# Paul Maez Paul Maez is a remote worker on Himalayas, AI Engineer at Independent, based in United States. Source: https://himalayas.app/@paulmaez ```text AI engineer building Swift apps, Go developer tools, and AI-powered workflows at Independent. ``` | Detail | Value | | --- | --- | | Availability | Looking for a job | | Location | United States | | Authorized to work in | United States | | Salary expectations | 130k+ USD | | Job categories | AI Engineer, Software Engineer in Test, QA Automation Engineer, Quality Assurance Engineer, Lead Quality Engineer | | Skills | AI Engineering, Testing Automation, Cypress, TypeScript, Cucumber BDD, Playwright, REST API Testing, CI CD, Azure DevOps, Swift, Go, MCP Servers, Large Language Models, Agentic Frameworks, Selenium | | LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/paulmaez | ## About ```text At Independent, I designed and built a WatchOS app with an iOS companion app in Swift, using Claude Code and MCP servers. I tested the apps on physical devices and deployed them to hardware. I also built and deployed a product website with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, with GitHub CI/CD deploying automatically to Vercel. In Go, I developed a CLI that analyzes Node.js dependencies and a terminal productivity suite. At Cotality, I architected a Cypress automation framework in TypeScript with Cucumber BDD and led four contractors contributing features and functional tests. I also designed and built a configurable parallel test runner and reporting tool before Cypress released its own cloud solution. Across my QA automation work, I built UI and API test frameworks, expanded API test coverage, and partnered with engineering and SRE teams on CI/CD and releases. At Cotality, I researched a Playwright migration path and led an internal AI Week, coaching teammates through the available tools. ``` ## Experience ### AI Engineer (current) Independent. Jan 2024 - Present ```text Designed and built a WatchOS app with an iOS companion app in Swift using Claude Code and MCP servers. Developed a marketing website with Next.js and Tailwind CSS, and created CLI tools in Go for dependency analysis and terminal productivity. ``` Skills: Swift, Watch-OS, iOS, Claude-Code, MCP-Servers, Next.js, Tailwind, Go, Docker, LXC, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ollama ### Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) Cotality. Nov 2015 - Mar 2026 ```text Architected a Cypress automation framework in TypeScript with Cucumber BDD, leading a team of four contractors. Designed a custom parallel test runner and reporting tool, and collaborated with SRE on Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines. ``` Skills: Cypress, TypeScript, Cucumber, Azure-DevOps, CI-CD, Playwright, GitHub-Co-Pilot, ReadyAPI, REST-API-Testing ### Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer Datu Health. Sep 2014 - Oct 2015 ```text Built UI and API automation frameworks using Java, Selenium, REST Assured, Cucumber-JVM, Maven, Spring, and JUnit. Set up cross-browser and multi-environment test execution with reporting, reducing regression feedback time. ``` Skills: Java, Selenium, Rest-Assured, Cucumber, Maven, Spring-Framework, Junit, Testing-Automation ### Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer Towers Watson. May 2013 - Aug 2014 ```text Built and expanded a suite of thousands of parameterized Coded UI automated tests in Visual Studio and TFS. Trained and managed a team of testers, and validated reporting and admin functionality using SQL queries. ``` Skills: CodedUI, Visual-Studio, TFS, SQL, Testing-Automation, Team-Management ### Senior Quality Assurance Automation Engineer IP Commerce. Oct 2012 - Apr 2013 ```text Built hundreds of automated SOAP and REST API tests using Parasoft SOAtest. Created a reusable test template library and set up nightly regression runs against the QA environment. ``` Skills: Parasoft-SOAtest, SOAP, REST-APIs, Testing-Automation, Regression-Testing ### Senior Quality Assurance Lead Engineer ProfitStreams. Jun 2011 - Sep 2012 ```text Led automation and functional testing across 7 POS system integrations. Co-developed a custom end-to-end test framework using Selenium, Java, SIKULI, and TestNG, and managed a team of three. ``` Skills: Selenium, Java, Sikuli, TestNG, MySQL, SQL-Server, Testing-Automation, Team-Management ### Senior Quality Assurance Test Engineer Jeppesen. May 2010 - Jan 2011 ```text Built and maintained automated tests using QTP Business Process Testing (BPT) with custom VB scripting. Covered both automated and manual functional testing under Agile delivery cycles. ``` Skills: QTP, BPT, VBScript, Testing-Automation, Agile ### Senior Quality Assurance Test Engineer AIMCO. Aug 2007 - May 2010 ```text Led multiple simultaneous QA projects under Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Implemented LoadRunner and QTP for automated and load testing, and owned QA lab setup and maintenance. ``` Skills: LoadRunner, QTP, Testing-Automation, QA-Lab-Management, Test-documentation ## Tech stack - Selenium - GitHub - Kubernetes - MySQL WorkBench - MySQL - Microsoft SQL Server - Node.js - Spring - Next.js - Tailwind CSS - Terraform - Visual Studio - Azure DevOps - Cypress - JavaScript - Python - Java - C# - Swift - Go - PowerShell - warp - Linux - iOS - macOS - Windows - Ansible - Vercel - TypeScript - JUnit - Cucumber - TestNG - Docker - REST Assured - Amazon Web Services (AWS) - SQL - LoadRunner - Ollama - Playwright - ReadyAPI - Cursor - GitHub Copilot - Claude Code - OpenClaw - Google Gemini - OpenAI Codex - Azure To contact Paul, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire). ## People also viewed - [Anton Demchuchen](https://himalayas.app/@antondemchuchen): QA Engineering Manager, Evergreen Wealth - [Adem Garic](https://himalayas.app/@ademgaric): Founder & QA Engineer, Pitchlio - [Prazeina Maharjan](https://himalayas.app/@prazeinamaharjan): Graduate Research Assistant, East Texas A&M University - [sireesha appisetty](https://himalayas.app/@sireeshaappisetty): Senior QA Automation Engineer (SDET), GE Aerospace - [Anita Vatram](https://himalayas.app/@anitavatram): Test Automation Engineer Advisor Lead/SDET, Elevance (Anthem) - [Dimitrios Papageorgiou](https://himalayas.app/@dimitriospapageorgio): Senior AI Engineer, Cinderwick Studio - [Brianna Guzman](https://himalayas.app/@briannaguzman): Senior Software Development in Test (SDET), Ridgeline - [Akhila Lakkadi](https://himalayas.app/@akhilalakkadi): Sr. Software Engineer in Test, Life360 Inc. - [Kyle Tice](https://himalayas.app/@kyletice): Staff Automation Engineer, Midwest Tape / Hoopla - [Rich Downie](https://himalayas.app/@richdownie): Senior Test Automation Engineer, Medaxion, Inc.