Kwame Osei | QA Engineer II at Amazon

Summary

Experienced QA Engineer with 6 years of expertise in software quality assurance, specializing in developing robust test automation frameworks and ensuring high product quality. Proven ability to design and execute comprehensive test plans, perform performance and security testing, and integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver stable and scalable software solutions in Agile environments.

Experience

QA Engineer IIAmazon

Seattle, WAMar 2021Present

Led the development of an automated API testing framework using Python and Pytest, reducing regression testing time by 40% (from 8 hours to 4.8 hours).
Improved overall product stability by identifying and reporting over 150 critical defects in the last year, preventing potential customer impacting issues.

QA EngineerMicrosoft

Redmond, WAJul 2017Mar 2021

Designed and executed test plans for new features in Microsoft Teams, contributing to a 10% increase in user satisfaction scores post-release.
Automated over 300 UI test cases using Selenium WebDriver and C#, achieving 85% coverage for critical user flows.

Projects

Automated E-commerce Testing Suite

Jan 2022Jun 2022

Developed an end-to-end automation suite for an e-commerce platform using Playwright and Python, covering user registration, product search, and checkout flows.

API Health Checker

Aug 2021Dec 2021

Created a lightweight Java application to monitor the health and performance of critical REST APIs, logging response times and status codes.
Implemented a notification system via email for API failures, improving incident response time by 30%.

Education

University of WashingtonBachelor of Science in Computer Science

Seattle, WASep 2013Jun 2017

Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Dean's List 6 semesters
Developed a secure file transfer protocol as part of senior capstone project

Skills

Test Automation

Selenium WebDriverPlaywrightCypressPytestJUnitJMeter

Programming Languages

PythonJavaC#JavaScriptSQL

CI/CD & Version Control

JenkinsGitLab CIAzure DevOpsGitGitHub

Cloud Platforms

AWS (EC2, S3)Azure

Methodologies & Tools

AgileScrumJIRAConfluenceTestRailAPI TestingPerformance Testing