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Florin Cojocaru

@florincojocaru

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Senior QA Engineer owning test strategy, automation, and AI-assisted testing.

Romania

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a remote-first team where I can own test strategy and architecture, build stable CI automation, and use AI/LLM-assisted QA to accelerate quality—while partnering closely with engineers on release quality gates.

I’m a Senior QA Engineer with ~8 years owning test strategy for complex, high-consequence domains—medical device software, network security, and aerospace systems—so I focus on architecture, not just execution. I write automation to a production standard in Python and keep suites stable in CI by design.

I use AI/LLM tooling heavily in day-to-day QA, including test-case generation, regression triage, and synthetic test data. Recently, I cut test-case creation time by 80% and improved throughput by integrating AI-assisted scripting into the workflow.

I’m comfortable operating without a QA manager above me: I mentor other engineers, hold go/no-go release authority, and read backend code (Java and others) to write tests that reflect the underlying architecture. I’ve led teams, built test frameworks and reporting dashboards, and owned release quality gates across regulated and production environments.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior QA Automation Engineer (Freelance)

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Mar 2026 - Present (4 months)

Use AI/LLM tooling actively in QA to cut test-case creation time by 80% and improve team throughput. Took a medical application to 80% automated coverage (100% API and database tests, 74% UI) and owned CI workflows, PR process, dashboards, and backend data-integrity/schema validation.

AI Assisted QA Python Playwright Pytest GitHub Actions Snowflake PostgreSQL Zephyr Testing Automation CI CD Test Case Creation Data Integrity UI Testing

Senior QA Automation Engineer

Bitdefender

Nov 2023 - Dec 2025 (2 years 1 month)

Owned the test architecture and built functional test frameworks from scratch, production-standard and stable in CI. Reduced regression execution time by 40–60% and post-release defects by 60%, led a QA team of 3 with go/no-go release authority, and built Grafana/JS testing and results infrastructure.

Python Robot Framework Selenium Docker JavaScript Grafana PostgreSQL Linux Test Architecture CI CD Go No Go Release Testing Regression Testing Integration Testing

Senior QA Automation Engineer

3Pillar Global

May 2023 - Nov 2023 (6 months)

Shortened the QA testing lifecycle by 30% by designing a dedicated Linux test environment on VMware vSphere and integrating it into Jenkins pipelines. Architected a SQL-backed reporting system feeding a live Grafana dashboard and ran backend, integration, system, and security/malware testing with test-data integrity.

Linux Jenkins Python Pytest BASH VSphere Grafana SQL Reporting Integration Testing Security Testing

Senior QA Engineer

Ciklum

Oct 2022 - Apr 2023 (6 months)

Built the team’s first test-automation framework and suites from the ground up in Python and Robot Framework. Set up the testing pipeline and infrastructure on Azure DevOps with Docker and created a Grafana dashboard to provide test progress visibility.

Azure DevOps Python Robot Framework Docker Grafana Git Test Automation Framework CI CD Dashboarding

QA Automation Engineer

NESS Digital Engineering

Oct 2021 - Oct 2022 (1 year)

Wrote test plans and scenarios, ran regression and black-box exploratory testing, and automated test cases in Python with pytest. Supported cybersecurity/firewall testing with structured test execution and coverage.

Python Pytest Regression Testing Exploratory testing Testing Automation

QA Automation Engineer

Eminus-Software

Feb 2021 - Oct 2021 (8 months)

Ran backend API, integration, load & performance, and end-to-end testing, validating data integrity across systems. Automated test cases and test plans on Azure Pipelines.

Postman Azure DevOps Azure Pipelines MongoDB MS SQL Server Python Git API Testing Integration Testing Load And Performance Testing End To End Testing Data Integrity

Test Automation Engineer

Luxoft

Apr 2018 - Sep 2020 (2 years 5 months)

Built test cases and suites for GPS simulators at hardware and software levels using Spirent iTest, including an automated HTML reporting system. Automated regressions and result management through Jenkins with monitoring in Grafana, and administered the Linux results server and reporting webserver (Docker-managed toolchain).

Spirent Python Tcl Linux Jenkins Grafana Docker BASH Testing Automation Regression Testing Results Manager Test Toolchain Administration

AIX L1/L2 Support (Italian)

MetroSystems

Jan 2017 - Apr 2018 (1 year 3 months)

Automated monitoring and reporting across Metro Cash & Carry Italia flows and interfaces. Handled incidents end to end with the Italian end client, including development, L3 support, DevOps, and application operations.

Python BASH Linux SAP SFTP Monitoring DevOps Support