Cristina Caescu
QA Lead | QA Manager
Cluj-Napoca,Cluj
Summary
Quality Assurance Lead | Quality Engineering Manager | People Management - Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, România
Results-oriented leader polished in developing quality improvement plans and monitoring employee performance to cultivate adherence to company standards. Focused and driven with aptitude for process improvement. Dedicated to going above and beyond to mitigate risk and improve quality.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
Work History
QA Automation & Community Lead
RebelDot
Cluj
05.2022 - Current
- Lead and mentor the automation engineers using a visionary and servant leadership style.
- Responsible for people growth and performance evaluations.
- Responsible for building a culture based on care, growth, and collaboration.
- Defined processes for the QA community, including test deliverables and testing standards.
- Created a skills matrix for engineering and soft skills.
- Experience with interviewing and setting templates for technical and leadership interviews
- Ensure alignment between Quality Engineer teams and practices
- Delivering for 2 projects simultaneously and prioritizing tasks accordingly
- Created test strategies, test plans, and test reports for 3 different projects
- Implemented 3 automation frameworks with JavaScript and Cypress
- Provided feedback, guidance, and coaching for engineers from different teams.
- Researched and selected automation tools, prioritizing cost-effective solutions.
- Applied Agile Delivery methods to simplify testing process decisions through iterative development.
Quality Engineering Manager
Betfair (FanDuel)
Cluj-Napoca | Edinburgh
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Participated in employee onboarding and performance reviews.
- Guide the team towards a culture of support and performance.
- Contribute proactively to the QA organizational strategies and activities
▫️ created a test strategy for the QA/QE department
▫️ alignment between teams ways of working - Managed and being responsible for Quality Engineers from different teams.
- Hiring Manager for Cluj and UK teams.
Module Lead
3PillarGlobal
Cluj-Napoca
12.2020 - 10.2021
- Used problem-solving and issue-resolution skills to promptly and successfully address production problems.
- Going the extra mile on coaching the QA team.
- Presented analytical documentation to stakeholders, translating QA strategies into comprehensible language.
- Performed: test case design, monitoring, strategy, planning and reporting for 2 projects in parallel.
- Effective communication and collaboration with team and stakeholders.
- Created comprehensive manual & automated test suites for every new feature.
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Cluj
Cluj-Napoca
01.2019 - 12.2020
- Mentoring: Being part of: "Mentor Me" & "Be the QA" internal programs.
- Develop and executed automated test scripts.
- Developed automation frameworks from scratch: Javascript, Cypress (backend +frontend)
- Developed automation framework from scratch: Ruby, RSpec, HTTParty, Capybara, AWS.
- POCs: performance & security testing.
- Manual testing (TestRail, Postman, AWS)
Software QA Engineer
Cognizant Softvision
Cluj-Napoca
02.2019 - 06.2019
- Manual and automation testing with Ruby and Cucumber.
- Tools: GraphAPI Explorer for Facebook, Splunk, Postman, MySQL Workbench, RubyMine.
Software QA Engineer
3Pillar Global Romania
Cluj-Napoca
08.2017 - 02.2019
- Developed a Rails application: Ruby, Postgresql, Heroku, Amazon s3, basic html&css
- Automation testing: Ruby on Rails, RSpec, Capybara, Selenium, Watir
- Performance testing: ruby-jmeter DSL + Flood.io integration for test reporting. (Tools: RubyMine, iTerm, VmWare, SequelPro, Postman, JIRA, GitLab, GraphQL, Docker)
Software QA Engineer
Fortech
Cluj-Napoca
01.2016 - 07.2017
- Developed automation framework using: Java (+SpringBoot) with TestNG, JUnit, Mokito
- Manual and Automation Testing: MySQL, SQL, Elasticsearch, Mongo, Solr query checks and API validations.
- Load testing: JMeter + reporting
- Tools: SLS, Fiddler, Git, WinScp, Putty, JIRA, SQL, MySQL Workbench, MongoDB
Education
Bachelor's degree - Automation and Applied Informatics
Cluj-Napoca
01.2012 - 04.2016
High School Diploma - Intensive Computer Science
National College of Computer Science from Piatra
01.2006 - 04.2012
Skills
Adaptability and reliability
Certification
Project Management in Agile
Timeline
Scrum Master
05-2023
Project Management in Agile
02-2023
QA Automation & Community Lead
RebelDot
05.2022 - Current
Quality Engineering Manager
Betfair (FanDuel)
10.2021 - 04.2022
Module Lead
3PillarGlobal
12.2020 - 10.2021
Software QA Engineer
Cognizant Softvision
02.2019 - 06.2019
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer
Cluj
01.2019 - 12.2020
Software QA Engineer
3Pillar Global Romania
08.2017 - 02.2019
Software QA Engineer
Fortech
01.2016 - 07.2017
Bachelor's degree - Automation and Applied Informatics
Cluj-Napoca
01.2012 - 04.2016
High School Diploma - Intensive Computer Science
National College of Computer Science from Piatra
01.2006 - 04.2012
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