Gilles Capdivila

I’m a Senior Quality Engineer / SDET with 15+ years of experience designing and evolving automation systems for secure, distributed SaaS platforms. I bring a strong programming background and hands-on expertise building multi-layer test frameworks (API, integration, selective E2E) that plug into CI/CD pipelines. My focus is engineering maturity—improving software testability, strengthening release reliability, and shaping shared automation practices across teams.

In my current role, I designed and implemented a reusable Playwright/TypeScript automation framework structured for CI integration, supporting an organizational DevOps evolution. I built a multi-layer testing strategy (API, integration, selective E2E) for fast feedback while protecting business-critical flows, and I introduced API-first validation and schema verification to strengthen cross-service data integrity. I also developed hybrid performance testing approaches combining K6 journeys with observability tooling like Grafana to detect UX degradation and backend bottlenecks early.

Previously, as QA Engineering Manager – Platform Team (Hands-on), I served as the technical reference for a 12-engineer QA Platform function, defining cross-product automation architecture, CI/CD validation patterns, and shared testing infrastructure. I helped evolve shared frameworks to improve scalability and reliability, and I contributed to stabilising CI/CD pipelines so automated validation became first-class code in delivery workflows. Earlier, as Head of QA / Automation Architect at Immoweb, I built the QA practice from the ground up for a high-traffic SaaS marketplace, implementing reusable Python/Selenium automation frameworks and integrating functional, API, and performance validation into CI pipelines—an approach shaped further by regulated enterprise work where auditability, data protection, and compliance constraints were non-negotiable.