# Brian Serrato Brian Serrato is a remote worker on Himalayas, AI Quality Engineer at Mercor, based in United States. Source: https://himalayas.app/@brianserrato ```text I lead mobile and AI quality initiatives, building automation and testing strategies that improve product reliability. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Open to opportunities | | Location | United States | | Authorized to work in | United States | | Salary expectations | 60k+ USD | | Job categories | Quality Assurance Engineer, AI QA Engineer, Mobile Software Developer, Scrum Master | | Skills | Quality Assurance, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Web Testing, Mobile Testing, Testing Automation, Test Plan Development, Test Case Development, Agile, Scrum Methodologies, Waterfall Methodologies, Kanban, Prompt Generation, AI Model Training, Data Analysis, Google Analytics, Data Studio, Selenium, Cypress, Maestro, TestRail, qTest, Jira, Trello, Rally, TeamCity, Moropo, Perfecto Mobile, Android Studio, Eclipse, XCode, ITools, Apple Configurator, Fiddler, Charles, SQL Developer, VirtualBox, Flurry Analytics, Crashlytics, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, MacOS, Blackberry, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, YAML, Flutter, Claude AI, Defect Tracking, Release Management, Mobile Application Developer | | LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/bserrato | ## What I'm looking for ```text I'm looking to lead quality initiatives for AI, mobile, web, or data products, combining hands-on automation, testing strategy, stakeholder collaboration, and process improvement to deliver reliable releases. ``` ## About ```text At Mercor, I improve AI response quality by developing testing protocols that increased accuracy by 25% and creating feedback loops that refine models using real-world performance. Previously at ClickUp, I led quality assurance for a 15-member mobile team as the main automation engineer for its Flutter application. I built mobile test strategies, partnered with product managers on test scenarios, and developed YAML-based Maestro automation scripts. At vAuto, I led mobile QA for cross-business-unit projects supporting products generating $560M in revenue and helped release 12 mobile applications across two platforms. As interim mobile team lead and Scrum Master, I helped drive a 40% increase in team velocity and efficiency. I bring hands-on experience testing web, mobile, data, and AI applications, from functional and regression testing through automation, release quality, analytics, and model-training workflows. ``` ## Experience ### AI Quality Engineer (current) Mercor. Jan 2025 - Present ```text Developed comprehensive testing protocols that improved AI accuracy by 25%. Implemented feedback loops with developers to refine AI models and collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve multimodal generative capabilities. ``` Skills: AI-Quality, Testing-Protocols, Feedback-Loops, Cross-Functional-Collaboration, Annotation-Workflows, Model-Fine-Tuning, Preference-Optimization ### Senior Quality Engineer Lead [ClickUp](https://himalayas.app/companies/clickup). Jan 2021 - Jan 2025 ```text Led quality assurance for a 15-member mobile team, serving as SME and main automation engineer for the ClickUp mobile Flutter application. Developed test case strategies, launched a review process, and created YAML-based Maestro scripts for mobile automation. ``` Skills: Quality-Assurance, Test-Strategy, Test-Review, Mobile-Automation, Maestro, YAML, Flutter, Moropo, Stakeholder-Management ### Quality Assurance Engineer [ClickUp](https://himalayas.app/companies/clickup). Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 ```text Executed functional and regression testing on web, mobile, and data applications. Created defect reports, developed web automation in TypeScript for Cypress, and acted as QA Release Conductor for weekly web releases. ``` Skills: Functional-Testing, Regression-Testing, Defect-Tracking, Cypress, TypeScript, Web-Automation, Release-Management ### Senior Quality Assurance Lead Engineer vAuto. Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 ```text Led quality assurance for a 12-member mobile team, serving as SME and main contact for cross business unit projects generating $560M revenue. Developed test case strategies, architected company-wide mobile test strategy, and created mobile QA analytics reports for executives. ``` Skills: Quality-Assurance, Test-Strategy, Mobile-Testing, Test-Review, Stakeholder-Management, Analytics, Kotlin, Android-Testing ### Senior Quality Assurance Engineer vAuto. Jan 2018 - Jan 2020 ```text Operated as interim-mobile team lead for 6 developers and 3 QA, undertaking Scrum Master role to facilitate a 40% increase in velocity. Coordinated with product leadership on roadmap prioritization and assigned work to development team. ``` Skills: Scrum, Agile, Team-Leadership, Velocity-Tracking, Roadmap-Prioritization, Onboarding ### Quality Assurance Engineer vAuto. Jan 2012 - Jan 2020 ```text Executed functional and regression testing on web, mobile, and data applications generating $2.3B revenue. Created defect reports in Rally, interviewed QA candidates, and supervised Java-based Selenium automation for web client. ``` Skills: Functional-Testing, Regression-Testing, Defect-Tracking, Rally, Selenium, Java, Web-Automation ### Mobile Software Developer Avai Mobile Solutions. Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 ```text Created 14 applications for Android and BlackBerry devices using Java. Constructed and enforced test plans, debugged code, organized contractors, and coordinated with clients to resolve issues. ``` Skills: Java, Android, Blackberry, TestRail, Debugging, Client-Coordination ### Student Intern Lackland Air Force Base. Jan 2006 - Jan 2010 ```text Student intern at Lackland Air Force Base. ``` ## Education ### St. Mary's University Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering ```text Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from St. Mary's University, completed in 2011. ``` ### St. Mary's University Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science ```text Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from St. Mary's University, completed in 2011. ``` ## Tech stack - Fiddler - Selenium - Data Studio - Flutter - Google Docs - Google Analytics - Android Studio - Xcode - Eclipse - Jira - Cypress - Java - Kotlin - Linux - iOS - macOS - Windows - Trello - Microsoft Excel - TypeScript - VirtualBox - Firefox - Internet Explorer - TeamCity - TestRail - Maestro - Android - Microsoft Word - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft PowerPoint To contact Brian, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Victor Villa](https://himalayas.app/@victorvilla): Senior QA Manager, NETGEAR - [Austin Norman](https://himalayas.app/@austinnorman): Quality Assurance Engineer, Auctane - [Sami T](https://himalayas.app/@samit1): Quality Assurance Engineer, CMG Financial - [Jermaine Bryan](https://himalayas.app/@jermainebryan): Senior Test Associate, Amazon - [Matthew Winstel](https://himalayas.app/@matthewwinstel): Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Gworks - [Anita Vatram](https://himalayas.app/@anitavatram): Test Automation Engineer Advisor Lead/SDET, Elevance (Anthem) - [Damani Jackson](https://himalayas.app/@damanijackson): Test Analyst II, Meta via QualiTest Group - [Anthony Banks](https://himalayas.app/@anthonybanks1): Full Stack Engineer, Neato - [Khalil Shakir](https://himalayas.app/@khalilshakir): Software Development Engineer in Test I, Invoca - [Paul Maez](https://himalayas.app/@paulmaez): AI Engineer, Independent