Sr. QA Engineer & Tech Lead with 8+ years of experience in backend, API, and automation testing across microservices and distributed systems. Currently at Dell Inc., leading teams of 8–15 engineers on global projects — focused on automation frameworks (Cypress, Playwright), CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Terraform), and embedding quality at every stage of the SDLC.
Automation
API & Backend
Cloud & Infrastructure
Languages
CI/CD & DevOps
Frameworks & Methodologies
Test Management
| Repository | Description | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| qa-platform-project | Serverless QA observability platform on AWS: Playwright API tests run on Fargate + Lambda (EventBridge-scheduled), Terraform-managed infra, Datadog/Prometheus dashboards, and an LLM assistant that answers questions about test health. Documents a real production migration (EC2 → serverless) driven by an actual AWS billing incident | AWS · Terraform · Fargate · Lambda · CloudFront · Datadog · Playwright |
| qa-objective-project | Full-stack quality suite for a live app: Playwright E2E + API (Zod-validated contracts) + k6 performance testing, with an hourly scheduled regression pipeline that auto-publishes results to GitHub Pages | Playwright · TypeScript · k6 · Zod · GitHub Actions |
| weather-app-mobile-tests | Appium mobile automation framework for an Android app - Page Object + Component Objects, layered configuration, Allure reports with trend history across runs | C# · .NET · Appium · NUnit · Allure |
| automation | E2E UI + REST API test framework with Page Object Model and a full CI/CD pipeline | Playwright · TypeScript · GitHub Actions |
| KneatSoftwareChallenge | Take-home challenge for a Sr. QA role: cross-browser automation with Selenium Grid + BrowserStack, Cucumber BDD | Java · Selenium · Cucumber · TestNG · BrowserStack |
- Advanced Playwright with TypeScript in CI/CD pipelines
- Smart contract testing and Web3/blockchain environments
- MBA in Software Engineering — USP (2025–present)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jadercunha
- Email: jader-fernandes@live.com
"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."