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Arron Reed

@arron47

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Software Quality Engineer specializing in test automation, documentation, and process improvement.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for roles where I can build and improve test automation frameworks, drive QA process improvements, and contribute clear technical documentation within Agile environments.

I am a Software Quality Engineer with experience designing and maintaining test automation frameworks, performing manual and API testing, and creating clear technical documentation to support development and integrations. I have led efforts to modularize legacy automation suites, improve CI/CD processes, and embed QA practices within Agile teams.

I have worked across startups and enterprise clients, contributing as a hands-on tester, technical writer, and automation engineer. My strengths include reducing complexity in automation code, improving onboarding through standards and process documentation, and advising teams on integrating QA into development workflows.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Quality Engineer

Current

Ultranauts Inc.

Aug 2021 - Present (4 years 5 months)

Placed within client development teams to design and implement manual and automated testing solutions, created and maintained test automation frameworks for major web applications, and advised on integrating QA into Agile workflows.

Test Automation Manual Testing QA Processes Testing Frameworks Technical Documentation Agile API Testing CI CD

Software Quality Engineer

Mindex

Aug 2022 - Aug 2025 (3 years)

Maintained and rewrote legacy test automation suites, modularizing code to improve readability and reuse and extended automation to include API testing and greater framework stability.

Test Automation Legacy Code API Testing Automation Framework Manual Testing Technical Documentation CI CD

Technical Writer

Innovation Associates

Aug 2020 - Aug 2021 (1 year)

Authored the company's first Development Standards Guide and produced technical and feature documentation to support third-party integrations and customer/tech support troubleshooting.

Technical Writing Documentation API Documentation Integration

Software Test Engineer

Innovation Associates

Aug 2019 - Aug 2020 (1 year)

Performed manual regression testing for software/hardware integration and created standardized testing process documentation that reduced onboarding time for new testers by up to a week.

Manual Testing Regression Testing Onboarding QA Processes Troubleshooting

Programmer/Analyst

STCR

Aug 2018 - Aug 2019 (1 year)

Maintained customer-facing reports, supported customer troubleshooting, and implemented requested report functionality upgrades to improve deliverables.

Reporting Customer Support Troubleshooting SQL Documentation

Quality Assurance Engineer

GeekHive

Jan 2017 - Aug 2017 (7 months)

Performed QA across Waterfall project lifecycles, maintained CMS content, gathered requirements, documented project plans, and executed testing deliverables for clients.

Quality Assurance Requirements Gathering CMS Documentation Waterfall

Test Automation Engineer

Paychex

Aug 2015 - Dec 2015 (4 months)

Managed role distribution for SVN and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and led research that resulted in adoption of Atlassian suite tools to improve cross-tool efficiency.