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Michael Ruiz

@michaelruiz

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Senior QA Automation Engineer specializing in Selenium, API testing, and CI/CD-driven quality delivery.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior QA/automation role where I can lead test strategy, build scalable frameworks, integrate testing into CI/CD, and collaborate on high-quality, timely releases.

I am a results-driven Senior QA Automation Engineer with extensive experience designing and maintaining robust automated test frameworks for web applications. I have led QA efforts across UI and API testing, integrated suites into CI/CD pipelines, and reduced defects through early prevention and strong collaboration with development teams.

My background includes building scalable Selenium WebDriver frameworks with Java and TestNG/JUnit, cross-browser and API testing using Postman and REST Assured, and applying monitoring and reporting tools like New Relic and Allure to track quality metrics and accelerate fixes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior QA Engineer

Current

Northwestern Mutual

Jun 2022 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Led QA engineering for a ReactJS web application, designing and executing test plans and automation using Selenium WebDriver with TestNG/JUnit, integrated into CI/CD to improve release quality and reduce defects.

Selenium Webdriver Java TestNG Junit CI CD Jenkins API Testing Postman Cross Browser Testing

Integrations Engineer

Trility Inc.

Mar 2022 - Jun 2022 (3 months)

Led QA consultancy for a client web application, developing a scalable automation framework with Selenium, Java, TestNG and REST Assured and performing manual and regression testing to validate features.

Selenium Webdriver Java TestNG Rest Assured API Testing Jira Manual Testing Regression Testing

Senior Automated Testing Programmer

Texas Farm Bureau

Mar 2016 - Mar 2022 (6 years)

Oversaw test architecture and led QA in Agile teams, developed automation frameworks and UI components using Java and Vaadin, and implemented RPA and mainframe automation to prevent production defects.

Java Vaadin Selenium Webdriver RPA Jagacy SQL Test Automation Test Framework

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

McLennan Community College

Computer Science

2010 - 2014

Activities and societies: Automated IBM CICS mainframe screens, used CICS/JCL and SQL to validate back-end data and workflows, implemented automated report comparison systems.

Completed coursework in Computer Science and applied automation techniques including Java and Selenium WebDriver to validate complex systems between 2010 and 2014.