Irena Grocka

Apply Digital, London – Quality Engineer (Mar 2023 – now)

• Backend testing with Postman
• Backend contract testing using Pact Broker
• Implementing machine learning search engine - Constructor.io for eCommerce customer
• Test the microservices architecture in AWS
• Work towards customers' requirements to provide new website solutions
• Creating the Pact Broker contract testing documentation with a working proof of concept
• Evaluation, creation of documentation, and proof of concept of the available testing tools for the backend (Postman, Soap UI, Ready API, Rest Assured, PlayWright, Cypress)
• Creating the process for bug recording, triaging, and analytics
• Creating the documentation for group testing
• Creating the guidelines for testing payments

Pendo.io, Sheffield - Senior Quality Engineer (Feb 2022 – Mar 2023)

• Provided extensive high-level testing advice to the feature team(s).
• Facilitated the team’s testing work and mitigated risk via wide-reaching testing strategies.
• Understood and monitored interdependencies between product areas and ensured alignment between teams.
• Streamlined and improved quality processes.
• Monitored quality standards and key data.
• Conducted code reviews for automated tests and advised on the best practices of Cypress automation to junior engineers.
• Advised team on quality best practices.
• Created documentation for quality test practices and processes.
• Worked with stakeholders to design testing solutions that balanced technical and business needs and spanned multiple systems.
• Was an expert in one or more of the team's most critical systems.
• Was trusted by teammates and stakeholders to establish realistic complexity and/or delivery estimates that drove urgency but could be met while working in a healthy and mature way.
• Collaborated with team stakeholders to find the right balance between perfection and timeliness when testing technical solutions.
• Fostered clear, concise, effective, audience-oriented communication regarding work with teammates and stakeholders.
• Worked with stakeholders to identify and mitigate roadblocks and risks in the team's most impactful projects.

Pendo.io, Sheffield - Quality Engineer (May 2020 – Jan 2022)

• Independently executed manual and automated feature testing.
• Defined, verified, and executed manual release (sanity and regression) tests.
• Created and maintained automated sanity and regression test cases with Cypress.
• Debugged and resolved automation failures.
• Organized and led the execution of the team's releases.
• Identified and validated gaps in our testing and processes and acted accordingly to bridge these.
• Monitored customer-reported bugs and significant incidents and escalated/acted appropriately to remediation.
• Worked with the team and other stakeholders to understand and define customer needs.

Wilko, Worksop - Senior Test Analyst (May 2020 – Jan 2022)

• Provided technical testing support for both onshore and offshore test teams.
• Supervised a team of up to 10 testers, including test coverage, analyzing user stories, and providing support in reviewing test script creation and execution.
• Mentored junior test function members in testing.
• Provided technical expertise, support, and training in test processes and methodologies to agreed testing function standards.
• Worked closely with the test function manager in creating testing processes, including test strategies, test plans, defect lifecycle procedures, and automation strategies, and reviewing testing requirements for all testing activities.
• Supported the maintenance of test methodologies for the IT department, defining test strategies and test plans for projects.
• Followed up on any outstanding open test risks/issues and managed the gathering of results for the project.
• Compiled test metrics for management using ALM11/12.5 and then reported to senior stakeholders on progress and issues.
• Identified and implemented a testing strategy for the company.
• Worked closely with testing partners in the creation of an automated test strategy and regression pack, identifying and prioritizing key business processes to automate and assisting in the creation of the automation scripts to build the Wilko Regression pack for SAP using UFT.

Wilko, Worksop - Test Analyst (Dec 2018 – Jul 2019)

• Provided technical testing support for both onshore and offshore test teams.
• Supervised a team of up to 10 testers, including test coverage, analyzing user stories, and providing support in reviewing test script creation and execution.
• Mentored junior test function members in testing.
• Provided technical expertise, support, and training in test processes and methodologies to agreed testing function standards.
• Worked closely with the test function manager in creating testing processes, including test strategies, test plans, defect lifecycle procedures, and automation strategies, and reviewing testing requirements for all testing activities.
• Supported the maintenance of test methodologies for the IT department, defining test strategies and test plans for projects.
• Followed up on any outstanding open test risks/issues and managed the gathering of results for the project.
• Compiled test metrics for management using ALM11/12.5 and then reported to senior stakeholders on progress and issues.
• Identified and implemented a testing strategy for the company.
• Worked closely with testing partners in the creation of an automated test strategy and regression pack, identifying and prioritizing key business processes to automate and assisting in the creation of the automation scripts to build the Wilko Regression pack for SAP using UFT.

Worksop - Junior Test Analyst (Apr 2017 – Dec 2018 )