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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

Websites

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

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