Testing & Reliability in Practice

Timeline of contracts and roles focused on automation, risk-based testing, and operationalizing quality.

Senior Software Quality Engineer

First Horizon Bank

Contract
Aug 2025 — PresentAI-augmented Playwright reliability

Turned a messy QA setup into a single AI-augmented Playwright system covering UI, APIs, performance, and E2E, cutting automation effort by about 60%. Pushed quality as a system rather than a phase by adding guardrails, risk-based testing, and reliability checks that brought defect escapes below 2%.

ClaudeCodexMCPCI/CDArchitecture

Software Engineer

Fidelity Investments

Contract
Aug 2023 — Aug 2025Pipeline-integrated automation

Modernized automation into a DevOps-aligned Playwright ecosystem with CI/CT pipelines and AI-driven test generation using LLMs. Led QA for critical 401(k) workflows ensuring IRS compliance while building reusable frameworks and quality gates across squads.

PlaywrightAzureCI/CDAI/LLMAutomation

Principal Software Engineer

ICON PLC

Full-time
Jun 2020 — Aug 2023Compliance-focused monitoring

Led QA for global clinical systems (10k+ users), building scalable Selenium/TestNG frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines. Enabled zero-downtime releases with Azure deployments, monitoring (Datadog, Grafana, Splunk), and resilient pipeline strategies.

SeleniumTestNGAzureCI/CDMonitoringAutomation

Automation Architect

MetLife

Full-time
Jan 2016 — May 2020Framework evangelism

Defined enterprise automation strategy across web, mobile, API, and DB, delivering scalable frameworks and 12+ PoCs. Mentored global teams and embedded automation into cross-functional delivery, aligning QA with business outcomes.

JavaSeleniumAppiumFrameworksLeadership

System Engineer

MetLife

Full-time
Mar 2013 — Jan 2016Foundational QA

Validated complex insurance systems ensuring accuracy in policy logic, compensation workflows, and financial calculations. Drove defect resolution through traceability, regression testing, and root cause analysis across critical systems.

Manual TestingSQLRCARegressionDomain