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João Coutinho

@joocoutinho1

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I build automated QA ecosystems and CI/CD pipelines for complex hardware, mobile, and web platforms.

Portugal

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead quality strategy and automation architecture for complex products, building scalable CI/CD, hardware, mobile, and distributed-platform testing systems while applying AI-driven workflows to improve delivery and reduce technical debt.

I've led QA strategy and automation architecture at Veniam/Nexar, building a Pytest, Appium, and Selenium framework that raised coverage from 0% to 68%. I integrated hardware-in-the-loop validation into Jenkins and AWS pipelines, reducing firmware validation from three days to two hours and contributing to an 80% reduction in production defects.

Across FABAMAQ, First Solutions, GALP Energia, Vodafone España, and Indra, I've built release portals, distributed validation engines, QA foundations, performance tests, and Java CRM modules. I now architect automated systems for private clients, including real-time financial API processing, IoT monitoring, and AI-driven development and testing workflows.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior QA Automation Engineer

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Freelance

Feb 2025 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Architecting automated solutions and performance-critical systems for private clients, including algorithmic data processing engines and IoT monitoring systems.

Python AsyncIO WebSockets IoT Raspberry Pi AI

QA Strategy Lead / Senior Automation Engineer

Veniam / Nexar

Nov 2019 - Feb 2025 (5 years 3 months)

Technical architect for QA strategy across 4 functional areas in a V2X environment, leading a team of 8 QA engineers and implementing full-stack automation frameworks.

Pytest Appium Selenium Jenkins AWS Terraform Jira Xray TestRail Python

Technical Lead: Release & Automation

FABAMAQ

Nov 2012 - Nov 2019 (7 years)

Led automation and release strategy for global gaming markets, developing a Django-based release portal and distributed simulation engine.

Django Jenkins Python Celery RabbitMQ Docker Gitlab CI

QA Foundation Lead

First Solutions

Jan 2011 - Jan 2012 (1 year)

Established the company's first QA department, defining technical standards and infrastructure for healthcare software, and engineered automation for Flash-based frontends.

QA Strategy Automation Flash HTML