# Darko Puhalo

Darko Puhalo is a remote worker on Himalayas, QA Automation Engineer at HTEC Group, based in Slovenia.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@dpuhalo

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Senior QA Automation Engineer specializing in Playwright/WebdriverIO test automation and CI/CD-driven quality delivery.
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| Detail | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Availability | Open to opportunities |
| Location | Slovenia |
| Authorized to work in | Slovenia |
| Salary expectations | 60k-120k USD |
| Job categories | QA Automation Engineer, QA Engineer, QA Manager |
| Skills | Playwright, WebdriverIO, TypeScript, AWS, CI CD, Git, GitHub, Linux, Test Case Development, Testing Automation |
| LinkedIn | https://https://www.linkedin.com/in/darko-puhalo/ |

## What I'm looking for

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I’m looking for a QA/automation role where I can own test strategy end-to-end—building Playwright/WebdriverIO automation, integrating it into CI/CD, improving UAT/regression, and mentoring engineers to ship reliable products.
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## About

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I’m a QA Automation Engineer who has led automation efforts as the sole QA in a team of 8, in addition to supporting and directly managing three QA engineers across three teams.

I optimize QA processes and UAT delivery cycles, setting up regression testing pipelines using a client provided CI platform. I also design and manage test cases in TestRail and automate them with Playwright using TypeScript.

With 7+ years of experience across embedded and web domains, I’ve owned the migration from WebDriver to Playwright and integrated automation solutions with AWS and CI/CD platforms. I coordinate and mentor junior team members, and I bring a strong testing foundation from roles that included system and integration testing, HIL setup maintenance, and requirement/test management with DOORS, TestRail and X-Ray tools. I’m comfortable working with Agile workflows and delivering quality through end-to-end testing practices.
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## Experience

### QA Automation Engineer (current)

HTEC Group. Mar 2023 - Present

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Product: Musical Rights Management Web App
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Skills: Scrum, Playwright, WebdriverIO, TypeScript, AWS, CI-CD, TestRail, Quality-Assurance

### QA Engineer

HTEC Group. Mar 2022 - Feb 2023

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Product: Automatic Fare Collection System
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Skills: Kanban, Linux, TestRail, Quality-Assurance

### Software Test Engineer

[Continental](https://himalayas.app/companies/continental). Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

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Product: COSMA Wireless Access System
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Skills: Hardware-In-The-Loop-(HIL), C, TestBench-Development, DOORS, Quality-Assurance

### System Test Engineer

[Continental](https://himalayas.app/companies/continental). Jul 2018 - Mar 2021

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Product: Remote Keyless Entry Systems
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Skills: Hardware-In-The-Loop-(HIL), C++, Oscilloscopes, Multimeters, DOORS, Quality-Assurance

## Education

### University of Novi Sad

Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Bachelor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad.
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## Tech stack

- Postman
- WebdriverIO
- GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- JavaScript
- Linux
- TypeScript
- Docker
- Playwright

To contact Darko, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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