Leonard Atorough
Edinburgh
Summary
Results-driven QA Engineer with expertise in automation testing and architecture-driven testing. Proven ability to lead test strategy reviews and implement CI/CD pipelines, resulting in significant performance improvements and cost savings. Focused on enhancing performance, accessibility, and maintainability of high-impact applications.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Engineer
ASOS
09.2022 - Current
- Developed and tested ASOS checkout experience to support Topshop relaunch.
Authored automation scripts for React components utilizing Jest.
Designed tests emphasizing frontend accessibility, user experience, and page optimization metrics. - Led integration testing for frontend and backend in Klarna optimization project.
Facilitated entry into 10 new Klarna markets, doubling total to 20.
Enhanced Klarna payment share to 27% within global ASOS retail sales.
Delivered £4 million savings in transaction fees across an 8-month period. - Developed and implemented automation scripts and process standards facilitating migration of CI/CD pipelines from TeamCity and Octopus Deploy to Azure DevOps.
- Adopted architectural-driven testing (ADT) strategies within major client integration migration project, preserving test coverage while accelerating project delivery timelines.
- Spearheaded comprehensive test strategy review, emphasizing definition of test automation levels, simplification through C# component and integration test rewrites, and enhancement of test documentation management.
SDET Engineer
Sparta Global
02.2021 - 09.2022
- Developed automated test scripts using NUnit, Selenium, and C# for distributed, microservice API applications handling hundreds of payment transaction requests per second.
- Conducted application performance, load, stress, and soak testing using JMeter to ensure application stability under different load pressure conditions.
- Reviewed test plans and specifications to ensure comprehensive coverage of features.
- Collaborated with developers to design, develop, and deploy new API applications, and was actively involved in writing development code in C#.
Education
Master of Science - Oil And Gas Engineering
Robert Gordon University
Aberdeen02-2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh11-2018
Some College (No Degree) - C# SDET Training (Online Bootcamp)
Sparta Global
Skills
- Automation testing
- API testing
- CI/CD pipelines
- Load testing
- Architectural-driven testing
- Performance monitoring
Certification
ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level
Timeline
QA Engineer
ASOS
09.2022 - Current
SDET Engineer
Sparta Global
02.2021 - 09.2022
Master of Science - Oil And Gas Engineering
Robert Gordon University
Bachelor of Engineering - Chemical Engineering
Heriot-Watt University
Some College (No Degree) - C# SDET Training (Online Bootcamp)
Sparta Global