance
05.2019 - 11.2022
Test Analyst
Adit Consulting
06.2017 - 05.2019
Test Analyst
Aviva Insurance
07.2015 - 06.2017
Diploma - Computer Science with Business Informatics
University of Plymouth