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Diego Gawenda

Montevideo

Summary

QA leader with 15+ years of experience in software quality across fintech, automotive, and SaaS sectors. Proven track record in developing scalable automation frameworks and integrating QA into CI/CD pipelines. Expertise in enhancing team performance and fostering collaboration to ensure delivery of high-quality products. Committed to promoting a quality culture that drives measurable business results.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineer in Test

Flex
02.2024 - Current
  • Company website: https://getflex.com/
  • Built mobile automation from scratch with Maestro, reducing regression execution time by 30%.
  • Integrated mobile automation with GitHub Actions for continuous feedback.
  • Extended web automation coverage by 10% (+50 test cases) using TypeScript.

Software Engineer in Test

Almanac
07.2022 - 12.2023
  • Company website: https://get.almanac.io/
  • Standardized testing processes, improving productivity by 20%.
  • Built Playwright automation framework, improving performance by 75%.
  • Boosted efficiency by 25% with automation visibility tools.

QA Lead / QA Automation - Consultant

OpenLane
07.2022 - 07.2023
  • Company website: https://www.openlane.com/
  • Created Cypress automation framework from scratch and integrated with CircleCI.
  • Mentored testers to align goals with business needs.

QA Lead / QA Engineer

d-local
Montevideo
10.2020 - 07.2022
  • Company Overview: dlocal.com
  • Increased ROI of automated tests by 80% via daily monitoring.
  • Improved onboarding for automation framework, raising efficiency by 20%.
  • Dlocal.com

QA Lead/ QA Automation

The Appraisal Lane
06.2016 - 08.2020

Company website: https://www.theappraisallane.com

  • Built a QA automation team of 10 members from scratch
  • Automation of regression tests saved 75% of time spent in these tasks using Selenium with Java
  • Conducted regular code reviews, and provided technical leadership to enhance the overall quality of the testing process

QA Manager / QA Automation / QA Engineer

Greycon
01.2008 - 05.2016

Company website: https://www.greycon.com

  • Managed the QA team of 10 members around the globe
  • Reduced the error ratio by 40% with root cause analysis
  • Reduced time to monitor automated tests failures by 75%

Education

Software Tester Leader -

CES
01.2016

Software Engineer -

Universidad de la República
01.2008

Skills

  • QA Leadership
  • Test Automation
  • Playwright
  • Cypress
  • Maestro
  • Selenium
  • API Testing
  • CI/CD (GHA, CircleCI, Jenkins)
  • SQL
  • TypeScript
  • JavaScript
  • Shift-Left Testing
  • Mobile/Web Testing
  • Usability & Accessibility

Certification

  • ISTQB Foundation Level
  • Testing Based on Models (CES)
  • Agile Testing Fellowship

Volunteer Experience

TestingUY, Collaborator, 01/2019 - Present

Training

  • Playwright by Renata Andrade, Test Automation University
  • Agile Testing Essentials, Lisa Crispin & Janette Gregory

Languages

  • Spanish (Native)
  • English (Fluent)
  • German
  • Portuguese

Timeline

Software Engineer in Test

Flex
02.2024 - Current

Software Engineer in Test

Almanac
07.2022 - 12.2023

QA Lead / QA Automation - Consultant

OpenLane
07.2022 - 07.2023

QA Lead / QA Engineer

d-local
10.2020 - 07.2022

QA Lead/ QA Automation

The Appraisal Lane
06.2016 - 08.2020

QA Manager / QA Automation / QA Engineer

Greycon
01.2008 - 05.2016

Software Tester Leader -

CES

Software Engineer -

Universidad de la República
Diego Gawenda