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Briana Roberts

@brianaroberts

SDET with 7+ years building trusted API, E2E, and performance test automation; partner with developers and leverage AI for quality.

United States

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What I'm looking for

Seeking a fully remote role in a collaborative environment where I can continue growing technically, building automation that teams can trust, and leveraging AI to handle what it can so we can focus on doing what it cannot. Yet.

I’m a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) with 7+ years of experience across API, E2E, and performance testing. At AlertMedia, I develop and maintain a Python-based mock carrier API server following TDD principles, design deterministic end-to-end flows, and introduced AI coding standards into the codebase.

I also extend and maintain Node.js Lambda services, build and run load tests using K6 with ECS scaling strategies, and partner with developers to improve testing practices across the team. I mentor junior SDETs, lead exploratory testing for high-risk releases, and support on-call incident response using CloudWatch, ECS, SQS/DLQ, and Kibana—while leveraging AI-assisted development tools with critical evaluation for correctness and quality.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

SDET II

Current

AlertMedia

Apr 2023 - Present (3 years)

Developed and maintained a Python-based mock carrier API server to simulate SMS/voice/async callbacks end-to-end, enabling deterministic, cost-free testing across third-party integrations and introducing AI coding standards. Designed and executed K6 load tests on ECS to benchmark throughput and identify bottlenecks, and partnered with developers to improve team testing coverage via Jest/Django uni

Python API Testing TDD AWS ECS Cypress Jest Docker

SDET I

AlertMedia

Jan 2021 - Apr 2023 (2 years 3 months)

Maintained and expanded a Selenium/Python BDD E2E automation suite with Gherkin, refactoring tests for front-end changes, fixing flaky tests, and escalating issues when breaking changes occurred. Led weekly staging-to-production release deployments via Jenkins pipelines on Elastic Beanstalk, and built Django/Python unit tests for multiple REST API endpoint versions.

Selenium Python BDD Gherkin Jenkins Elastic Beanstalk Django REST API Testing Regression Testing Smoke Testing

Associate QA Automation Engineer

BlackBerry Cylance

May 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 7 months)

Built a cross-platform mobile automation suite using Appium with Python/Pytest and custom WebDriver fixtures, and implemented Bitrise CI for remote execution. Developed C#/.NET Core API automation, created a 350+ test case plan in TestRail, and supported an in-house mobile app maintaining a 100% crash-free rating in production during active development.

Appium Python Pytest C# .NET Core API Testing Bitrise TestRail SQL Jira Accessibility Testing

Mobile Quality Engineer

RetailMeNot

May 2016 - Mar 2019 (2 years 10 months)

Performed cross-platform iOS/Android native app testing across UI, analytics, E2E, and API validation, and verified data integrity using Charles Proxy and Postman. Authored and maintained regression and integration test plans in TestRail, managed defect lifecycles in Jira/Confluence, and contributed Espresso automation in Java with SQL-based troubleshooting.