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Bryan Armas

@bryanarmas

I validate banking data pipelines and AI models through automation and big data testing.

At Banco Pichincha, I lead data quality assurance and production ML/AI model validation for banking, processing large-scale data with Apache Spark, PySpark, Jupyter Notebooks, and Stratio.

I've built end-to-end automation for REST/SOAP services and banking applications using Serenity BDD, C#, and Python, while strengthening ETL/ELT traceability, CI/CD testing, and model monitoring for drift and performance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Quality Assurance Sr & Data Quality QA

Current

Banco Pichincha

Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 11 months)

Leading data quality assurance and validation of production machine learning models for the banking sector. Processing and validating large-scale data using Apache Spark, Jupyter Notebooks, and Stratio, and designing test strategies for ETL/ELT pipelines.

Data Quality Machine Learning Validation Apache Spark PySpark Jupyter Stratio ETL ELT Validation Data Drift Analysis Model Monitoring

Quality Assurance Engineer (Automation)

Banco Pichincha

Jun 2023 - Oct 2024 (1 year 4 months)

Designed and implemented test automation frameworks for web services and banking applications using Serenity BDD, C#, and Python. Integrated automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines and managed defects within Jira/Xray.

Testing Automation Serenity BDD Framework C#Python Soap Rest CI CD Jira Xray Defect Management

Quality Assurance Engineer (QA)

Banco Solidario S.A.

May 2022 - Jun 2023 (1 year 1 month)

Executed functional, regression, and integration testing on core financial and banking systems. Designed test cases focused on transactional consistency, data integrity, and critical business rules.

Functional Testing Regression Testing Integration Testing Test Case Design Data Integrity SQL

Software Developer & QA Engineer

Prior Software & IT Experience

Jan 2017 - Dec 2022 (5 years 11 months)

Developed backend and frontend components, maintained relational databases, and designed unit and integration test suites.

Backend Development Frontend Development Relational Databases Unit Testing Integration Testing

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR)

Master's Degree, Artificial Intelligence

Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence with a thesis project on comparative analysis and technical evaluation of Deep Learning / Computer Vision architectures (YOLOv8, Faster R-CNN, Mask R-CNN, ResNet-50).