Paola DePetris

B.A. in Communications Sciences

2010 - 2014

Universidad Automoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico

Certification

2024-2027

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Quality Engineer II

2022-2024

Weight Watchers, New York, NY

• Led to a significant reduction of manual efforts from 100% to 20% and achieved 80% automation coverage. This resulted in increased efficiency and faster release cycles, utilizing Python with Pytest for data testing and Ruby with the Dredd framework for testing RESTful APIs.
• Collaborated within a global team, both independently and as part of collective effort, to execute workflow systems.
• Successfully performed Smoke Testing, Regression Testing, Functional Testing, Positive/Negative Testing.
• Analyzed and resolved issues related to failed tests, opening corresponding bugs for efficient debugging and resolution.
• Collaborated on creating a Pytest framework from scratch and integrated scripts with Github and Jenkins.
• Leveraged expertise in BigTable, BigQuery, Kafka topics, and AWS services for large-scale data processing, storage, and analysis, ensuring data accuracy and reliability.
• Enhanced documentation transparency by migrating the test suite from Excel to Xray, facilitating comprehensive test management and improved visibility into testing processes.
• Managed sending pre-release sign-off documentation, ensuring alignment with project requirements.

SDET

2020 - 2022

Prudential Financial, Newark, NJ

• Used Java in Eclipse IDE and wrote Gherkin/Scenarios in Cucumber Feature file to generate step definitions for testing various functionalities of the Application.
• Automated RESTFul API/Web Services testing using Rest Assured Libraries with JAVA, Json and Junit.
• Identified GUI elements using a full array of Selenium locators.
• Scripted functional scenarios and grew the Automated portion of the Regression Suite.
• Utilized Oracle and MySQL for testing with databases.
• Collaborated with QA and Development teams in order to support release planning, estimation, and delivery processes using Agile methodologies.
• Implemented Page Object Model to help maximize locator and code agility.

Test Automation Engineer

2018- 2020

Wayfair, Boston, MA

• Wrote and executed the test cases manually and automated them in Selenium Web Driver.
• Performed Functional, Regression, Integration, Positive, Negative testing.
• Reported defects to the development team on a periodic basis, and retested fixed defects.
• Performed manual execution of test scenarios and test cases, and verified actual results based on expected results.
• Performed backend testing using SQL to compare data in backend and frontend.
• Worked with Jira for requirements management and bug tracking.
• Performed Requirement analysis based on SMART criteria to make sure if it’s measurable and specific.

QA Analyst

2018

Envision Healthcare, Conshohocken, PA

• Manually executed Test Scenarios, Test Cases and verified the actual results based on expected results.
• Managed individual test cycles, reported bugs and worked with other analysts and developers to resolve the issues.
• Developed RTM to ensure comprehensive test coverage of requirements.
• Worked with Quality Center for requirements management and bug tracking..
• Collaborated with QA and Development teams to support release planning, estimation and delivery processes using Agile Methodologies.