About Rachel
Experienced ISTQB-qualified Test Lead / Senior Test Engineer with six years’ experience of hands-on, client-facing roles. I enjoy working in fast-paced, agile teams, and have extensive experience in automated and manual testing of mobile apps, websites, APIs and back-end systems.
English
Native or bilingual
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- EarthlyTest LeadJanuary 2022 - Today (4 years and 5 months)- Established test practices and processes from scratch for a growing product portfolio- Introduced automated front-end test suites (using Cypress with JavaScript) and synthetic API monitoring- Integrated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure continuous monitoring- Carry out API testing using tools such as Postman and Charles Proxy- Effectively debug systems and manage timely fixes of issues- Reduced the risks of deployments by introducing robust release processes- Expertise in non-functional testing, including performance, accessibility and security testing- Collaborate with the product team and stakeholders to define requirements and write user stories, analysing and refining from a quality perspective- Proactively and effectively respond to user reports of technical issues
- Ordnance SurveySenior Test EngineerMay 2021 - December 2021 (7 months)Southampton, UK- I led the testing across the Consumer group of projects, which includes OS Maps, GetOutside, Secret Stories and the E-commerce platform.- Highly organised, managing and overseeing testing tasks accurately and to tight deadlines.- Wrote and executed automated E2E tests using Selenium WebDriver with Java and Cucumber.- Experience with XCUI and Espresso for mobile automation.- Mentored and coached new team members.- Expertise in both functional and non-functional testing, including performance (JMeter), accessibility and security.- API testing using tools such as Postman, Charles Proxy and Swagger.- Proficiency in refining requirements, writing user stories (using BDD - Gherkin syntax), providing test estimates and presenting test results.
- Ordnance SurveyTest AnalystAugust 2019 - May 2021 (1 year and 9 months)Southampton, UK- Manual and automation testing across a range of Ordnance Survey's digital products- Automation testing using Java with Selenium Webdriver and Cucumber- API testing- Experience testing with cloud-based solutions and Microsoft Azure
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Education
- Bachelor of Sciencethe University of Sheffield2015Bachelor of Science (BSc), Geography
- A Levels, Maths, Biology, German, LatinThe Red Maids' School2011A Levels, Maths, Biology, German, Latin