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Ivy Risenga

@ivyrisenga

Senior Quality Engineer specializing in QA automation, API testing, and AWS data validation for high-performance banking systems.

South Africa

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking a remote-first role where I can lead QA automation and end-to-end API/data validation on AWS, strengthen defect prevention, improve test coverage and performance, and collaborate async with agile teams.

I’m a Senior QA / Quality Engineer delivering reliable, high-performance financial systems, with 9+ years of experience and 6 years of fully remote delivery (2019–2025). I lead distributed quality engineering across QA automation, data pipelines, API testing, and cloud platforms, consistently reducing defect leakage and improving release readiness in Agile/Scrum environments.

I bring deep expertise in Selenium (Java/TestNG) and end-to-end data validation with strong Python and SQL foundations. I’ve reduced production defect leakage by 40%, increased regression coverage by 35%, improved cloud data accuracy by 60%, and cut regression execution time by 30% by building and maintaining automation frameworks, AWS dataset validations, and performance testing approaches—now seeking a remote-first role globally.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Quality Engineer

Current

First National Bank (FNB)

Jan 2014 - Present (12 years 3 months)

Led end-to-end QA for First National Bank (FNB)’s banking platforms, building Selenium (Java/TestNG) automation that cut regression execution time by 30% and improved regression coverage by 35%. Reduced production defect leakage by 40% and increased AWS data accuracy by 60% through automated SQL/Python validation across S3, Athena, and Redshift.

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