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George Ataya

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Senior SDET at Machinify who architected a healthcare claims API framework and built more than 10,000 automated tests.

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At Machinify, I architected an API automation framework for a healthcare claims platform and built and maintained more than 10,000 automated tests. I also validated annual CMS code updates end to end with SQL and worked with developers on a simpler, secure approach after identifying exposed sensitive healthcare data.

At AIR Worldwide (now Verisk), I led automation for GeoPin™ address-to-coordinate conversion and built reusable, data-driven tests for political boundaries, postal codes and coordinates across 200+ countries. I also led a Scrum QA team of three and created a WPF tool for validating geocodes alongside catastrophe models.

At Symantec, I architected an enterprise automation framework for Symantec Endpoint Protection and led a five-engineer offshore automation team. I'm now building an AI-enabled job search platform, with a Playwright framework I architected and AI-assisted features integrated through OpenAI APIs.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Principal Engineer & Automation Architect

AI-Enabled Job Search Platform

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 10 months)

Developed reusable API testing infrastructure validating REST endpoints, authentication, authorization, request validation, error handling and backend business logic. Built a Playwright framework with Page Object Model, shared fixtures and API-based login, covering UI, API, security and end-to-end scenarios.

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Senior SDET & Team Lead

AIR Worldwide (now Verisk)

Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 (6 years)

Served as Geocoding Subject Matter Expert, designing automation that validated political boundaries, administrative divisions, postal codes and coordinates across 200+ countries. Led a Scrum QA team of three, setting automation architecture and standards, running code reviews, and mentoring engineers.

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Senior QA Engineer, Automation Architect & Technical Lead

Symantec

Jan 2010 - Jan 2016 (6 years)

Architected the C#/WPF enterprise automation framework for Symantec Endpoint Protection, replacing fragmented manual testing for worldwide releases. Led a five-engineer offshore automation team, assigning framework work, mentoring, and reviewing implementations.

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Senior Software Engineer

Sign Story

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 (1 year)

Migrated a production codebase across Java, Managed C++ and C# within six months. Built server-side content-distribution services for national retail digital signage.

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Senior Customer Engineer → Senior Software Engineer

SeaChange International

Jan 2006 - Jan 2009 (3 years)

Troubleshot customers' production video-on-demand systems, separating software defects from configuration issues. Delivered an ISO/IEC 14496-5 Interactive TV API in three weeks after it had stalled for eight months.

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Senior Software Engineer

Brooks Automation

Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 (1 year)

Designed an adaptive C++ motion-control algorithm that eliminated wafer slippage on $100K+ semiconductor wafers at full throughput.

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Senior Software Engineer

Analogic Corporation

Jan 1996 - Jan 2005 (9 years)

Wrote embedded C and C++ for medical imaging, including the C.U.R.E. breast ultrasound platform later FDA-cleared as SoftVue™. Built production validation software with functional, boundary and limit testing under ISO 13485.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth logoUD

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Computer Science

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science.

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LinkedIn Learning

Certificate, Web Development

Completed courses in Playwright, Next.js, and MongoDB.

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