Acerca de Fernando
Test Automation Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience building test frameworks and CI/CD-integrated test infrastructure for distributed systems. Equally comfortable architecting from scratch as a sole automation engineer or leading and mentoring teams of 5+ across distributed time zones. Strongest combination: TypeScript and Java test automation, deep CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions, Bitbucket Pipelines, Jenkins, Docker), and the cross-functional partnership with Dev and DevOps that turns testing into a quality function rather than a gate. Comfortable integrating AI-assisted engineering tools (Claude Code, AI-driven test generation) into the daily workflow, treating AI as a force multiplier for test design and framework maintenance rather than a buzzword. Currently looking for senior technical roles - Staff or Principal level - where I can stay close to the code while shaping testing strategy and growing other engineers. Fully remote from Spain, open to European product companies and scale-ups.
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Competencia profesional completa
Español
Bilingüe o nativo
Solo teletrabajo
Lleva a cabo sus proyectos principalmente en remoto
Experiencia
- XCEDEQA Automation Engineerdiciembre de 2025 - Hoy (6 meses)Málaga, EspañaTest automation engineer on the Casino product team at Codere, a Spanish iGaming operator, contracted through Xcede. Working on web and mobile automation across a stack of Playwright (web), WebdriverIO + Appium (mobile, with BrowserStack for device coverage), and a BDD layer for mobile scenarios — all integrated with Jira XRay. Joined shortly after a new technical QA leadership took over to evolve the QA function from a manual-only team toward a Platform Engineering model.- Developing and maintaining Playwright test automation for the web Casino product, integrated with Jira XRay for end-to-end traceability.- Building mobile automation with WebdriverIO and Appium, executed across real devices via BrowserStack and structured around BDD scenarios.- Working with AI-assisted engineering tools as a core part of the team's workflow — including Claude Code for development tasks and Playwright's AI capabilities for test generation and maintenance — within a company that actively pushes AI adoption across engineering.- Actively contributing to the team's transition toward modern QA practices, drawing on prior Engineering Productivity experience to advocate for CI/CD adoption, automation patterns, and quality ownership shared with developers — in an environment that had relied on manual deployments.- Collaborating with developers and the new QA leadership on test ownership, automation patterns, and the cultural shift required to integrate testing into the development workflow.
- Randstad EnterpriseLead Test Automation Engineerjunio de 2022 - noviembre de 2025 (3 años y 5 meses)Málaga, EspañaSole test automation engineer for Twago, a freelance recruitment platform serving both freelancers and recruiters across two Vue.js web applications backed by Java services. Operated embedded in a single cross-functional team alongside 4 frontend and 4 backend engineers.- Designed and built the test automation capability from scratch — both E2E and API — establishing testing as a core engineering practice in a team that previously had no automation engineer.- Architected the E2E framework in Playwright with TypeScript, deliberately aligning with the frontend team's stack to enable shared patterns and easier code review collaboration.- Architected the API framework in Java RESTAssured, a deliberate strategic choice to lower the barrier for backend engineers to contribute and own API tests in their own language.- Built and maintained the Bitbucket Pipelines configuration that ran the full automation suite, taking the team from sprint-end manual regression to confident, frequent releases with a fast CI feedback loop.- Developed a custom Playwright reporter integrating test results directly into Jira XRay, closing the feedback loop for non-technical stakeholders and making test outcomes visible across product, business and engineering.- Acted as the technical reference for quality across the team, partnering with developers on testability and test ownership rather than treating testing as a siloed responsibility.
- EPAM SystemsLead Software Engineer in Testenero de 2021 - mayo de 2022 (1 año y 4 meses)Málaga, SpainTest automation engineer assigned to a project for a major US real estate data and analytics company, working on the maintenance and evolution of an existing API automation suite. Promoted internally to Lead through EPAM's technical career ladder via formal assessments.- Maintained and extended an API test automation suite based on Postman collections executed via Newman, integrated into Jenkins for scheduled runs.- Triaged automated test failures, distinguishing real defects from environmental issues and flakiness, and partnered with the development team on root-cause investigation.- Acted as technical interviewer for QA and test automation candidates as part of EPAM's hiring process, conducting 10+ assessments and providing hire/no-hire recommendations to the engineering organization.- Earned promotion to Lead Test Automation Engineer through EPAM's internal career framework, completing technical assessments covering test automation breadth (including Selenium WebDriver) and competency reviews.
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Formación
- Analista Universitario en Sistemas de Computación, Tecnología de la informaciónUniversidad Empresarial 'Siglo 21'2019Analista Universitario en Sistemas de Computación, Tecnología de la información