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Vanesa Santos

@vanesasantos

ISTQB-certified QA Automation Engineer building Playwright frameworks that cut regressions and strengthen shift-left quality.

Argentina

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to own quality end-to-end—building Playwright automation, embedding shift-left practices, and leading payment/API & webhook validation in CI/CD-driven teams that value continuous, measurable QA.

I’m an ISTQB-certified QA Automation Engineer with 5+ years owning end-to-end quality for high-growth digital platforms used by millions of users globally. I combine hands-on automation engineering with a shift-left mindset to keep quality continuous across multi-environment CI/CD pipelines.

At Takeoff Media, I built an E2E automation framework from scratch using Playwright and TypeScript with a POM architecture, enabling nightly regression runs via GitHub Actions. I automated ~500 test cases, reducing manual regression effort from ~66% to ~25%, while leading payment and subscription QA (Stripe, PayPal, and regional processors) and validating API/Webhook payment states and asynchronous event flows with Postman.

I also drive adoption through design reviews, grooming sessions, and technical knowledge transfer—mentoring peers on framework best practices. Previously, I served as a QA reference across distributed teams (including SFMC configuration/deployment, JIRA + Zephyr workflows, and API validation) and performed advanced ETL auditing with SQL/PL-SQL and Postman data-driven testing for production integrity.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

QA Automation Engineer

Current

Takeoff Media

Oct 2022 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Serves as lead automation engineer for a global streaming platform, building an end-to-end E2E Playwright/TypeScript framework with a POM architecture and GitHub Actions for nightly regressions. Led payment, subscription, and API/Webhook quality validation (e.g., Stripe/PayPal), automating ~500 tests and reducing manual regression effort from ~66% to ~25%.

Playwright TypeScript GitHub Actions CI CD E2E Regression Testing Postman REST API Testing Payment & Subscription Testing Shift Left QA BrowserStack iOS Android Jira

Professor of Practical Works

Gastón Dachary University

Mar 2022 - Jun 2026 (4 years 3 months)

Designed and delivered real-world software quality and auditing scenarios to Software Engineering students, integrating industry frameworks/tools and AI-driven testing methodologies.

software quality Audit Software Tools Teaching

QA Engineer

Viseven

Sep 2021 - Sep 2022 (1 year)

Served as primary QA reference for the LATAM region, supporting cross-regional alignment on quality standards. Managed SFMC configuration and deployments, improved test-cycle tracking by implementing Zephyr alongside JIRA workflows, and performed Postman-based API testing for CRM and integration validations.

Quality Assurance Jira Zephyr API Testing Postman

QA Analyst

Integral Tax Management

Aug 2020 - Aug 2021 (1 year)

Validated transactional integrity across multiple payment methods for a government tax processing system, including edge cases such as partial payments and transaction timeouts. Performed advanced ETL auditing using SQL/PL-SQL, built Postman JavaScript assertion scripts with data-driven CSV-based API testing, and converted support issues into structured JIRA tickets.

Pl SQL API Testing Postman JavaScript CSV Based Testing Jira Test Case Documentation