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Rich Downie

@richdownie

Senior Test Automation Engineer at Medaxion, building agentic QA workflows and a production test framework.

At Medaxion, I architected a Ruby test automation framework with 225+ specs across mobile, web, and API layers. I also built a multi-device GitHub Actions pipeline that replaced Xcode Cloud and BrowserStack for test builds and simulator runs, bringing per-build cloud costs near zero on existing hardware.

In my own lab, I build agentic AI into QA and full-stack products. My autonomous agent has shipped 335 merged pull requests in three months on a production Rails app, with each gated by security scans, the full test suite, and a headless Claude review agent; I own the merge button. I prove out these workflows in my own lab, then bring them to work.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior Test Automation Engineer

Current

Medaxion, Inc.

Jan 2021 - Present (5 years 10 months)

Architected a full-stack test automation framework with 225+ specs across mobile, web, and API layers. Built a multi-device CI/CD pipeline on GitHub Actions and led the iOS 26 test-suite migration.

Ruby Cucumber RSpec Selenium Httparty Appium Docker Vim Claude Code Apple Intelligence

Senior SDET

Datameer

Jan 2018 - Jan 2021 (3 years)

Built full stack automation framework with Cucumber and Capybara. Integrated Selenium for web testing and developed API and load testing solutions using HTTParty.

Ruby Cucumber Capybara Selenium Httparty API Testing Load Testing

Principal SDET

Cofense

Jan 2014 - Jan 2018 (4 years)

Supported multiple Agile teams as quality and customer experience advocate. Created and maintained QA documentation, environments, and automated testing infrastructure.

Ruby Ruby on Rails Cucumber Selenium Webdriver Docker Selenium Grid Jenkins CircleCi

Automation Tech Lead

Livingsocial.com

Jan 2011 - Jan 2014 (3 years)

Built Rails application storing and executing all browser tests. Created API for cloud test failure storage with metrics visualization and integrated SauceLabs for cross-browser testing.

Ruby Ruby on Rails Cucumber Selenium Webdriver RSpec Sauce Labs HighCharts Twilio

Test Automation Engineer

Rollstream

Jan 2009 - Jan 2011 (2 years)

Implemented full-stack automation framework and enhanced testing coverage and reliability. Collaborated with development teams on quality initiatives.

Ruby Selenium

Test Automation Engineer

VisualCV

Jan 2007 - Jan 2009 (2 years)

Built automated testing framework from ground up and improved test coverage across the application. Streamlined QA processes.

Ruby Watir

QA III Engineer

Paychex

Jan 2000 - Jan 2007 (7 years)

Developed and executed test plans for payment processing releases. Mentored junior QA team members and collaborated with cross-functional teams to improve product quality.

Manual Testing Test Planning Quality Assurance